Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw

The Half-Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

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Long Live the Pumpkin Queen – Shea Ernshaw Shortly after her wedding to Jack Skellington, Sally is overwhelmed by her new duties as Pumpkin Queen. Seeking to find solace she retreats to the grove of doors where she stumbles across a broken door hidden in the bramble. She opens it and sees nothing, but neglects to close the door inadvertently releasing the Sandman. Soon all of Halloween Town is asleep except for Sally. Unable to wake her friends, Sally looks for help in the other […]

Let’s call this starter horror.

The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1) by Alexis Henderson

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I liked this but it could have been better. I feel like with a more practiced writer, this story could have been F I R E, or whatever. As is, it’s just a pretty good story. For horror, it was tame. For adult, it skewed young. (It’s not YA, but according to the author, “has crossover appeal,” and I can see that.) For me, it felt much more atmospheric than a lot of YA. Or, at least, the stuff most YA fantasy authors are producing […]

Would have loved just a smidge more witchcraft

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

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Immanuelle Moore knows she must never go into the Dark Woods. Lilith and her coven of witches dwell there, doing terrible things to any good Bethel citizen who wanders in. But her family’s prize ram just ran off, and they simply can’t afford to lose him. She emerges, ramless, with the journal of her dead, blasphemous mother and the sinking feeling that Bethel’s leader, the Prophet, is not as virtuous and strong as he says he is. When plagues descend upon the town and the […]



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