Dark Fantasy

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Don’t say, “Bite me” to this family

What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo

October 18, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo is not for everyone. It has an odd theme, with odder imagery (though no illustrations). Yet, while it is interesting nonetheless, it does have several weaknesses. Some plot point holes are one of them, and another (for me) was that the characters are not overly likable. One would assume that werewolves would not be likable, but you would hope that as a family unit you could empathize with them. But I have little empathy for a family that sends a […]

Neverland will never let go…

Hooked by A.C. Wise

August 22, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

He remembers drowning. That single sentence, recurring often in Hooked, A.C. Wise’s sequel to Wendy, Darling, is the cornerstone of the existential dread that permeates the story. Described as dark fantasy I think this book edges deeper into horror, more even than the first book, which had moments of horror. This is a mean tale and a reinvention of Neverland and the Peter Pan mythos into something modern and terrifying at its core. What set Wendy, Darling apart from the pack of other modern takes on Peter […]

Here be spiders. (Cute ones! A little creepy sometimes, but cute. Do I like spiders now?)

Cackle by Rachel Harrison

December 29, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

If you have been craving a feminist, witchy, creepy but somehow still cozy dark fantasy horror book, then here is a book for you! Our narrator is Annie, who just turned thirty, and fresh off a shitty break-up (her boyfriend of ten years decided he wasn’t into it anymore and just wanted to be friends, and then made her sleep on the futon) she decides to make a change, moving to the small upstate NY town of Rowan, which is cozy and beautiful and adorable. […]

Unfortunately, this one was just meh for me.

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

November 22, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I actually don’t have too much to say about this one because it didn’t really hit for me. I’m not really sure why, because I’ve liked everything else P. Djèlí Clark has written (Ring Shout was the last thing of his I hadn’t yet read). And I mean, I didn’t not like it, but it’s never really a good sign when your reader is liking your world-building and the alternate history aspects of your story more than your actual story, and more than the characters. […]

Let’s call this starter horror.

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

November 3, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

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 […]

A Crooked Kingdom Full of Reps

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

July 8, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 2: Rep The more I thought about it, the more I think Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows 2) really does work for the Rep square. I saw an article from Tor.com that argued that Nina rep’d for body positivity arguing that it is unusual for a main character/heroine who is female and larger and not just there for the comic relief or for the eventual slim down/glow up. While I do agree with this, I think it’s a bit more of a factor in […]

Malin on 530 pages and I wasn’t ready for it to be overI'm feeling happier about waiting to finish the series until the third book is out.
narfna on Family secrets and a ghost storyThat cover you have is so pretty!
Emmalita on 530 pages and I wasn’t ready for it to be overI love this series. I can’t wait for the next one, because the second one ends on a knife point.
ASKReviews on Anti-Fat Bias Is RealOh yay! Yeah, it's a good one, and if you read her first book, there's still new information in this one.
GentleRain on A Terribly Sad Book That Probably Shouldn’t Have Been Written at This Point in TimeThanks! Yes, it was a very thought provoking read but I really would have waited to write it, or written a different book if they...

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