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A beautiful witchy sapphic romance full of healing

Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa

May 26, 2022 by LB Leave a Comment

I wanted to read this book for a witchy, sapphic romance, but this delivered so much more. If you need a story about finding true friends, healing after tragedy, and a sweet sapphic romance as a bonus, this book is for you. Eleanor has felt ostracized from the community in Salem since a tragedy last Halloween, but when she receives a book detailing the Major Arcana of Smith Rider Waite tarot deck and meets Pix and Ofira, she begins a journey of healing and growth. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: friendship, halloween, healing, Improbable magic for cynical witches, kate scelsa, lesbian character, queer, salem Massachusetts, sapphic romance, Young Adult

LB's CBR14 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: friendship, halloween, healing, Improbable magic for cynical witches, kate scelsa, lesbian character, queer, salem Massachusetts, sapphic romance, Young Adult ·
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It’s ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE…..!!!!!!!!!!! So, RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!

Frankenslime by Joy Keller

November 10, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

To understand my feelings on Frankenslime by Joy Keller you must understand a personality quirk: I can “taste” the words. Not physically of course, but I like to chew on them in my mind. And they started out dry. Very dry. Where was this obviously Frankenstein (and later you will see The Blob references) spoof going? When the dog named Igor is the best thing, you hope it picks up. When I realized that the ending was going to be an almost pee-your-pants funny, I […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Ashley Belote, Frankenstein, halloween, holidays, Joy Keller, monsters, science, slime, The Blob

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:371 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Ashley Belote, Frankenstein, halloween, holidays, Joy Keller, monsters, science, slime, The Blob ·
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Some Legends Don’t Withstand the Test of Time

Bram Stoker's Dracula by Bram Stoker, Edited by Jan Needle

November 2, 2021 by Ale Leave a Comment

Full disclosure, I had no idea I’d ordered the edited and abridged version from the library, but I decided to give it a go anyway since the abridged version was still some 400 pages. I never had to read “Dracula” in school, and while, like most people, I’m aware of the general premise of the story, my goal of reading at least one classic a year put this on my spooky-reads list for Halloween. Long story short, A real estate agent, Jonathan Harker, goes to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Bram Stoker, Edited by Jan Needle, Dracula, halloween, legend, Transylvania, vampires, Victorian

Ale's CBR13 Review No:22 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Bram Stoker, Edited by Jan Needle, Dracula, halloween, legend, Transylvania, vampires, Victorian ·
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Endless Halloween Not-So-Much-Fun

The Halloween Moon by Joseph Fink

October 25, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This weekend my goal was to read five books. I only got to two, but at least they were the Halloween ones. One of those was The Halloween Moon by Joseph Fink. It seemed like it was going to be a strong, semi-spooky Halloween romp. Some creepy trick-or-treaters, a little bit of the “you’re too old to go out trick-or-treating” and maybe I don’t know, a monster chasing them, but it is really just a bad dream. It was that. And not like that. I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Adolescence & Coming of Age, halloween, Joseph Fink, Occult & Supernatural

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:356 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Adolescence & Coming of Age, halloween, Joseph Fink, Occult & Supernatural ·
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“In the clear and steady gleam of electric lights, superstition turns to foolishness; in the crucible of the combustion engine, false beliefs are burned away.” (Bingos #9 & 10)

Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite by Zoraida Cordova & Natalie Parker (editors)

October 24, 2021 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

My Halloween read this year is this collection of new vampire tales edited by the team of Zoraida Cordova and Natalie Parker. I enjoy vampire stores because they offer so many different views onto the human condition, if you go looking for them. In Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite Cordova and Parker, along with the assembled authors, take the time to dig in and explore these angles – with postscripts by Cordova and Parker after each story. Let’s handle individual stories in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: Anthology, cbr13bingo, Dhonielle Clayton, halloween, Heidi Heilig, julie murphy, Kayla Whaley, laura ruby, mark oshiro, mythic, Natalie Parker, read harder challenge, read women, Rebecca Roanhorse, Samira Ahmed, short story collection, Tessa Gratton, vampires, Vampires Never Get Old, VE Schwab, we need diverse books, Zoraida Cordova, Zoraida Cordova & Natalie Parker (editors)

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:50 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories, Young Adult · Tags: Anthology, cbr13bingo, Dhonielle Clayton, halloween, Heidi Heilig, julie murphy, Kayla Whaley, laura ruby, mark oshiro, mythic, Natalie Parker, read harder challenge, read women, Rebecca Roanhorse, Samira Ahmed, short story collection, Tessa Gratton, vampires, Vampires Never Get Old, VE Schwab, we need diverse books, Zoraida Cordova, Zoraida Cordova & Natalie Parker (editors) ·
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Payback's a Witch

A delightful sapphic fall romance… with witches!

Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper

October 19, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 1 Comment

This is a perfect sapphic fall romance. It’s atmospheric, a little bit angsty, and wickedly hilarious. Emmy Harlow’s been away from her hometown of Thistle Grove for nine years, and just about the only thing that could drag her back was a pleading letter from her father asking her to uphold the family tradition in the Gauntlet, a magical competition held every fifty years between the heirs of the four witch families that founded the town – well, except for the Harlows, who just arbitrate […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: halloween, Lana Harper, Romance, witches

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:109 · Genres: Romance · Tags: halloween, Lana Harper, Romance, witches ·
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