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Delightfully unsettling, Lovecraftian adventure

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

February 17, 2021 by msvreadsbooks 1 Comment

What a journey this book was… This year, I’m trying to branch out and read in different genres and modes, and this book is definitely something that I wouldn’t have picked up before.  The Hollow Places follows Kara (sometimes called Carrot) who moves in with her uncle to help him run his Museum of Wonders after her divorce. It’s a convenient arrangement for each of them as Kara avoids moving in with her mother – whom she loves, but wouldn’t love living with – and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: adventure, hollow places, horror, Lovecraft, lovecraftian, museum, otherworld, t kingfisher, wonders

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: adventure, hollow places, horror, Lovecraft, lovecraftian, museum, otherworld, t kingfisher, wonders ·
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Otherworld Teens!

Wolf's Bane by Kelley Armstrong

Wolf's Curse by Kelley Armstrong

July 1, 2020 by Jen K 1 Comment

I loved Kelley Armstrong’s Women of the Otherworld series – I think I had read some of the Sookie Stackhouse novels when I read this one but while I lost interest in Sookie, I kept coming back to Armstrong’s diverse (from a magical power perspective) cast of characters. Now, I may mostly talk about Toby Daye and Kate Daniels, but that doesn’t mean I have forgotten about the Otherworld. These were really my starter series that got me interested in other women written urban fantasy […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Kelley Armstrong, otherworld, summer camp, wolf's bane, wolf's curse

Jen K's CBR12 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Kelley Armstrong, otherworld, summer camp, wolf's bane, wolf's curse ·
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