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“The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep.” For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children,… Continue reading Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
If you're in the mood for a dark academia story, An Academy for Liars is exactly what you're looking for. The premise of a hidden school with secret magical abilities? Absolutely intriguing! Though the book starts off slowly as it builds its world, it soon picks up momentum. We're introduced to a number of characters,… Continue reading An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson
“In a different life, in a fair one, I would've kept you until my eternal soul withered away to dust.” When Ophelia and her sister discovers their mother brutally murdered, there is no time to grieve: Ophelia has inherited both her powerful death-driven magic and enormous debt on their home. Circumstances go from dire to… Continue reading Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
This was Jessica Fletcher (Murder She Wrote) meets Miss Marple (Agatha Christie). This was essentially a cozy, supernatural murder mystery. The main character, Sherry, finds herself in the center of multiple murder investigations. She feels like her best self when she helps the local sheriff solve a murder. Also to note, her cat, Lord Thomas… Continue reading The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner
This is book #2 in the Alex Stern Series (Ninth House) and I went into this one expecting a tidy resolution....not sure that was realistic. If you know Leigh Bardugo, she is the queen of unresolved! Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make… Continue reading Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
I re-read this one so that I could read the 2nd book and I remembered why I like Leigh Bardugo so much! This is an academic fantasy you could get lost in. Alex (Galaxy) Stern gets an offer to go to Yale after being the sole survivor of a multiple homicide. Once at Yale, Alex… Continue reading Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
I'm always up for a vampire book and I figured I really should read this one. I can't say I liked this better than the movie. (this might be the unpopular opinion) This one was a little longer than it needed to be but it was still interesting. This is the story of Louis, as… Continue reading Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice
Six roses. Six vials of blood. Six visits to a vampire who could be her salvation… or her damnation. Lilith has been dying since the day she was born. But while she long ago came to terms with her own imminent death, the deaths of everyone she loves is an entirely different matter. As her… Continue reading Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent
“I realized that fear, when embraced, hardens and sharpens. That it becomes rage. That it becomes power. I would not die here.” The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become something more than prey is entering the Kejari,… Continue reading The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
This book was on my TBR for MANY years before finally this was a pick for book club! This one has an interesting premise. This was very much like a gothic Jane Eyre meets Rebecca. I honestly think reading what this is about might not be the best. It might be best to go into… Continue reading The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield