It’s Friday Saturday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn with a long overdue review of Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt. Inspired by the recent movie release of the new Blair Witch Project, Thea talks about…
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Don’t be deterred by the ill-advised cover or the generic book description; The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall is a smart, emotionally powerful ghost story with a ton of heart–and one of the best ghost-perspective novels, not to mention…
Title: Strange Country Author: Deborah Coates Genre: Rural Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: May 27 2014 Hardcover: 336 Pages After facing Death himself and banishing a reaper bent on the destruction of Sheriff’s deputy Boyd Davies, Hallie Michaels had…
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The Halloween Dare – Susan Hill Double Feature: The Small Hand & Dolly
Title: The Small Hand/ Dolly Author: Susan Hill Genre: Horror Publisher: Vintage Publication Date: September 2013 Paperback: 288 Pages Two chilling ghost stories from the author of The Woman in Black, both set in crumbling English houses that are…
Title: The Bone Season Author: Samantha Shannon Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication Date: August 2013 Hardcover: 280 Pages It is the year 2059. Several major world cities are under the control of a security force called…
Title: The Dark Between Author: Sonia Gensler Genre: Horror, Historical (Victorian), Mystery, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication Date: August 2013 Hardcover: 352 Pages A supernatural romance about the powers that lie in the shadows of…
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Joint Review: The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand
Title: The Year of Shadows Author: Claire Legrand Genre: Paranormal, Horro, Middle Grade Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: August 27 2013 Hardcover: 416 Pages Olivia Stellatella is having a rough year. Her mother left,…
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The Year of Shadows Blog Tour (& Giveaway): Claire Legrand on Believing in Ghosts
We are thrilled to be kicking off the blog tour for Claire Legrand’s second novel, The Year of Shadows, a middle grade ghost story about love, loss, and friendship! Today, Claire is over to talk about ghosts – specifically,…
Title: Into the Grey Author: Celine Kiernan Genre: Historical, Horror, Ghosts, Young Adult Publisher: Walker Publication Date: August 1 2013 Paperback: 272 Pages I think the fire changed us – me and Dom. I think that’s how the goblin-boy…
Into The Grey was first published in 2011 in Ireland and has won both the CBI Book of the Year Award (formerly known as the Bisto Award) and the CBI Children’s Choice Award in 2012 (the first book to…
Title: Absent Author: Katie Williams Genre: Ghosts, Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Chronicle Books Publication date: May 21st 2013 Hardcover: 184 pages When seventeen-year-old Paige dies in a freak fall from the roof during Physics class, her spirit is bound…
Title: Joyland Author: Stephen King Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller (Ghosts/Horror) Publisher: Hard Case Crime Publication Date: June 2013 Paperback: 283 Pages Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in…
Title: Wide Open Author: Deborah Coates Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books Publication date: March 2012 Paperback: 304 pages When Sergeant Hallie Michaels comes back to South Dakota from Afghanistan on ten days’ compassionate leave, her sister Dell’s ghost is…
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The Year of Shadows Cover Reveal Week Day 2: Exclusive Interviews with the Illustrator and Designer (& ARC Giveaway)
Today, we are thrilled to be a part of Middle Grade author Claire Legrand‘s Cover Reveal Blog Tour! We absolutely loved Claire’s first book, delightfully creepy MG horror novel The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, so were thrilled…
Title: Break My Heart 1,000 Times Author: Daniel Waters Genre: Horror, Thriller, Young Adult Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children (Disney Books) Publication Date: October 2012 Hardcover: 352 Pages Living in the aftermath of the Event means that seeing the…
Title: The Uninvited Guests Author: Sadie Jones Genre: Historical, Paranormal Publisher: Chatto & Windus / Harper Publication date: May 1st 2012 Hardcover: 272 pages One late spring evening in 1912, in the kitchens at Sterne, preparations begin for an…
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Joint Review: The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
Title: The Haunting of Maddy Clare Author: Simone St James Genre: Historical, Romance, Ghost story Publisher: NAL Trade Publication date: March 6 2012 Paperback: 318 pages Sarah Piper’s lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to…
Title: The Woman in Black Author: Susan Hill Genre: Horror, Gothic, Historical Publisher: Knopf Doubleday (originally published by Hamish Hamilton, UK) Publication Date: September 2011 (originally October 1983) Paperback: 176 pages A classic ghost story: the chilling tale of…
Title: The Poisoned House Author: Michael Ford Genre: Horror, Historical, Young Adult Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co (US)/Bloomsbury Plc (UK) Publication date: August 2011/August 2010 Hardcover: 304 pages Life can be cruel for a servant girl in 1850s London.…
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Joint Review: Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Title: Texas Gothic Author: Rosemary Clement-Moore Genre: Contemporary/Urban Fantasy (Rural Fantasy?), Mystery, Young Adult Publisher: Random House Children’s Books (US)/Corgi Children’s (UK) Publication date: July 2011 (US & UK) Hardcover: 416 pages Amy Goodnight’s family is far from normal.…
Title: A Fine and Private Place Author: Peter S. Beagle Genre: Speculative Fiction (Magic Realism) / Romance Publisher: Tachyon Publications Publication date: This edition, 1997. (First published in 1960) Paperback: 296 pages For nineteen years, Jonathan Rebeck has hidden…
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Blog Tour & Joint Review: Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey
Title: Haunting Violet Author: Alyxandra Harvey Genre: Historical, Mystery, Supernatural, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens (US & UK) Publication date: June 2011 (US)/July 4 (UK) Hardcover: 352 Pages (US) Violet Willoughby doesn’t believe in ghosts. But they believe in…
GayYA.org is a forum recently created to celebrate everything LGBT in YA. Throughout April, many bloggers and authors have written awesome guest posts. This review is our contribution to this worthy cause. Title: Vintage – A Ghost Story Author:…
Title: Dark Matter Author: Michelle Paver Genre: Horror Publisher: Orion Publication Date: October 2010 Paperback: 256 Pages Stand alone or Series: Stand alone novel ‘What is it? What does it want? Why is it angry with me?’ January 1937.…
Title: Shadowed Summer Author: Saundra Mitchell Genre: Southern Gothic / YA Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Publication date: June 2010 (paperback) Paperback: 192 pages Iris is ready for another hot, routine summer in her small Louisiana town, hanging…