Post-breakdown of society/post-“apocalyptic” books have always been a favorite subgenre of mine. It’s less that it’s the end of the world entirely, and more that it’s the end of the world as we know it. Following characters as they take on an entirely new landscape—or perhaps hellscape—of what’s left of humanity after everything they think…
The Counselors, by Jessica Goodman, comes out in just over one month and is full of summer camp killer vibes, interesting characters that you can’t quite pin down, and a twisted mystery that will keep you guessing. The Counselors follows junior camp counselor, Goldie, an eighteen-year-old who has been affiliated with Camp Alpine Lake for nearly…
It may only be April, but vacation season will be upon us soon. While you start planning your summer trip, let’s take a quick look at some of the best worst-case-scenario vacation books on my shelf. Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt Echo was one of my most recent reads after Johnathan surprised me with a copy…
Burden Falls was a fun mix between traditional thriller and supernatural. Penguin Teen describes it as “Riverdale meets The Haunting of Hill House”, which I thought was a really fitting description, because as I was reading it, I was getting major Riverdale vibes, if Riverdale had a little more of a New England-y, old money, old families type vibe. Burden Falls follows Ava,…
I recently read two almost-fall (let’s be serious late August/early September is pretty much fall for all us pumpkin/spooky/sweater-and-boots outfit lovers) new releases from Penguin Teen. Thank you again Penguin Teen for the ARCs in exchange for reviews! The first one was The Companion, a YA spooky horror/thriller by Katie Alender which was just released…
I thought a lot about how I wanted to critique this book, because sometimes I think I’m being too harsh. And sometimes I also think I’m being too generous, and I don’t want to hand out five star ratings to just anything because then does it diminish the worthiness of five star ratings? If everything…
I have a juicy one for y’all today—They Wish They Were Us by debut author Jessica Goodman. Thank you so much to Penguin Teen for sending me the e-ARC of this novel in exchange for a review! This is a YA thriller due out Tuesday, August 4th (tomorrow!!!) that I think a lot of you…
First and foremost, thank you so much to Penguin Teen for sending me the e-ARC of this witchy novel. While I always appreciate the chance to work with Penguin, this one ended up not exactly being my cup of tea. However, I’ll tell you more because it’s possible it will be your cup of tea.…
I finished this book this weekend and was just quietly freaking out about how much I liked it and I promise you, if you even remotely like spooky things, you are going to want to read this book. Allow me to expound a little. Wonderland is the horror/psychological thriller novel from local-to-me author Zoje Stage, who hails from…
You guys probably already know I’m a little obsessed with the work of Danielle Vega, so I was beyond stoked to receive an invitation to read the eARC of her new book, The Unleashed, from Penguin Teen. Thank you again so much to Penguin Teen for sending me this one – I love YA horror,…