Archive for the 'Horror' Category

Unwelcome Bodies
Writer: Jennifer Pelland
Genre: Short Stories/Science Fiction/Horror
Pages: 247
When I heard Pelland was releasing a short story collection, I was very excited. Granted, I’ve only read two of her short stories, but the one really stuck with me. Pelland has a smooth, clean writing style and her story ideas can really knock a person on their [...]

Apricot Brandy
Writer: Lynn Cesar
Genre: Fantasy/Contemporary
Pages: 300
I was really looking forward to this book. Intriguing title, beautiful cover, and a lesbian protagonist, the latter of which is super-cool, since JUNO has so far published romantic fantasy, so if the protag was a lesbian, I was guaranteed something different. And speaking of different, this modern fantasy takes [...]

Jennifer Pelland is one twisted writer. I should start by admitting upfront that I’m a fan of her stories and have been for a while. So when I was offered the chance to review Unwelcome Bodies, her upcoming collection , I jumped.
Many short story collections, even single author collections, are arranged around a theme. I don’t think [...]

So it’s taken me forever to get this list together, and for that I apologize. I’m going to divide this post into two categories: novels and YA. I’ll make a separate post for short stories. In the future, I think it’ll be easier for me to post a review per book, but for [...]