A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher 🌟 Arc Review 🌟

Thank you, Netgalley and Tor Nightfire, for this Arc!!!

This is it! This made my life better! I swear it did.  Sam (Samantha) goes home on a break from an archeological dig.  She’s an entomologist (studies bugs) and an archeologist (studies OLD bugs).  Her scientific mind is put to the test when she enters her childhood home and finds it completely changed.   Her mother seems to have a new obsession with Sam’s grandmother,  Grand Mae, and this has resulted in mom recreating the house in Grand Mae’s original style.  Not good.  Especially because Grand Mae was a very mean, cruel lady. 

I am so into this horror! I loved the main character.  Honestly,  I loved every character in this book. They each had a purpose and were hilarious and interesting to read about.  Sam, especially because her sense of humor was absolutely on par with every single weird thing that happened.   And, trust me,  things get really weird.   Sam is the guiding light through this whole story, keeping me thoroughly invested. 

Obviously, I loved this.  Of course I recommend it.  Just read it, you fools!! (Gandalf voice). 

Out March 28, 2023!

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher 🌟 Arc Review 🌟

Thank you Netgalley and Publisher for this Arc!

I don’t believe I’ve ever read The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe but there is a large possibility I did when I was growing up and just can’t remember. (I loved Poe and any scary stories when I was growing up). This retelling, however, is something I will never forget. It began with the mystery of the situation and evolved into being truly horrifying.

Easton is a soldier and is visiting an old friend and their sister, Madeline, after receiving a letter calling for help. Soon Easton learns of Madeline’s sickness in the ancient House of Usher. However, there is a strangeness to this sickness and an even stranger quality to the hares in the surrounding countryside and the near lake. Soon it becomes clear that nothing in and surrounding the House of Usher is as it seems.

This story gave me chills and is going down as a new favorite horror story for me! I highly recommend this!

Out July 12th!