Authors love to imagine the end of the world. I put that in italics because, if you've read any of those books, it's rarely really the end of the world. Zombie apocalypse, biblical apocalypse, environmental apocalypse... (You'd think as many times as I just typed apocalypse that I would spell it right once, but NO.) Sure, maybe the end of civilization as we know it, but the Earth imploding? We'll leave that for sci-fi.


Shrill Dusk has a premise not unheard of in urban fantasy: the magical apocalypse. (Nope, still got spellchecked in case you were wondering.) It's a normal day in Manchester when suddenly all things go to hell in a handbasket. Not literally of course, but close. There are hordes of rats, fire raining down, her roommate turns into a bunyip, plagues of insects, fairies and weres fighting in the street, and is that a...pink elephant?

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WTF did I just read?

No, seriously.

I just turned the last page on Will Haunt You, and I'm confident that I have no idea what just happened. Sometimes in horror, that's a feeling to relish. In this current circumstance, I'm still not positive.

Will Haunt You starts very strongly. Jessie Wheeler is a recovering alcoholic and possesses a dark secret from his blackout drinking days. Immediately, I was drawn into the story when we pick up in Jessie's life; middle-aged, struggling to stay sober and trying to hold on an inkling of what he and his bandmates felt during their glory days.

Then it got weird.

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Private Number/Claws is a double feature offering up two stories in one.

The first story Private Number is the longer of the two filling up about 65% of the double feature. The story begins with a radio DJ on KRRM's show, Paranormal State. When a call comes in from a private number from a caller reporting to be dead, it sets into motion a visit from Albert Taylor, a paranormal expert.

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I'm quickly finding that what other people find terrifying in horror, I just don't. It's probably not so far off from my love of horror movies. While I find them enjoyable, I just don't find that they scare me, which is unfortunate because I love to be scared. The Window falls into that category. While it had some creepy tones to it, I don't love it the way others seem to be.

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Vlad is the second book in the Veiled series. While I had access to the first book, I chose not to read it in order, and instead allowed Vlad to speak for itself.

Vlad is told from a shifting perspective, from Vlad to Vincenza, or Vinx as she is known to her friends. It also jumps from Vlad's past to the present, which made for a confusing mix at first. This is not my favorite thing. Unless it's properly delineated, I have a difficult time switching gears in mid-story. Once I caught the rhythm of the story, it was much better.

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