drakaina16's Reviews (2.21k)

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3.5 stars, rounded up. Part noir revenge tale, part haunted hotel, part nightmarish fever dream, Graffiti Tombs is a wild ride. I love Matt Serafini's writing, and appreciated a fairly unique take on the haunted hotel trope. 

This collection of short stories honestly blew me away. I will be eagerly looking forward to reading more from Christa Carmen!

Thirsty Creatures ⭐⭐⭐
Red Room ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Something Borrowed Something Blood-Soaked ⭐⭐⭐
Souls, Dark and Deep ⭐⭐⭐
All Souls of Eve ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Liquid Handcuffs ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Lady of the Flies ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Girl Who Loved Bruce Campbell ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A Fairy Plant In Grief ⭐⭐⭐
Wolves At the Door and Bears In the Forest ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This Is Our Angry Train ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The One Who Answers the Door ⭐⭐⭐
Flowers From Amaryllis ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The only really original thing about this vampire tale is the roller derby setting, and there is far too little of that. The toxic relationship between the main characters is gross. Fighting all the time and treating each other badly shouldn't be romanticized. The derby match was fun, but that's about it.

A quick, fun read. 

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Oh, this was a fun little slice of cosmic horror! Joey Leonard is about to have a really bad weekend. When the video store he's given 20 years of his life to closes, he finds a homemade tape in a bin of horror movies. I really loved the homage to 80s and 90s B-movie horror, which is my favorite. Any book that gives a shout-out to The Suckling is okay in my book. 4.25 stars. 

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The Fragile Keepers absolutely blew me away! I love a good fae story, and this is my favorite kind - with an edge of the sinister and dangerous. The story is wonderfully written and I absolutely loved the characters. This is among the best books I've read this year. I'm very much looking forward to reading future titles from Natalie Pinter.