Maddeningly beautiful, I loved the lushness and richness of A Fierce and Subtle Poison. Beautifully written, as wild as the islands, and as mystical as a witch.
Tag: thriller
Wolf Winter
Beautifully rendered and utterly magical, Wolf Winter is a gritty, dark, and atmospheric read set in 1717, in the Swedish Lapland.
Pine – Moody and Unsettling in the Highlands
Pine is unsettling.
11 Dark Academia Books (And no, The Secret History by Donna Tartt is not on this list)
With fall just around the corner, there's something about the gothic, or at least, dark atmosphere that is the backdrop to many dark academia novels that is just what we need. Coupled with the quarantine, there's nothing quite like settling in with a book with intellectual characters getting into all sorts of trouble.
Mother Knows Best
A thrilling book on what it means to play with human genetics and the cost it has on society.
3 Arab (English-translated) Halloween Reads
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright The book features a living corpse, stitched together of different blown-up body parts and made into a what’s-its-name that claims to be on a “grand mission in order to punish, with the help of God and Heaven, all criminals and eventually do justice on Earth.” From the rubble-strewn streets … Continue reading 3 Arab (English-translated) Halloween Reads
31 Days of Spooky Reads: A modern “And then there were none:” Ruth Ware’s “One by One”
Unfortunately, the only depth in the story was the deep, deep, snow that blanketed the lodge.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: The Woman in the Window
It did not disappoint.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: Dead Lake
A predictable thriller novella, with zombies coming out of lakes and a serial killer on the loose.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: Mothers, Mansions, and Mayhem: Voices in the Snow
I've read other books by Darcy Coates and enjoyed them, but Voices in the Snow was disappointing. I expected more dystopian, more apocalypse, and less overdone wendigos and zombies.
Reading Between the Dunes 