Don’t be deterred by the ill-advised cover or the generic book description; The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall is a smart, emotionally powerful ghost story with a ton of heart–and one of the best ghost-perspective novels, not to mention…
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Title: Strange Country Author: Deborah Coates Genre: Rural Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: May 27 2014 Hardcover: 336 Pages After facing Death himself and banishing a reaper bent on the destruction of Sheriff’s deputy Boyd Davies, Hallie Michaels had…
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The Halloween Dare – Susan Hill Double Feature: The Small Hand & Dolly
Title: The Small Hand/ Dolly Author: Susan Hill Genre: Horror Publisher: Vintage Publication Date: September 2013 Paperback: 288 Pages Two chilling ghost stories from the author of The Woman in Black, both set in crumbling English houses that are…
Title: The Bone Season Author: Samantha Shannon Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication Date: August 2013 Hardcover: 280 Pages It is the year 2059. Several major world cities are under the control of a security force called…
Title: The Dark Between Author: Sonia Gensler Genre: Horror, Historical (Victorian), Mystery, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication Date: August 2013 Hardcover: 352 Pages A supernatural romance about the powers that lie in the shadows of…
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Joint Review: The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand
Title: The Year of Shadows Author: Claire Legrand Genre: Paranormal, Horro, Middle Grade Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: August 27 2013 Hardcover: 416 Pages Olivia Stellatella is having a rough year. Her mother left,…
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The Year of Shadows Blog Tour (& Giveaway): Claire Legrand on Believing in Ghosts
We are thrilled to be kicking off the blog tour for Claire Legrand’s second novel, The Year of Shadows, a middle grade ghost story about love, loss, and friendship! Today, Claire is over to talk about ghosts – specifically,…
Title: Into the Grey Author: Celine Kiernan Genre: Historical, Horror, Ghosts, Young Adult Publisher: Walker Publication Date: August 1 2013 Paperback: 272 Pages I think the fire changed us – me and Dom. I think that’s how the goblin-boy…
Into The Grey was first published in 2011 in Ireland and has won both the CBI Book of the Year Award (formerly known as the Bisto Award) and the CBI Children’s Choice Award in 2012 (the first book to…
Title: Absent Author: Katie Williams Genre: Ghosts, Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Chronicle Books Publication date: May 21st 2013 Hardcover: 184 pages When seventeen-year-old Paige dies in a freak fall from the roof during Physics class, her spirit is bound…
