It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today Thea reviews delightfully kitschy horror novel Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix… …and she really, thoroughly enjoyed it. I mean, it’s a haunted house story set in an Ikea-esque knockoff store called…
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Today’s guest is Grady Hendrix, author of the upcoming horror novel Horrorstör – an Ikearific haunted superstore novel in a catalog-looking package (you might remember we hosted the cover reveal a few months back). Yes, you read that sentence…
As you probably know by now, Old School Wednesdays is a new weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when we were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and…
Title: MARY: The Summoning Written by Hillary Monahan Genre: Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication Date: September 2014 Hardcover: 256 Pages There is a right way and a wrong way to summon her. Jess had done the research. Success…
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Book Review: The Rise of Aurora West by Paul Pope, J.T. Petty & David Rubín
Title: The Rise of Aurora West Written by Paul Pope & J.T. Petty, Illustrated by David Rubín Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Superheroes, Graphic Novel, Young Adult Publisher: First Second Publication Date: September 2014 Paperback: 160 Pages The extraordinary world…
Title: Through the Woods Author: Emily Carroll Genre: Horror, Graphic Novel, Young Adult Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Publication Date: July 2014 Hardcover: 208 Pages A fantastically dark and timeless graphic debut, for fans of Grimm Tales, The Melancholy…
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The Girl From the Well: Rin Chupeco on Inspirations and Influences (& Giveaway)
Today we are thrilled to have author Rin Chupeco over to talk about Inspirations and Influences for her debut novel, YA horror story The Girl From the Well. Thea loved the book, so we are delighted to have Rin…
Title: The Three Author: Sarah Lotz Genre: Horror Publisher: Little, Brown (US) / Hodder and Stoughton (UK) Publication Date: May 2014 Hardcover: 467 Pages (UK) Four simultaneous plane crashes. Three child survivors. A religious fanatic who insists the three…
Hello, friends! As you may or may not know, we Book Smugglers have made the final ballot for the impending Hugo Awards for Best Fanzine. Naturally, we are very invested in the Hugos this year and are planning on…
Title: The Girl from the Well Author: Rin Chupeco Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: August 2014 Hardcover: 304 Pages You may think me biased, being murdered myself. But my state of being has…
It’s Friday, and that means we’re over at Kirkus! This week, Thea takes the helm as she list-makes, yet again… This time the focus is on SFF books to read on this fourth of July long weekend (with an…
Title: The Lost Author: Sarah Beth Durst Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Harlequin Mira Publication Date: May 27th 2014 Paperback: 350 Pages It was only meant to be a brief detour. But then Lauren finds herself trapped in a town called…
Today – on Friday the 13th, no less! – we are tickled to host the cover reveal for one of our most highly anticipated books of the fall: Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix! We were lucky enough to scoop up…
We are delighted to be a stop on Charlie Higson’s “Guide to London” blog tour to celebrate the release of The Fallen, the latest book in his YA zombie series. Thea was a fan of The Enemy and The…
It’s Friday which means that we are over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn, with a review of Authority by Jeff VanderMeer, the second book in the Southern Reach Trilogy. Thea kinda loved it. It’s a weird, unsettling, insular…
Title: Bird Box Author: Josh Mallerman Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Harper Voyager (UK) / Ecco (US) Publication Date: March 2014 (UK) Hardcover: 304 Pages Most people ignored the outrageous reports on the news. But they became too frequent,…
Title: Cuckoo Song Author: Frances Hardinge Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Middle Grade Publisher: Pan MacMillan Publication Date: May 8 2014 Paperback: 416 Pages When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows that something is very wrong. She is insatiably…
We’re reviewing a double-dose of Kate Milford’s Aracana Project – two novellas set in the same world as her awesome full-length novels The Boneshaker and The Broken Lands. Yesterday (Part I) we reviewed The Kairos Mechanism; today we review…
We’re reviewing a double-dose of Kate Milford’s Aracana Project – two novellas set in the same world as her awesome full-length novels The Boneshaker and The Broken Lands. Today’s review (Part I) is for The Kairos Mechanism; tomorrow we…
Title: A Love Like Blood Author: Marcus Sedgwick Genre: Horror Publisher: Hodder Publication Date: March 25 2014 Paperback: 320 Pages ‘I’ve chased him for over twenty years, and across countless miles, and though often I was running, there have…
It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn as she reviews brand new horror novel The Troop by Nick Cutter. It’s slick, slithery, and delightfully disgusting – at least The Troop delivers when it comes…
It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn as she reviews the recently released and much-buzzed-about literary speculative fiction novel Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. It’s a beautifully written book, and a compelling psychological thriller with…
Title: The Glass Casket Author: McCormick Templeman Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: February 2014 Hardcover: 352 Pages Death hasn’t visited Rowan Rose since it took her mother when Rowan was only a little girl.…
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Grave: Joan Frances Turner on Inspirations & Influences (& Giveaway)
Grave is the newest book by Joan Frances Turner, and the third entry in her Resurgam trilogy. Thea was a huge fan of Dust, book 1 in this zombie saga, and so we were thrilled when we were given…
Title: Hollow City Author: Ransom Riggs Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Quirk Publishing Publication Date: January 2014 Hardcover: 399 Pages Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011—an unprecedented mix…