horror

Review: The Gold Persimmon by Lindsey Merbaum

Oct 7, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Clytemnestra lives for the Gold Persimmon; the hotel “is a precisely ordered world full of musts and musn’ts,” and Cly is a strict adherent to its rituals and worships at the altar of its silence....

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews
TAGGED: Creature Publishing, horror, Lesbian/FF, Lindsay Merbaum, loss of a child, miscarriage, multiple realities, nonbinary, suicide

Review: Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper

Oct 1, 2021 | 15 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Since the age of 13, Yolanda “Yaya” Betancourt has known she is not sole owner of her body. Infected by a virus that not only changed her genetic makeup, but gave the virus’ creator...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Alternate World, Futuristic/Science Fiction, Jovan's Reviews
TAGGED: death, dystopia, gore, Hailey Piper, horror, Lesbian/FF, murder, Reading Challenge Month 2021, scientist, Strangehouse Books, violence

Review: Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

Sep 28, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel For nearly a decade, Andrew Blur and Eddie Fulton were inseparable. Described by others as friends, brothers, and roommates, the pair shared a life of “Eddie keeping [Andrew] leashed but...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: bisexual, coming of age, death, ghosts, gore, grief/loss, horror, Lee Mandelo, menage scenes, murder, new adult, southern gothic, Tor.com Publishing

Review: Long Night at Lake Never by Eric David Roman

Aug 17, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: DNF Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Welcome to Camp Horizons, where they pray all day…and get slayed all night! Nestled against scenic Lake Never, recently outed Tyler Wills has arrived at the secluded conversion camp, where the...

FILED UNDER: Contemporary, DNF, Elizabeth's reviews
TAGGED: conversion therapy, Eric David Roman, gore, horror, NineStar Press

Review: Birthday Presents by Dianne Hartsock

Feb 3, 2021 | 2 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novella Crimson likes inflicting pain and he likes killing and every year on his birthday, he makes sure to give himself a present of both. Then, he returns home to the little cabin in the woods where...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Sammy's Reviews
TAGGED: Dianne Hartsock, horror, kidnapping, law enforcement, NineStar Press, rape, torture

Review: Penance by Rick R. Reed

Feb 1, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 2.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Jimmy is a 13-year-old prostitute. Blowjobs, handjobs, even a quick fuck, it’s all one to him. Money is money, and so long as the guy’s taken a shower within the last few days and doesn’t smell...

FILED UNDER: 2.25 stars, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews
TAGGED: clergy, horror, JMS Books, pedophile, rape, Rick R. Reed, serial killer, sex worker, sexual assault, torture

Review: Cold Snap by Sam Clover

Jan 11, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Idal “Iddy” Bisset may have spent the last few years being homeless, but it was better than being neglected or abused by his parents. He’s come to terms with being an unperson in the eyes of...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary, Menage/Polyamory, Paranormal
TAGGED: drug use, homeless, horror, law enforcement, murder, NineStar Press, opposites attract, Sam Clover, shifter, urban fantasy

Review: Raise Up, Heart by Leta Blake

Oct 27, 2020 | 2 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Raise Up, Heart has a fantastical (and somewhat horrifying) premise that is revealed pretty clearly in the blurb, and even more so in the opening prologue. That said, if you want to go into the...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: grief/loss, horror, Leta Blake, lovers reunited, self published, virgin hero