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Movie Review: The Initiation of Sarah (2006)
CHARMED meets MEAN GIRLS I loved Summer Glau in FIREFLY, SERENITY and TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, so when I saw THE INITIATION OF SARAH on Netflix, I decided to give it a try. (You might...
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Book Review: Witch Child, Celia Rees (2000)
“Words have power. These are mine.” Mary Nuttall was just sixteen years old when her grandmother Eliza – the only family she’d ever known – was murdered. Accused of practicing witchcraft, the old...
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Book Review: Sorceress, Celia Rees (2009)
A satisfying conclusion to WITCH CHILD. Sorceress continues the story of Mary Nuttall/Newbury, a young Englishwoman who immigrated to the “New World” in 1659. Forced from her village after her...
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Book Review: Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times, Rocky Wood...
Season of the Witch (Full disclosure: The publisher sent me a free copy of this book for review at my request.) “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.” – Exodus 22:18 While the term “witch hunts”...
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Book Review: Burning Girls: A Tor.Com Original, Veronica Schanoes (2013)
Beautifully Conceived and Written (Caution: minor spoilers below!) Born in Bialystok, Poland at the turn of the century, Deborah is possessed of the power like her bubbe. Deborah is a witch, and...
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Book Review: The Hex Breaker’s Eyes, S.D. Tennant (2014)
Mean Girls Meets That One Episode of Supernatural (Full disclosure: I received a free electronic copy of this book for review through Library Thing’s Member Giveaways program.) I wasn’t frightened...
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Book Review: The Fever: A Novel, Megan Abbott (2014)
“We’re all sick here.” (Full disclosure: I received a free copy of this book for review through Library Thing’s Early Reviewers program.) On the surface, the Nashes seem to be the model, all-American...
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Book Review: The Secrets of Life and Death, Rebecca Alexander (2014)
A Mostly Fun Mix of Urban Fantasy & Historical Fiction (Full disclosure: I received a free ARC for review through Library Thing’s Early Reviewers program.) It is said in Poland that nowhere is the...
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Book Review: Winterspell, Claire Legrand (2014)
A Dark & Dangerous Reimagining of The Nutcracker (Full disclosure: I received a free copy of this book for review through Goodreads’s First Reads program. Please note that there are clearly marked...
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Book Review: Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening, Marjorie M. Liu & Sana Takeda...
Devastatingly Gorgeous Artwork & Intricate World-Building Make Monstress a Must-Read To quote the poets…murder is terribly exhausting. — 4.5 stars — I pre-ordered Monstress based on the cover...
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Book Review: The Beast Is an Animal, Peternelle van Arsdale (2017)
Dark and beautiful, but ultimately unsatisfying. (Full disclosure: I received a free electronic ARC for review through Edelweiss. Trigger warning for child abuse, miscarriage, and misogyny.) It would...
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Book Review: Best Vegan Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2016 edited by B. Morris...
They’re Good Stories, Brent. (Full disclosure: I received a free ebook for review through NetGalley.) I hate to think how things would have been if that dog had gone to a shelter. I wonder what the...
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Book Review: The Hollow Girl by Hillary Monahan (2017)
A shrewd interrogation of rape culture – now with dark magic! (Full disclosure: I received a free electronic ARC for review through NetGalley. Trigger warning for violence, including sexual...
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