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Review: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Posted on March 30, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it now Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is … Continue reading →

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Review: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Posted on March 27, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synospsis: The future of storytelling is here. Life has thrown Zelu some curveballs over the years, but when she’s suddenly dropped from her university job and her latest novel is rejected, all in the middle … Continue reading →

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Review: In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Posted on March 23, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc … Continue reading →

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Review: Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary V Dearborn

Posted on March 16, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The first major biography in more than twenty years of one of America’s greatest writers, based on newly available letters and journals V. S. Pritchett called her “a genius.” Gore Vidal described her as … Continue reading →

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Review: Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami

Posted on March 11, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: ‘My heart felt very tender reading this. Astonishing Kawakami, as always‘ Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your FaceFrom the International Booker Prize-Shortlisted author of Heaven and Breasts and Eggs. Hana has nothing but she’s hopeful. She’s fifteen … Continue reading →

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Review: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Posted on February 28, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the … Continue reading →

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Review: Ring Shout by P. Djéli Clark

Posted on February 25, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In America, demons wear white hoods. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America, swelling the Klan’s ranks and drinking deep from the darkest thoughts of white folk. All across the nation … Continue reading →

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Review: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Posted on February 23, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: n his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transcendent, and moving work yet. Unfolding in a graveyard over the course of a single night, narrated by a dazzling chorus … Continue reading →

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Review: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Posted on February 21, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady … Continue reading →

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Review: Beyond the Planet of the Vampires

Posted on February 19, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Indie Pubs, Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: A speculative avant-garde queer horror novel that reads like an erotic vampiric nightmare directed by Jodorowsky playing at a ’50s drive-in. Beyond the Planet of the Vampires is a gay pulp horror novel … Continue reading →

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