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Review: Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell

Posted on September 20, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In this exquisite speculative novel set in a world where white people no longer exist, college professor Charlie Brunton receives a call from his estranged daughter Sidney, setting off a chain of events as … Continue reading →

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Review: Authority (Southern Reach #2) by Jeff VanderMeer

Posted on September 16, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon Bookshop Synopsis: The bone-chilling, hair-raising second installment of the Southern Reach Trilogy After thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X—a seemingly malevolent landscape surrounded by an invisible border and mysteriously wiped clean of all … Continue reading →

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Review: Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen

Posted on August 20, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Inspired by Kailee Pedersen’s own journey being adopted from Nanning, China in 1996 and growing up on a farm in Nebraska, this rich and atmospheric supernatural horror debut explores an ancient Chinese mythology. The … Continue reading →

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Review: The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim

Posted on July 12, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Feminist psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer from a Korean-American perspective. Ji-won’s life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her appa’s extramarital affair and subsequent departure. Her mother, distraught. … Continue reading →

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Review: Bear by Julia Phillips

Posted on July 9, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A mesmerising novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unexpected visitor — a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature in the woods, by the … Continue reading →

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Review: Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida

Posted on July 2, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A symphony of interconnected lives that offers a compelling reflection on life in modern-day metropolises at the intersection of isolation and intimacy. Set over several nights, between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 4:30 … Continue reading →

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Review: youthjuice by E.K. Sathue

Posted on June 27, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A 29-year-old copywriter realizes that beauty is possible—at a terrible cost—in this surreal, satirical send-up of NYC It-girl culture. From Sophia Bannion’s first day on the Storytelling team at HEBE (hee-bee), a luxury skincare/wellness … Continue reading →

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Review: Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane

Posted on May 31, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Debut author Darby Kane thrills with this twisty domestic suspense novel that asks one central question: shouldn’t a dead husband stay dead? Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is … Continue reading →

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Review: We Were the Universe by Kimberly King Parsons

Posted on May 28, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desire, guilt, and grief in this darkly comic, highly anticipated debut novel from Kimberly King Parsons, author of … Continue reading →

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Review: Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru

Posted on May 10, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From one of the sharpest voices in fiction today, a profound and enthralling novel about beauty, power, and capital’s influence on art and those who devote their lives to creating it. Once, Jay was … Continue reading →

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