Akers turns the circus into a gilded cage and longing into a house of mirrors in Cirque Menagerie. In Cirque Menagerie, the circus doesn’t simply dazzle, it conscripts—appealing to the oldest of our human hungers. Come be extraordinary; be loved; be kept. And as readers, we do. Then we spend a dizzying 269 pages with […]
A sweet & virtuous tale about a soft-hearted dragon discovering true strength in the face of war Weepy is bigger now. Stronger than he was years ago when he saved his village from a great fire. He’s treated as a hero with a statue immortalizing his greatest moment—but truth is, he didn’t know he would […]
There are novels that invite you in gently. They hold the door, pour you tea, offer a cushion. And then there are novels that seize you by the collar and drag you through cobbled streets at midnight, your heart hammering against your ribs, the sound of hunting horns growing closer. The Fox Hunt by Caitlin […]
Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth on September 30, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Crime, Fiction / Friendship, Fiction / General, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General Pages: 300 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be murderers: little girls and old ladies—and Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick […]
Synopsis: Debbie, a North Carolina-born recent college graduate, is determined to write a life on her own terms. Her quest for agency leads her far from home, beginning with a summer job opportunity at an Irish castle that promises adventure and a chance to prove herself. When Debbie and her best friend, Marygray, arrive in […]
Gothic literature has been unsettling readers for over 250 years. The settings change — castle to manor house to colonial… The post The Complete Gothic Literature Reading Order: 250 Years of Gothic Fiction appeared first on She Reads Everything.
An inventive, deeply emotional story of a teenage girl forced to find her voice or risk collapsing under a weight not meant for her So many kids experience bullying in high school, and unfortunately, Ramie is no exception. She is a hyper-vigilant and self-aware teenager who endures cruelty at school only to return to a […]
A deeply unsettling vision of collapse and control in a world that horrifies, disorients, and refuses to surrender entirely The Disruption by W. H. Hilf is a speculative thriller that examines the long-term consequences of unchecked technological ambition and moral abdication. The story unfolds across two primary settings: a post-collapse Earth struggling to rebuild human […]
The working title of my upcoming middle grade fantasy novel, Falling to Fairyland, was originally a lot less magical-sounding. From day one of its inception as a baby idea to pretty much the finished product, I called the book Cricket the Ward. It doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, I know. I also knew that a lot of people, especially younger readers, might […]
There is something deeply unsettling about a meal prepared with love that might also be prepared with intent to kill. Lisa Unger understands this tension instinctively, and in Served Him Right by Lisa Unger, she transforms a simple Sunday brunch into a pressure cooker of buried grudges, ancient botanical knowledge, and the kind of female […]