Recent Reads: Two Mini Horror Reviews

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“The effects of guilt are stronger than any haunting.”

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A Haunting in the Arctic by C. J. Cooke, an immersive, brutal, and utterly transfixing polar gothic that transcends time and place through its exploration of folklore, family, secrets, savagery, agency, fear, and revenge. Eerie, tense, devastating, terrifying, and cryptic, it’s chock-full of chilling scenes, affecting characters, harrowing mysteries, appalling realities, unforgiving histories, and surprising twists that unravel via multiple timelines and storylines. It’s a thoroughly creepy, darkly macabre, richly atmospheric, divinely gothic, deeply haunting psychological thriller that captivates, horrifies, and haunts amid a swell of rapidly turning pages.

“Maybe independence is just the flag we wave to distract from the pain of being alone.”

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Cackle by Rachel Harrison, an unputdownable, reading-slump-busting novel that’s plain wonderful and a pleasure to experience from beginning to end. Cozy yet empowering, at times shocking and petrifying, at others mysterious, foreboding, and laugh-out-loud funny, it’s replete with delicious history/backstory, self-discovery, female power and self-reliance, and an adorably precious spider named Ralph. It’s a fantastic story that offers a unique and delightful approach to witchcraft and is a new favorite this reader will revisit whenever she needs a warm, comforting literary hug.

🖤Amanda

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