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Enemy Within, The

Ravenloft's Take on Jekyll and Hyde Author: Christie Golden In a true case of wrong time / wrong place, Sir Tristan Hiregaard, a nobleman and ruler of Nova Vaasa, does the right thing and yet is blamed for a terrible crime he did not commit. Ravenloft’s forever formidable Vistani clear him of the crime through mystical means, but a rouge in their order, Rozalia, is sure that he remains guilty. Already dabbling in the blackest of magics, Rozalia cooks up a curse even she cannot quite handle, and a new dark lord is born. Soon, a mysterious figure named Malken [...]

Frances Carden2025-11-08T15:34:18-07:00November 8th, 2025|Tags: book review, Christie Golden, dark fantasy, fantasy, horror, Ravenloft, read, reading|

This Wretched Valley

A Climb To Die For Author: Jenny Kiefer Haunted, magical forests covered in bones, echoing with the chilling wails of the damned. A big climb, an untouched cliff. A potential legend. Four young people, excited for their unprecedented discovery, the climb of a lifetime, and a geological feat, walking into the unknown. No cell service. No help. No way out. The Wretched Valley caught my attention first with the cover, and then with The Ruins-like vibe. I enjoy survival horror, but more than that I like the creeping paranoia of isolation (a horror love I got from John Carpenter’s The Thing, [...]

Frances Carden2025-11-04T11:03:52-07:00November 4th, 2025|Tags: book review, horror, Jenny Kiefer, read, reading, survival horror, This Wretched Valley|

Eat The Ones You Love

“Lay waste to yourself all you like, I will grown in your ruin.” Author: Sarah Maria Griffin There is nothing more attractive to a horror-hound/B-movie monster lover than the idea of a sentient, carnivorous plant. It evokes the lovably laughable Little Shop of Horrors while still hitting all the right tones of horror. After all, what is more terrifying than being secretly observed and puppeted by something that should be so ordinary, so innocuous? And that, dear reader, was the siren call that led me to this book. Well, that and the gorgeous cover. What it promises (feed me Seymour!) is [...]

Frances Carden2025-11-03T15:32:10-07:00November 3rd, 2025|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading, Sarah Maria Griffin|