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House of Idyll by Delilah S. Dawson

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A haunting rockstar story filled with fame, obsession, and darkness, with a really cool ending 💀🤘🔪

Murder at the Black Cat Cafe by Seishi Yokomizo 🐈‍⬛️

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The Lamb by Lucy Rose

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One of the best horror books I’ve ever read.

This book is haunting and beautifully written 💀 The kind of horror that creeps under your skin and lingers long after the last page. Lucy Rose weaves dread with raw emotion, exploring family, trauma, and survival while keeping you breathless. Disturbing, elegant, and unforgettable.

“Don’t let this unravel you. Stay sharp, Little One.”

“Years feel longer when you aren’t loved the way you want to be. Or the way you’re supposed to be.”

“It is such a lie that we have to love our own blood.”

Many Restless Concerns by Gayle Brandeis

3/5 🌟

This a is a haunting, lyrical exploration of voice, silence, and collective memory. Written in a chorus-like style, it blends poetry and narrative to capture the pain and resilience of women erased by history. While the language is powerful and evocative, the fragmented structure sometimes felt repetitive and kept me at a distance emotionally. A thought-provoking and experimental read, though not one that fully gripped me 🔪

"They only noticed

when their own girls

disappeared.

Would we rather

she had turned us

into apples?

Perhaps.

Trapped

but solid,

able to feel

rain and wind

on our skin,

able to feel ourselves

soften with age,

a quick melt

to earth

when we fell.

There are three worlds, we were taught—

the upper world, where angels bathe in lakes of milk,

the lower world, where dragons dwell in darkness,

the human world afloat between.

If this is true, we are stuck halfway up,

not quite human,

not quite angel,

keen to taste the milk of paradise

on what used to be our tongues.

Are we making this too pretty?

We don’t want to make this too pretty.

We don’t want to turn our deaths into spectacle.

We don’t want to excite you with our pain.

We know people will remember the pretty.

We want you to bear witness.

We want this to be an epitaph

A tree bends over the grave,

its roots drinking silence.

The stone sinks deeper each season,

while the branches remember.

Hekate by Nikita Gill is a fierce and lyrical story written in verse and inspired by the goddess of magic and transformation. It blends mythology with themes of resilience, power, and healing. I love it so much! 🌙✨

5/5🌟

"All things have a purpose.

Not every purpose is good.

"It was here that I learned that death was the gentle art of release.

Sometimes we tell ourselves

the most beautiful lies

just to survive the terrible things

that we are living through.

Nothing grew underground.

Because nothing could grow

where everything came to die.

I was hungry and I was expected now

Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna Van Veen

2/5 🌟

Gothic horror 🪦💀

The concept was cool, but the writing style and pacing never pulled me in. I found myself detached from the characters and struggling to stay invested.

4/5 🌟

Haunting & lyrical. A fierce, intimate reimagining of Shakespeare’s most infamous queen.

"The white of her hair is not natural; it is like draining moonlight. Her skin—have you seen it?—it will not hold color. She is as bloodless as a trout. And her eyes—one look into them will drive mortal men to madness."

"A man without enemies is a man without power."

"Consume me. Have me, as you will."