Urban Fae: Night and Nothing series by Katharine Howard
If you have read Holly Black’s Modern Faerie Tales series, you will be acquainted with her brand of vicious fae that call the city streets their own. The fae in Katherine Harbour’s […]
Category Archives: Supernatural Creatures
Yash and Janet’s Fanmix for The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
The Book Wars’ first ever fanmix! Woo! The songs can be found here, and our rationale for why these songs remind us of The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black […]
Nafiza Recommends: Chime by Franny Billingsley
I’d better start with a confession, Nafiza: the first time I read Chime, I didn’t like it. I mean, I got why you did: the atmosphere of the setting; the little […]
The Vampire Combat Field Guide: A Coloring and Activity Book For Fighting the Bloodthirsy Undead by Roger Ma
Since it is the Halloween month and incidents of the undead have been on the rise (not all of them sparkle), we people need to learn to protect ourselves from […]
Review: The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
[Note: I received my copy of the book from Thomas Allen & Son in exchange for a review.] The Walls Around Us is a ghostly story of suspense told in two […]
Mircalla, Millarca, Millcara: The Many Lives Of Carmilla
Predating Bram Stoker’ Dracula, Carmilla is the ultimate gothic vampire tale—stylish, menacing, sensual, and spellbinding You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever. When […]
Scary Stories For Children: A Genre Studies Course Rationale
The upcoming 2015 Children’s Literature Association Conference is one that has caught my attention – “The High Stakes and Dark Sides of Children’s Literature,” an open-ended call for panels on […]
Review: The Demon Catchers of Milan by Kat Beyer
Hardcover, 288 pages Published August 28th 2012 by EgmontUSA Source: Library The Demon Catchers of Milan has, up to date, one of the most terrifying opening scenes I’ve ever read*. I […]
Review: Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater
Hardcover, 357 pages Published July 1st 2014 by Scholastic Press Source: Publisher “Wait —” Sam said. “Have you seen Isabel yet?” My fingers still felt the shape of her. “Da. […]
Bite Me! comic
Way back when I was an undergrad, a friend told me to look up Bite Me!, an online comic about vampires and the French Revolution. Well. History. Who can resist […]
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