book reviews The Pools, by E. Lockhart October 15, 2026 / October 15, 2026 by Nancy C. Hanger | Leave a Comment The Pools is a story of transformation, young love (which is transformation in itself), and letting go. It’s one of the most beautiful books I’ve read in years. Read more » contemporary fairy tales & folklore New Adult Romance YA
book reviews “Bone Brides October 15, 2026 / October 15, 2026 by Nick Osgood | Leave a Comment by Marley Rose-Teter Part coming-of-age, part dark fantasy, Marley Rose-Teter places the reader and her two young protagonists in a Fae City below a lake. Our 2 main protagonists are young lovers that haven’t been given quite a fair start in the world. Unfortunately, they do not fair as well in the fairy either. There […] Read more » Darkfantasy Fairy-tale YA
book reviews Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt October 2, 2026 / October 2, 2026 by Nancy C. Hanger | Leave a Comment I thought long and hard about how to review this book other than saying it’s one of the most thoughtful, gorgeous books I’ve ever read. I remember being young, perhaps 12-13 years old, and reading Jonathan Livingston Seagull for the first time and being blown away. It was like that experience again; the only word […] Read more » Bookstore cat death indie bookstore Vermont Zen
book reviews Alice With a Why, by Anna James August 23, 2026 / September 13, 2026 by Nancy C. Hanger | Leave a Comment Highly recommended for middle reader through YA and certainly adults who enjoy a clever fairytale and loved the original Wonderland. Read more » Adventure Fairytale fantasy Middle Reader YA
book reviews Review: “Tailored Realities” -Brandon Sanderson August 16, 2026 / October 1, 2026 by Nick Osgood | Leave a Comment By Nick Osgood TBH, after reading the Stormwind Archive, I couldn’t have possibly imagined Mr. Sanderson writing a short story, let alone an anthology of short stories. I mean, the shortest book in the Stormlight series was a meaty one-thousand pages. “There’s no way he can fit his masterful world-building into just a chapter or […] Read more » brandon sanderson indiebookstore newengland science fiction scifi scifi anthology shortstories small business
book reviews Review: “Fabulous Bodies” July 11, 2026 / July 11, 2026 by Nick Osgood | Leave a Comment Ok, I really liked “Camp Damascus”, but this book is wild in comparison. It’s a gore-soaked van ride, which is definitely not what I expected. “Camp Damascus” was so tame in comparison. I told the owner of the shop’s husband that the antagonist of the book is ‘like a zombie Elton John’. He responded with, […] Read more » horror lgbtq+ Thriller
book reviews Review: “Everybody’s Perfect” July 11, 2026 / July 11, 2026 by Nick Osgood | Leave a Comment I can’tlie, this book definitelyhad a rough start. It wasn’t exactly a page turner, but I read that the author generally has some pretty dense prose, and was a recipient of a Hugo award, so I put my personal taste aside and dug in. Every chapter is told through a point of view an entirely […] Read more »
book reviews REVIEW: “The Girl with a Thousand Faces” July 11, 2026 / July 11, 2026 by Nick Osgood | Leave a Comment This book takes place within the walled city of Kowloon in post WWII Chine; a city where the ghosts of its inhabitants still reside and many of which hold a grudge toward the living. The story is backed by history, but jam packed with the supernatural, treachery, and heroism. The protagonist is an exorcist for […] Read more » historical fiction horror Thriller
book reviews Daggerbound July 11, 2026 / July 18, 2026 by Andrew Phillips | Leave a Comment by T. Kingfisher Tor Books August 2026 For another book I might give a warning that the title is the second in a series. Daggerbound comes with no such warning. It works as a terrifically engaging story, and it is only as it ends that I discovered there was a prior story, called Swordheart, which […] Read more » fantasy kingfisher lgbtq+
book reviews REVIEW: “Wolf Worm” July 10, 2026 / July 10, 2026 by Nick Osgood | Leave a Comment The last T. Kingfisher novel I read was Snake-eater. Wolf Worm was a gorefest in comparison, and still, somehow, a comfortable read despite dropping us off into a forest of bot fly infested rodents and devilish “blood thieves”. She really is a master of cozy horror. While the stakes are often high, the reader has […] Read more » Cozy horror horror t. kingfisher
