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Gothic Reads – My February TBR
Gothic horror is the key to my heart, it’s my forever favourite genre. For February, I decided I wanted to do a deep dive into some of the gorgeous Gothic goodies I have sitting on my shelves (physical or digital). I want haunted houses, slow-burning dread, obsession and secrets that refuse to stay buried. This year, I really want to read for myself, things that make me happy and go beyond trends, so my plan is to deep dive into gothic literature. I’d love to go back and read the classics, find all the books that created the genre I love so much, but for today and this month, I…
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Book Review – Victorian Psycho by Virgina Fieto
Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor house to be governess to Drusilla and Andrew. She’s determined to play the role perfectly, bedtime stories play games but being confined within Ensor House and subjected to the petty whims of the Pounds family Winifred finds herself struggling to stifle her violent compulsions. Patience, all she needs is patience Christmas is coming and such special gifts planned for the family, shockingly special gifts. This is one of the best things I read in 2025, the whole novel is just one thing after another and by the end of it you are slightly left feeling what the hell did I just read and ist’t that…
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Book Review – Snake-Eater by T Kingfisher
30-year-old Selena has just turned up in Quartz Creek, with her black lab Copper and $27 to her name, ready to escape her life as a deli manager and her ex-partner, Walter, after the death of her mother. She’s decided that this tiny remote desert town, the home to her Aunt Amelia, is exactly what she needs while she figures out what to do. Except when she arrives, she finds out her Aunt is dead, and Selena is stuck in Quartz Creek until she can scrape together the cash for a train ticket somewhere else. As it turns out, the people who live in Quartz Creek are happy to let…
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