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Horror isn't my favorite genre, but a medieval-set quest and a battle between good and evil is an irresistible admittedly missed the subtitle of this one before I began reading it, so I wasn't prepared for the horror Please check out other Bossy medieval-set reads and horror reads.

As Good Stab's tale builds, it becomes clear that the horrors he admits to are only part of the story The Buffalo Hunter Hunter  is a horror/historical fiction story with key supernatural elements. Graham Jones is also the author of The Only Good Indians , I Was a Teenage Slasher , and many other horror

In the first book of Blake Crouch's haunting mystery trilogy, secret agent Ethan Burke tries to grasp the shifts in time, widespread conspiracies, and grand plans for Wayward Pines--while trying to avoid being killed by murderous small-town vigilantes or by mysterious, horrifying creatures lurking beyond the town's fence. In Pines , the first book in Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines trilogy, secret agent Ethan Burke wakes up in a strange place, by a river, horribly bruised and in pain--with no memory of his own name, his job, or his history--much less what has happened to leave him in such a state. As his memory comes back to him in pieces, he recalls that his mission--before the devastating car crash upon his arrival in town that left him reeling--was to locate two missing federal agents who were dispatched a month earlier to investigate a mysterious billionaire's potential financial crimes in Wayward Pines, Idaho. The agents haven't been heard from in weeks. Setting out on this job was hairy enough--one of the agents is his former lover, Kate, and Ethan's wife Theresa is not happy that Ethan is involved in the search for her. But as Ethan learns more about the car accident and about the strange town of Wayward Pines, he develops more questions than answers. He can't get through to his wife and family in Seattle or to his boss, no one in town seems to believe he is who he says he is, and he's not sure whether the electric fence surrounding the town is meant to keep something sinister out or to stop residents from leaving. Over a third of the beginning of the book is focused upon the dynamic in which Ethan asserts that he needs help, then is sidestepped or disregarded. No one listens to Ethan, cares about his concerns, or assists him. I began to tire of this ongoing frustration. Then Ethan finds the remains of Bill Evans (not the jazz pianist and composer of the same name), and he could swear he glimpses Kate. But the stakes for stepping out of line in Wayward Pines, asking uncomfortable questions, or asserting that problems exist are grave--and potentially deadly. And horrifying dangers lurk for those who seek to escape. Ethan has spent several days in the small town when Pines shifts to the point of view of Ethan's wife, who is in Seattle grieving her loss and the disappearance of Ethan...fifteen months earlier. Theresa's mysterious encounter with an odd man makes it even more clear that time is not passing in a normal fashion. Developments near the end of the book set up Ethan's complicity in the grand, nefarious conspiracy in Wayward Pines--but it seems doubtful that in the next book he will adhere to the rules of the ringleader of the elaborate plan. I was intrigued by the story's concept but wanted more character development to anchor me within the ever-evolving revelations surrounding the world of Wayward Pines , its shifting time, and the implications of these. I listened to Pines  as an audiobook. The two other titles in the series are Wayward and The Last Town . I'd love to hear your Bossy thoughts about this book! You can find my review of Blake Crouch's Upgrade here , my review of his novel Recursion (mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore )   here , and my review of Dark Matter   here .

school that abused and terrorized boys for over a century, shares a tale of racial injustice, abuse and horrors The "Nickel Boys" endure endless injustices, abuse, and horrors, including the looming threat of being

tentatively begun, deep love story born in a British boarding school and blossoming amid the cruelties and horrors But by 1914, World War I is drawing most of these young boys into a swirl of wartime horrors.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Stephen Graham Jones's historical fiction-horror story, The The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is a horror/historical fiction story with key supernatural elements.

Elston's upcoming mystery Anatomy of an Alibi ; and I'm listening to Jennifer Givhan's mystery-thriller-horror Random House Audio Publishing Group. 03 Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan Jennifer Givhan's mystery-thriller-horror

Erin Crosby Eckstine balances the horrors of living in an enslaved situation with the complex interpersonal school experience, and, against all odds, building the somewhat-reasonable-feeling case for James's horror-turned-acceptance school that abused and terrorized boys for over a century, shares a tale of racial injustice, abuse and horrors The "Nickel Boys" endure endless injustices, abuse, and horrors, including the looming threat of being

And in her shock and horror, Pamela spied the culprit as he skulked away. overshadow the book's dysfunctional families and painful relationships--were welcome distractions from the horror

her sometimes socially unacceptable methods of getting through each day, and, much to her family's horror

husband's title to secure invitations for her daughters (who are not, after all, shallow and greedy horrors

LGBTQ love story set in World War I from Alice Winn; and I'm reading Elliott Gish's fascinating gothic horror But by 1914, World War I is drawing most of these young boys into a swirl of wartime horrors.

Many horrors play a role in warping these tortured souls, but what happens if we add a light dusting Fraser's detailed accounts march through mindboggling horrors, tracking all of the relevant known actions

school experience, and, against all odds, building the somewhat-reasonable-feeling case for James's horror-turned-acceptance

targeting Elly and her seemingly assured destruction make for a chilling, it-could-happen-to-anyone horror

The "Nickel Boys" endure endless injustices, abuse, and horrors, but Elwood persists in pursuing justice

Erin Crosby Eckstine balances the horrors of living in an enslaved situation with the complex interpersonal

The friends soon realize that conflicting political ideologies have led to this horror here and elsewhere

sometimes socially unacceptable methods of getting through each day, and, much to her husband and family's horror

Context doesn't erase the horrors that we read about initially, but it softens some of the blows after

As I read the disturbing sequence of events, I felt increasing despair and disgust as well as horror

man who raped her mother and sired Annis--turns his lascivious attention to her, she fears that new horrors

Jennifer Givhan's mystery-thriller-horror novel Salt Bones  made it onto multiple best-of lists for 2025

Yet the true horrors of life as an enslaved Black person in the deep South at the time of Twain's novel

Shattuck poses the question: Can love redeem past horrors? (Or does moving forward from horrors sometimes feel unforgivably easy?)

character to spend extended page time obsessing over where her partner may have vanished to and what horrors

I've seen Lone Women listed as a horror book, and there are horrifying elements, but the novel is far

spooky, sultry, shadowy story of Dracula's first wife, and in Constanta's point of view we witness her horror

Around these horrors, Cosby introduces a framework of fascinating issues--racism, abuse, shame, emotional

She faces repeated horrors of war, must find her own inner fortitude, and forges eternal loyalty and

difficulties, focused on their duties at the expense of their romantic happiness, witnessed various horrors

of her white enslaver, and when he turns his attention to her in lascivious ways, she fears that new horrors

spooky, sultry, shadowy story of Dracula's first wife, and from Constanta's point of view we witness her horror

The friends soon realize that conflicting political ideologies have led to this horror here and elsewhere

Jackson's gothic horror tale is made all the more frightening by its reliance on terror, shadows, and Jackson's gothic horror tale is made all the more frightening by its reliance on terror, shadows, and

with Willingham and that things might turn out all right--if not neatly, then without unimaginable horrors

tentatively begun, deep love story born in a British boarding school and blossoming amid the cruelties and horrors But by 1914, World War I is drawing most of these young boys into a swirl of wartime horrors.

Barnes's space horror novel Ghost Station, psychologist Dr.

And in her shock and horror, Pamela spied the culprit as he skulked away. overshadow the book's dysfunctional families and painful relationships--were welcome distractions from the horror

review of Things in Jars, click here. 03 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson ​Jackson's gothic horror Jackson's gothic horror tale is made all the more frightening by its reliance on terror, shadows, and unexplained occurrences, debates whether any of her parents' accounts hold merit, and begins to wonder with horror

peers out the window to see him walking down the street--then she sees that he is armed, and to her horror

type of topic, and the relevant details to the cases and deaths (attacks, premeditation, cruelties, horrors

And in her shock and horror, Pamela spied the culprit as he skulked away. overshadow the book's dysfunctional families and painful relationships--were welcome distractions from the horror

her since her childhood (ugh), yet this predatorial scenario is made out to feel more romantic than a horror

As the book went on, I found myself regularly cringing over what horror might possibly come next, and

her teenage son's return home late at night peers out the window to see him--he is armed, and to her horror

tentatively begun, deep love story born in a British boarding school and blossoming amid the cruelties and horrors But by 1914, World War I is drawing most of these young boys into a swirl of wartime horrors.

This whole thing is ticking a lot of the horror movie boxes. Murder at a sleepaway camp.

(When they do not genuinely seek clemency, horrors await, as we see ultimately with Boone.)

She had been so consumed by the Vigenère cipher that she—horrors—hadn’t been eating properly.