The Invisible Hotel did what many novels attempt which is to make me feel what the protagonist was feeling through description, not by telling me she (and I) felt that way.

Even though we are warned in the prologue that the island has been abandoned and only allowed visitors once a year, we quickly forget this as we are caught up in the first person narrative of Agnes, the main character.

Something happened when I read The House of Last Resort that doesn’t often happen to me. I cared about these characters - Tommy and Kate - like I knew them. 

I would have liked it more if the horror were turned up a notch or two and the romance turned - either way a notch or two - as it was, it was tepid and uninteresting.

I am sure listening to the audiobook is responsible for at least some of why I enjoyed it so much because the conceit is that the story is told through a series of interviews and because the voice actors are so good; it made this all the more immersive and realistic.

The quirkiness and the addition of the fungi & the backstory of pronoun variance made it feel modern and timeless at the same time.

This is one of those sci-fi novels that is way more about how people treat each other than about the science (although there is plenty of that).

I don't know how I've made it this far as a horror fan without reading this.

I listened to this on audiobook, and I'm glad I did. The story is told in first person, and we hear Cara talking to an employment program counselor/social worker, but her revelations sound more like she's writing in a diary or at least talking to a traditional therapist because she is so open and honest.

I got Legends & Lattes (this one is a prequel to that) for Christmas & liked it so much, I gave myself Bookshops & Bonedust for New Year & liked it even more - probably, in part, to my love of books and previous life working in a bookshop.

Legends & Lattes was a perfect cozy fantasy - a "new" genre that is sure to become a favorite - to break away from extended family and other obligations to read over the holidays.

I had the pleasure of meeting Anya Martin several years ago at Buried Alive! Horror Film Festival. She has recently published a book of stories called Sleeping with the Monster. I guarantee you haven't read anything like them before. Go get it!