This
book has everything I love: witches, found family, LGBTQ+ and Indigenous
representation, and burning down the patriarchy. Did I mention witches?
The
main character, Métis witch Lucky St. James, is profoundly relatable, as are
the other witches in her coven; the magic systems are authentic and intriguing; and the villain is appropriately dark and menacing.
It was a fun, engrossing
read, and I was sad when I closed the cover for the final time. I’ll be
rereading this one, and I hope Dimaline has more stories planned for these
remarkable witches!
"Once I opened VenCo, I was propelled through an entire night of charmed reading. Cherie Dimaline creates a world utterly fantastical, yet real. VenCo is funny, tense, and cracking with a dark, divine energy." ---Louise Erdrich, New York Times bestselling author of The Sentence
For fans of The Once and Future Witches and Practical Magic, comes an incredibly imaginative, highly anticipated new novel featuring witches, magic, and a road trip across America—from Cherie Dimaline, the critically acclaimed author of Empire of Wild.
Métis millennial Lucky St. James is barely hanging on when she learns she’ll be evicted from the tiny…
I
picked this book up because I saw the main character, Ren Monroe, described as
Hermione Granger meets Six of Crows’ Kaz Brekker, and there was no way
I could resist a pitch like that!
Ren more than lives up to the hype; the world-building is top-notch, the magic system is unique and interesting, and
the twists will leave you guessing until the last few pages.
If you’re a fan of
Leigh Bardugo, you’ll definitely dig this one!
One of Us Is Lying meets A Deadly Education in this fantasy thriller that follows six teenage wizards as they fight to make it home alive after a malfunctioning spell leaves them stranded in the wilderness.
Ren Monroe has spent four years proving she’s one of the best wizards in her generation. But top marks at Balmerick University will mean nothing if she fails to get recruited into one of the major houses. Enter Theo Brood. If being rich were a sin, he’d already be halfway to hell. After a failed and disastrous party trick, fate has the two of…
I love books about serial killers, and when you
first dig into this one, that's what you think you're getting, but the story
slowly reveals itself to be something much deeper.
Suspenseful and dark, this
one has a reveal that Ward builds up to masterfully, and you won't see it coming
until it hits you straight in the feels.
I'm pretty sure I cried more than once,
and when you can say that about a horror novel, you know it's something
special.
"The buzz...is real. I've read it and was blown away. It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end." ―Stephen King
Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel! A World Fantasy Award Finalist! An Indie Next Pick! A LibraryReads Top 10 Pick! A Library Journal Editors' Pick! STARRED reviews from Library Journal and Publishers Weekly! Named one of the "50 Best Horror Books of All Time" by Esquire!
"Brilliant....[a] deeply frightening deconstruction of the illusion of the self." ―The New York Times
Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street is a shocking…
The Incident has infected the planet, creating zombified superheroes who destroy everything they swore to protect. Doctor Strange realizes the plague cannot be allowed to spread to other realities, but his Hunger is irresistible.
Now Earth's only hope is the Sanctum Sanctorum librarian, Zelma Stanton. She knows every spell in the book, but she's no fighter. Enter witch Nico Minoru, monster hunter Elsa Bloodstone, andDeadpool.
They plan to trap the zombies in a time loop, but it goes horribly awry (thanks, Deadpool), crushing a million butterflies, and the timeline unravels, making the original Incident look like a cakewalk. It's going to take magic bullets, bloodstones, and brains to fix this flesh-eating nightmare.
