This was a beautiful, layered story set in the gorgeous historic Cornwall of folktales and wise women. The Salt Bind by Rebecca Ferrier is now available to buy, click below! Kensa and her younger sister stumble upon the dying form of a seamonster on the Cornish coast one night, and as a result of this…

Wild Dark Shore is very typical of the types of atmospheric books I like to read – I call them my “isolated landscapes” books, set in desolate areas. With this one, the characters couldn’t really get much further from the rest of humanity while still being on earth – an Antarctic island where the communications…

If you loved the hazy, heart-shattering world of We Were Liars, the new book We Fell Apart by New York Times bestselling author E. Lockhart is one you’ll want to mark on your calendar. Lockhart’s return to the Sinclair universe revisits the aftermath of the infamous Sinclair house fire with a new cast, a beachy gothic atmosphere, and that same haunting prose that made her famous….

This was truly quite scary. If there’s one thing Michelle Paver knows how to do, it’s create an atmosphere that absorbs you. In fact, it draws you in so thoroughly then spits you out the other side wondering if that really just happened. I sat in bed in a dark (cosy!) room reading this and…

This was a gripping read with two sides: historic sapphic love story, and a gothic supernatural tale. You’d think the two things wouldn’t necessarily work together, but somehow they do. The Naked Light by Bridget Collins publishes today! The story follows Kit, an artist who is no longer able to paint portraits after seeing the…

This was a brilliant example of a fantasy novel that’s set in a world that isn’t overly fantastical, at least, it’s not overrun with magic, but there’s an undercurrent of something otherwordly going on right from the beginning. Hemlock & Silver is T. Kingfisher’s new book release, publishing today. Read more: A Guide to Throne…