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Book Review: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB’S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES combines southern charm with 1990s horror. In this story, author Grady Hendrix pits middle-aged housewives, who share a passion for true crime books, against a vampire.
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig is standalone, YA fantasy inspired by Grimm’s The Twelve Dancing Princesses and is full of ghosts and aquatic gods set in fascinating, maritime world dusted of sea salt and lichens.
The Guinevere Deception (Camelot Rising #1) by Kiersten White
The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White is an Arthurian reimagining featuring forbidden magic, dangerous jousts, enchanted forests, and questing knights—only this is a tale spun from Guinevere’s own voice.
Book Review: Blood Heir (Blood Heir Trilogy #1) by Amélie Wen Zhao
Blood Heir is the first book in Amélie Wen Zhao’s debut fantasy series with a Russian-inspired setting and is a loose retelling of Anastasia. It is a world of elemental magic, assassins, and cutthroats. It is the story of a princess who was told she was a monster but chose instead to be a hero.