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List of Reviews. Organized by Authors Last Name. 

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A-C

Adams, Ellery ~ The Secret, Book & Scone Society

Adams, Ellery ~ The Whispered Word

Amagakure, Gido ~ A Galaxy Next Door, Vol. 1

Ayatsuji, Yukito ~ The Decagon House Murders  Vol. 1

Baldree, Travis ~Legends & Lattes

Beaton, M.C. ~ The Witches' Tree

Benedict, Marie ~ The Mystery of Mrs. Christie

Bessette, Alicia ~ Smile Beach Murder

Blake, Ashley Herring ~ Delilah Green Doesn't Care

Blanchard, Alice ~ The Witching Tree

Carty-Williams, Candice ~ People Person

Chambers, Becky ~ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Chambers, Becky ~ A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Chambers, Becky ~ A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

Childs, Laura ~ Death By Darjeeling

Childs, Laura ~ Haunted Hibiscus 

Coates, Darcy ~ Craven Manor

Coates, Darcy ~ From Below

Coates, Darcy ~ Gallows Hill

Collins, Megan ~ The Family Plot


D-F

DeMeester, Kristi ~ Such a Pretty Smile

Dumond, Susie ~ Queerly Beloved

Feeney, Alice ~ Daisy Darker


G-I

Garrity, Shaenon K. ~ The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor

Harper, Lana ~Payback's a Witch 

Harrow, Alix E. ~ A Spindle Splintered

Hazelwood, Ali ~ The Love Hypothesis

Huntly, Swan ~ getting clean with stevie green


J-L

Jackson, Danielle ~ The Accidental Pinup

Kawaguchi, Toshikazu ~ Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Kawakami, Hiromi ~ People From My Neighbourhood

Klune, TJ ~ Under the Whispering Door

La Sala, Ryan ~ The Honeys

Lawrence, Carole ~ Cleopatra's Dagger

Lester, Meera ~ A Beeline to Murder


M-O

Manning, Kristy ~ The French Gift

Mead, Tom ~ Death and the Conjuror

Miller, Kirsten ~ The Change

Miranda, Megan ~ Such a Quiet Place

Miranda, Megan ~ The Last to Vanish

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia ~ Certain Dark Things

Ng, Meichi ~ Barely Functional Adult


P-R

Pearse, Sarah ~ The Sanatorium

Pearse, Sarah ~ The Retreat

Rem & Bikkuri ~ Devil's Candy Vol. 1


S-U

Scalzi, John ~ The Kaiju Preservation Society

Scelsa, Kate ~ Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches

Shin, Kyung-Sook ~ Violets

Silverman, Laura ~ Up All Night

Sohn, Won-Pyung ~ Almond

Sterling, Erin ~ The Ex Hex

St. James, Simone ~ The Sun Down Motel

Tidhar, Lavie ~ The Escapement


W-Z

Ware, Ruth ~ One by One

Wells, Martha ~ All Systems Red

Yamamori, Mika ~ In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Vol. 1

Yokomizo, Seishi ~ The Honjin Murders

Young, Adrienne ~ Spells for Forgetting

Yuki, Kaori ~ Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Vol. 1




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