Genre: Gothic

A STUDY IN DROWNING By Ava Reid

A STUDY IN DROWNING By Ava Reid

Short and Sweet Review Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales, and since she was a young girl she has been haunted by the Fairy King. Her favorite author Emrys Myrddin wrote a book about a mortal falling in love with the fairy king and it just happens to be one of Effy’s favorite […]

A MULTITUDE OF DREAMS By Mara Rutherford

A MULTITUDE OF DREAMS By Mara Rutherford

Short and Sweet Review Princess Imogen has lived in Goslind for three years, the castle has been boarded up so that the people living in the castle could avoid catching the bloody mori roja plague which has ravaged most of the kingdom. Imogen has a secret that she’s been hiding for the past three years […]

HOUSE OF ROOTS AND RUIN By Erin A. Craig

HOUSE OF ROOTS AND RUIN By Erin A. Craig

Short and Sweet Review Its been years since the events of House of Salt and Sorrows took place. Now Verity the youngest sister is seventeen and she still lives in Highmoor with her eldest sister Camille, while the rest of their sisters have left and are scattered about. When Verity gets a letter from her […]

ALL THE DEAD LIE DOWN By Kyrie McCauley

ALL THE DEAD LIE DOWN By Kyrie McCauley

Short and Sweet Review After the passing of her mother, Marin is now alone in the world. When Marin gets a surprise invitation from Alice Lovelace, an old friend of her mother’s to come and nanny for her over the summer she accepts. Thea and Wren are a bit strange, Thea likes to bury her […]

SHE IS A HAUNTING By Trang Thanh Tran

SHE IS A HAUNTING By Trang Thanh Tran

Short and Sweet Review Jade Nguyễn arrives in Vietnam with her sister Lily, to spend five weeks with her estranged father and help him set up a website for the B&B he’s opening in exchange for tuition money. When Jade first arrives at the house she knows something isn’t right but neither Lily or her […]

GALLANT By V.E. Schwab

GALLANT By V.E. Schwab

Short and Sweet Review Olivia lives at the Merilance School for Girls and the only thing she has from her past is her mothers journal. When a letter arrives at the school for Olivia from her Uncle inviting her to come home to Gallant, but when Olivia arrives there no one is expecting her to […]

ASHES ON THE WAVES By Mary Lindsey

ASHES ON THE WAVES By Mary Lindsey

Short and Sweet Review Ashes on the Waves is the retelling of Edgar Allen Poe’s Annabel Lee poem. Liam is crippled and only has the use of one of his arms. This has him and the townspeople believing that his is possessed by a demon. Because of this Liam is lonely and lost, as he […]

BETWEEN THE SPARK AND THE BURN By April Genevieve Tucholke

BETWEEN THE SPARK AND THE BURN By April Genevieve Tucholke

Short and Sweet After the events from the last book Violet can’t stop thinking about River. The gang decides to leave Citizen Kane and go looking for River in different towns where strange things are happening. My Thoughts ~ My favorite part of this book was the road trip the group is following leads to […]

BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA By April Genevieve Tucholke

BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA By April Genevieve Tucholke

Short and Sweet Violet White and her brother Luke have lived in Echo their whole life. When their parents travel around the world to get inspiration for their art they leave the twins by themselves in the small town. When a mysterious and gorgeous boy named River rents the room in mansion, Violet realizes he’s […]