The Enchanted Lies of Celeste Artois by Ryan Graudin

This book opens with an introduction speaking directly to the reader that goes for a few pages, letting us know that not everyone can see magic. Some people are mundane and aren't special, and those unmagical types will not like this book. It reminded me of The Emperor's New Clothes. If you like this book, …

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Scotland The Strange: Weird Stories From Storied Lands from The British Library by Johnny Mains (Editor)

This stunning volume is Scotland the Strange: Weird Tales From Storied Lands, one of the latest in the Gilded Nightmares Series from The British Library. I love this series and have quite a few from the collection. They feature beautiful binding and cover art, and each one contains horror or ghost stories collected around a …

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Interpretations Of Love by Jane Campbell

In the day's leading up to Agne's daughter's wedding, Uncle Malcolm decides to give Agnes a letter, written by her mother, that he's been holding on to since the war, while Joe anticipates seeing Agnes, whose therapist he was and who he has feelings for. Agnes, meanwhile, thinks back over her failed marriage and the …

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Cross Bones (The Accidental Medium #3) by Tracy Whitwell

Ah, my good (fictional) friend Tanz is back. This is the third book in the Accidental Medium series, which tells the story of Tanz, a 30-something actress who recently discovered that she has psychic powers. She lives in a flat in London with her cat Inka, and has two mentors in her journey to understand …

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One Of Us Is Dead (Roy Grace #21) by Peter James

When James Taylor was in school, he and his two best friends were known as the Three Musketeers because they were inseparable, but as they grew up, they also grew apart. As the novel opens, James is at Barnie's funeral, thinking that his friend didn't turn out so well and he's only attending for old …

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