the log: ranking my dark & twisted summer reading list

After a spring of good ole fairy smut, my random selections this summer felt more autumnal—cozy, dark, dramatic—than summery—light, sandy, easy to skim (or drop) while a kid flaps around in a body of water.

Maybe these books will be an easier sell now that September has cooled everything down. These are books that are hard to sell to your friends in the neighboring beach chair who escaping with an Emily Henry or Elin Hilderbrand novel. (Learn this, though: let them escape, & stop trying to sell ...