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New Wine by Angela Slatter - 4.5/5 stars

Little Red by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple - 4/5 stars

Look Inside by Michael Marshall Smith - 4/5 stars

Fairy Werewolf Vs. Vampire Zombie by Charlie Jane Anders - 2/5 stars

Wendy, Darling by Christopher Golden - 4.5/5 stars

The Black Fairy's Curse by Karen Joy Fowler - 2/5 stars

Faith & Fred by Maura McHugh - 2.5/5 stars

Skin by James Brogden - 4/5 stars

Henry and the Snakewood Box by M.R Carey - 5/5 stars

Listen by Jen Williams - 4.5/5 stars

At That Age by Catriona Ward - 3/5 stars

Troll Bridge by Neil Gaiman - 4/5 stars

"Honor in safety, survival under threat. Better a living coward than a dead hero."

This book is just complex and clever and creative!

"Home is people... Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind."

"Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall; Death is the fifth, and master of all."

"You're fire - a warm light on a cold dark night to be sure, but also a conflagration that can destroy everything in its path"

"The body fades. The leader who lasts relies on more."

The dedication for this book reads:

"For all those who have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.

This has convinced me that this is exactly what I want to be reading right now.

As Red as Blood, as White as Snow by Christina Henry - 3/5 stars

Castle Cursed by Jane Yolen - 3/5 stars

Ruth Ware never fails to pen the most compulsively readable storylines!

"Mama Rose, a clenched fist in the air, marches with a raised placard in
her hand. Marches singing, then shouting and fighting."

When reality and fiction collide. I feel I couldn't be reading this book at a more apt time.

"the Old Ones consider it wise to hole up in wild places. Claim ordinary folk can’t communicate any more, ’cause talking’s been bred out of ’em with the overuse of technology. And when the end comes with unceasing floods, hurricanes, wild fires and pestilence, everyday folk - those whose brains have become wired to gadgets and gizmos – won’t be able to say boo to a goose. They’ll say boo to their screens instead."

"Trust your instincts, kid...You may not realise it yet, but deep inside, you know the answer to every problem life will fling at you. The trick is to let it out."

"I’ve seen first-hand what hate can do. Hate feeds on hate. Fires up in the belly, blazes through the throat and makes grown men psycho."

"What we’re doing is unforgiveable. It breaks every law the human heart tries to live by."

"Brain’s muddled as a maze, with no obvious exits and entrances, and he’s lost in the middle of it."

Didn't know I was reading an autobiography...

"The way the world’s going, kid, best to be roving with the sun on our faces, a fair wind behind us."

"And that's how you go on. You lay laughter over the dark parts. The more dark parts, the more you have to laugh. With defiance, with abandon, with hysteria, any way you can.”