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If I had a nickel for everytime I was engrossed in a story set in a mysterious village in oregon where supernatural shit happens, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
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Book recommendations: horror
Horror & fantasy romance ended up in a tie in my poll. I chose to do horror first mainly because the book I'm reading right now will be on the fantasy romance first and I need to finish it first.
I have been reading some horror lately. It's not my most read genre, but I have a big enough pile that I could pick out the ones I think are really good. Most of these aren't necessarily so scary it keeps you up at night, but they can be eerie, very atmospheric, dark and occasionally very messed up. I'll mention the type of horror and what kind of scary elements are in there. All of these are YA, I don't have many adult horror books on my shelf.
I'll start with House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
Iris is the youngest of the three Hollow sisters. When they were young, the three sisters disappeared from a busy street. It should have been impossible, but there was no trace of them. A month later they reappeared, changed, and with no memory of what happened to them. Iris has tried to forget what happened, and stay away from the weirdness that followed. But when her oldest sister Grey goes missing, Iris and middle sister Viv go looking for her. If they want to find Grey, they will have to uncover the mystery of the past.
This book is creepy and has a rather horrifying twist near the end when you learn what really happened in the past. I think this is one of the scarier books on this list, but it's done really well, with monsters chasing Iris and her sister around and an eerie parallel world
Rep: bi main character, lesbian side character; Korean side character
Other books from this author: The Invocations (horror, coming early 2024); Our Chemical Hearts (contemporary), a semi-definitive of worst nightmares (fabulism)
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
Two hundred years ago in small Oregon town Sparrow, three sisters were accused of witchcraft. Stones bound to their feet, they were thrown into the harbor and drowned. Ever since then, the sisters have returned once a year as ghosts. They each possess one young girl in town and kill one boy.
The town has long accepted their fate and Penny is no different. But then Bo Carter enters the town, unaware of the danger he's just stepped into. Penny can't trust him, but she wants to save him from the danger just the same.
This book has one big twist. It's not super scary perse, nor is there any gore, but very atmospheric and that's where this author excels. Would recommend it for people who aren't used to reading horror.
Winterwood is the next book by Shea Ernshaw
Once again set in a small, isolated town in Oregon, this book follows Nora Walker, a girl descended of a line of witches. She is connected to the Wickerwoods, dangerous haunted woods that only she can enter during full moon to collect lost things.
In the middle of winter, with the power out and all connection to the outside world lost, Nora finds a boy in the Wickerwoods. Oliver went missing from the Camp for Wayward Boys weeks ago. By all accounts, he should be dead and yet she found him. Oliver has no memory of what happened the past weeks.
Nora quickly bonds with him, but realizes she has to uncover the mystery of what happened to him and how he could survive so long in the woods. And it soon turns out Oliver was not the only boy who went missing.
Much like the Wicked Deep, this book excels in its atmosphere and the way it portrays a very creepy forest. It has an interesting plot twist, though not as strong as the one in the Wicked Deep. It's not keep you up at night scary, and also has a lot of focus on the romance.
Other books from this author: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen (Nightmare before Christmas book); A History of Wild Places; A Wildnerness of Stars
Next: Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
This book is set on the isolated island of Sawkill rock, where girls have been going missing for decades, stolen away by evil no one has dared fight... until now.
Marion is new to Sawkill rock, trying to escape the tragedy that befell her family
Zoey's best friend was the last girl to disappear, and she is determined to find out what happened, and if Val has anything to do with it
Val is the queen bee, the daughter of the richest woman on the island. But she has a dark secret.
This book was not entirely what I expected when I bought it, but I loved it. This one is rather creepy, I think, though not what would keep me up at night (to be fair, movies are more likely to keep me up than books due to being scary). It creates an isolated atmosphere, but another strong point in this book is the relationships between the three girls and the development there. Marion and Zoey become friends and team up to uncover the mystery when Marion's sister disappears. Zoey hates Val. But Marion might have feelings for Val.
Rep: Sapphic relationship, Zoey is Black and asexual
Also by this author: Furyborn trilogy (epic fantasy); Extasia (horror); Winterspell (Nutcracker retelling)
House of Salt and Sorrow by Erin A. Craig
This is a retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses
Annaleigh is one of twelve sister. Or, she used to be. Four of them are dead due to strange accidents, and people are saying her family is cursed. Annaleigh becomes more and more suspicious that her sister's death were no accidents.
Then, her sisters start sneaking out, going to glittering balls and dancing the night away. Annaleigh does not know if she can come with them or stop them, because where are they really going and who are they dancing with?
If Annaleigh does not find out what happened to her sisters soon, she might be the next one to die.
It's been long enough that I do not remember exactly what happened in this book, but I do remember that it was eerie and there was an interesting plot twist when Annaleigh finds out where they really go dancing.
The book stands on its own, but there will be a companion coming out this year, House of Roots and Ruin, which follows one of Annaleigh's sisters
Also by this author is Small Favors
I read this solely because someone told me it would make a good comp title for the book I'm querying, and this is a retelling of Rumplestiltskin.
Ellerie is the daughter of a beekeeper in Amity Falls, a small town surrounded by mountains. They're very isolated and have to go on supply runs to a bigger city to make sure they have what they need. But during a supply run, all people on it die. More and more strange things start happening, slowly building up. Monsters in the woods, people acting strange.
Ellerie finds herself in a race against time to save herself and the people she loves before her town goes up in flames.
This book has a kind of strange pacing. The last part has a lot happening, but before then it's all a very slow build up. Most of the incidents with monsters, Ellerie does not witness, she hears about it second hand. She befriends a strange boy who has come to town as a trapper, catching animals in the forest to sell their hides. He won't give her his name, making me instantly suspicious, but their relationship builds up for such a long time that I was constantly questioning if he could be trusted or not.
My biggest criticism of this book is that I could not tell you when it was set. It took me a while to figure out it was America, though the religious small town feels very American to me, but I couldn't tell you the time period. Likely historical. But when? Who knows, certainly not me.
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
Mars and his twin sister Caroline have always been inseperable. But that summer, Caroline went to Aspen summer school alone. Mars no longer felt welcome there due to his gender fluidity. But when Caroline dies unexpectedly, Mars decides to take her place at the camp to feel more connected to her. It does not go as expected, and Mars quickly remembers why he stopped going. But he befriends Caroline's old friends, a group of girls called the Honeys because of the bees they tend to. But he soon finds something is seriously wrong in the camp, and it might very well have caused his sister's death.
This is a book about grief for a large part, and I think inspired by the author's own grief for his sister. I especially loved the way the Honeys were characterized in this book, and their friendship with Mars, and the story is also about a very femme queer person being accepted within a group of feminine girls.
Rep: gender fluid MC; queer side characters
Also by this author: Reverie (contemporary fantasy); Be Dazzled (contemporary); Beholder (horror, coming in October)
The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
The Dead and the Dark is a paranormal/horror mystery set in a small town in Oregon. Because apparently Oregon is where all the spooky paranormal mystery things happen? I don't know, it seems to be a popular location
Logan's two dads host a ghost hunting show together, and have traveled to this town, which is also their hometown, for the new season. But teenagers are disappearing and there might be something really spooky going on here, and Logan has the feeling her dads are keeping secrets from her.
Ashley is a girl who has lived in this town her entire life, and her boyfriend was the first to go missing. Now, Logan is her only hope to find him.
This is a sapphic story as well as a paranormal mystery, but the emphasis is more on the mystery, I think. There are ghosts in here and a pretty sinister and quite creative explanation for what is happening in this town and why.
Rep: sapphic relationship, main character has gay dads
Last on this list is Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
Trans boy Benji is on the run from a cult. A fundementalist sect that unleashed Armageddon, killing most of the population. They believe that one chosen one will end the world for them and they made the ultimate bioweapon to do this.
Benji is rescued by the teens from the ALC, a queer youth center, and their leader Nick. Benji is immediately drawn to Nick, he's slowly changing into a monster capable of destroying the world and Nick knows.
Still, Nick allows him to stay with them as long as he can control the monster and use it to fight on their behalf.
This is I think the goriest book on this list, with lots of details on the ways Benji is slowly transforming into a monster. It's written by an autistic trans man. Benji is trans, while Nick is autistic. There is a lot of creepy fundamentalist religion in this book, as Benji was raised in the cult and their whole idea is that they should kill everyone not part of their world with their bioweapons.
Also from this author: The Spirit Bares its Teeth (coming September)
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I just love Shea Ernshaw’s worlds (and covers because wow, could they get any prettier) ✨
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So, I've been reading a lot of books lately. Of all sorts. If you need any recommendations - I'm your girl!!
But last night, I read a book that left me sobbing. It's called The Wicked Deep, and it's by Shea Ernshaw. Honestly, it's one of the best books I've ever read.
I was up until midnight (which is usually pretty late for me) to finish it. Tears were - no joke - pouring down my face. And it is hard to make me cry.
This has nothing to do with the blog. But if you're looking for modern fantasy and a ghost story mixed into one, READ THIS BOOK.
Much love <33
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Random Word BPC
Day 26 - Stir
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-the wicked deep aesthetic🎶-
#booklr#bookblr#book aesthetic#aesthetic#the wicked deep#the wicked deep aesthetic#fantasy books#fantasy aesthetic#witch books#witch aesthetic#shea ernshaw#shea ernshaw the wicked deep#Spotify
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Reccer Spotlight: Kelsey!
The Beautiful
The Wicked Deep
Spells for Forgetting
Kelsey's recs have everything: vampires, heartbreak, the Pacific Northwest—it's all about recapturing those immaculate Twilight vibes. Full text available in their tab of the Bella’s Book Club Summer Reading ‘23 Reclist!
more info on BBC Summer Reading 2023
more Reccer Spotlights
#reccer spotlight#summer reading challenge#summer reading#booklr#book club#book recs#bella's book club#the beautiful#the wicked deep#spells for forgetting
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“The Swan sisters had a charm that was born into their blood, like their mother: Men could not resist the softness of their skin or the gleam of their aquamarine eyes.”
— The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
↳ art by @ehmandinha (insta/twitter)
↳ comm. by me and @FlloraAurora (insta)
#the wicked deep#shea ernshaw#the swan sisters#hazel swan#aurora swan#marguerite swan#digital art#book fanart#art commissions#fanart#book art
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January JOMP Day 30 - Freebie
Books in blue. 💙
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THE WICKED DEEP (projet rpg)
Projet inspiré des oeuvres the sorcery of thorns (Margaret Rogerson), The Scholomance (Naomi Novik) et La Passe-miroir (Christelle Dabos).
TW: magie noire, démons, sacrifice et sang
CONTEXTE
DISCORD
The Wicked Deep est un projet rpg fantastique qui puise sont inspiration de plusieurs oeuvres (surtout les oeuvres citées en haut). Ce sera un “huis-clôs” puisque seulement les sorciers seront jouables. On y retrouve un peu de tout, un système de magie innovateur, des grandes familles, une rébellion, des jeux politiques, la possibilité de jouer un sorcier comme un démon...
Pour en savoir plus, je vous invite à lire davantage les explications.
Qu’est-ce que je peux jouer ?
Un sorcier ou un démon. Les sorciers sont départagés en trois catégories, elle dépend de leur usage de la magie.
1- Les Blue Blood puisent leur magie d’un démon. On les dit « bleu » parce que seules les familles à la tête d’une enclave ont ce privilège. Leur magie est puissante.
2- Les Red Blood puisent leur magie d’une énergie positive et pure. Afin d’user de leur pouvoir ils ont besoin de rassembler cette énergie pour user de leur pouvoir. Ils la confectionnent en faisant des tâches qui demandent un effort physique ou mental. L’énergie créée sera plus haute et forte au plus la tâche est difficile (par exemple faire 100 pompes rapportera plus d’énergie que tricoter des gants).
3- Les Dark Blood créent une énergie négative en sacrifiant quelque chose afin que leurs incantations fonctionnent. On dit énergie négative parce qu’elle repose souvent dans le sang ou quelque chose qui a été donné par force. Ils sont puissants, mais se font lentement bouffer par leur magie.
4- Les démons viennent plus ou moins des « enfers ». Ils prennent une forme humaine dès qu’ils sont appelés. Un démon ne peut PAS mourir, il peut seulement être banni dans les enfers si son corps humain est tué sur terre. À la mort de son sorcier, le démon retourne également dans les enfers. Ils sont dotés eux-mêmes de magie, mais sont sous la coupe de leur sorcier.
Où ?
À Londres.
Quel genre de personnage ?
La noblesse, les gens à leur service, leurs opposants. Dans tous les cas, le personnage devra jouer un rôle dans une des enclaves (on peut comprendre ça comme un coven de sorcières).
Comment fonctionne la magie ?
La magie n’est pas donnée, ni naturelle, elle demande à chaque utilisation un sacrifice. On appelle ça le Mana (énergie positive) ou le Malia (énergie négative).
Pour un Red Blood, le sacrifice sera le temps donné à l’énergie qu’on a confectionné, au mieux mon incantation fonctionnera au plus de temps j’ai mis dans la confection de mon énergie. Cette énergie étant pure, les Red Blood vivent une longue vie qui n’est pas semée d’embuche. Beaucoup en dévient pourtant, parce que créer de l’énergie positive prend du temps, de l’énergie et s’essouffle rapidement. Un Red Blood est moins puissant qu’un Dark Blood ou Blue Blood.
Un Dark Blood est peut-être puissant, mais son temps est compté. Au plus de Malia est utilisé, au plus le corps « pourri ». La magie n’est pas censée être utilisée par le biais d’une énergie négative (un sacrifice). Cette « faute » se répercute sur le sorcier.
Les Blue Blood sont puissants, après tout leur magie vient d’un démon qui est une source infinie de pouvoir. Ils sacrifient pourtant de nombreuses années de leur vie lors de l’alliance formée avec un démon. Les démons se nourrissant de la vie de mortels.
Les sorciers ont besoin d’incantation afin que leur magie fonctionne, les démons eux n’en ont pas besoin.
Quels pouvoirs peut avoir un sorcier?
Les sorciers ont différents pouvoirs, qui sont partagées en huit catégories:
Black Light: contrôle mental et de la psychée
Blue Light: contrôle de l’eau et de n’importe quel liquide
Yellow Light: contrôle des illusions et de l’espace
Green Light: contrôle de la faune et de la flore
Grey Light: contrôle et animation d’objets
Orange Light: contrôle de l’air et du temps
White Light: contrôle du corps (physique et des sens)
Je veux jouer un démon, comment ça fonctionne ?
Un démon n’est pas humain, il est dans une catégorie différente qui vient plutôt du divin. Comme une genie in a bottle, ils vivent dans les enfers avant d’être invoqué sur terre.
Les démons puissants ont tous des noms que seuls les sorciers des familles qu’ils servent connaissent. En somme tout le monde pourrait devenir un Blue Blood si seulement ils connaissaient le vrai nom d’un démon.
Ces noms sont en gros un héritage familial qui n’appartient aux familles nobles.
Les démons lors de leur invocation sont liés à vie à un sorcier. Ils auront une vie de servitude pour laquelle les sorciers payent un prix cher : x années de leur vie. Les démons ne se nourrissent que de ça.
Les démons n’ont pas besoin d’incantation, leur magie étant divine, ils peuvent la créer de rien. En revanche ils sont liés à la volonté de leur sorcier. Ils ne peuvent donc pas les trahir et contourner leurs ordres. Un démon n’est en somme pas libre, si très puissant, il ne peut travailler que sous la coupe de son sorcier.
Je veux jouer un noble avec un démon, comment ça fonctionne ?
Les arbres des familles sont extrêmement grands et chaque noble ne reçoit pas un démon. Effectivement chaque année ou à la mort d’un membre d’une famille, un rituel est formé pour voir qui est le plus méritant d’une branche ou d’une famille. Avoir un démon est une grande force qui demande beaucoup de responsabilités, c’est pour cette raison que les familles ne les donnent pas gratuitement. Effectivement il faut gagner son rituel pour avoir droit à un démon.
Les places de démons seront limitées ainsi que les places dans les familles en ayant un.
Qu’est-ce qu’une enclave ?
Le jeu se déroulera dans une des villes les plus importantes magiquement parlant. Celle qui aura inspiré le monde entier à faire de même. Il y a plus de huit cents années, huit familles ont créé huit enclaves avec huit différentes spécialisations. Ces huit familles représentent aujourd’hui le conseil magique qui définissent les nombreuses règles et lois ayant rapport à la magie de partout dans le monde.
Ces huit familles sont influentes seulement parce qu’elles ont toutes sous leur coupe la magie de démons, leur donnant un pouvoir infini. Ces huit familles forment donc huit enclaves qui décident sur le restant des sorciers.
Le jeu se basera sur ces enclaves et le rôle des personnages au sein de celles-ci. Une facette extrêmement politique puisque les familles et les enclaves ont toute une motivation personnelle et ne souhaitent pas être annihilée par une autre.
Le forum n’est donc en soit pas un huis-clos strict, mais sera quand même restreint dans son jeu : les personnages devront avoir un lien à une enclave (qui est de toute façon obligatoire pour tous les sorciers) et doivent être à Paris.
Quelles sont les problèmes au sein de la ville ?
Les enclaves sont constamment en guerre, voulant prendre le dessus sur les autres. Elles clashent depuis des décennies les unes contre les autres, au point de non-retour. Des défis politiques et des coups bas qui ont un impact sur toute la ville. Qui plus est, si une guerre éclate tous les sorciers seront forcés à prendre parti et se battre.
Depuis peu des Mals/Fiens (démons moindres qui se nourrissent littéralement de sorciers) refont leur apparition en masse attaquant les sorciers des différentes enclaves. Chacun est touché, on se doute qu’une enclave est la cause de ce mal, mais personne ne sait véritablement qui.
Qui plus est, nous avons des opposants au système actuel ne souhaitant plus vivre sous la coupe des familles. Une tradition ancestrale qui semble pour beaucoup injuste. Pourquoi ont-ils eux droit à un pouvoir infini ? Pourquoi eux et pas d’autres ? Une révolution qui se construit au sein même des enclaves, qui a pour but de faire chuter les grandes familles.
À quelle époque joue-t-on ?
L’époque moderne, nous serons donc en 2023. La vie de sorcier est pourtant bien différente de celle des humains avec un flair dramatique qui rappellera l’époque victorienne.
Est-ce que les humains existent aka le monde « normal » ?
Le monde normal existe mais est externe au monde sorcier. Les humains ne voient pas/croient pas à la magie, de ce fait les Mals ou autre n’ont aucun intérêt pour eux. Qui plus est, les deux mondes sont départagés et n’ont rien avoir l’un avec l’autre. Il ne sera donc pas possible de jouer un humain.
Quelles seront mes possibilités de jeu (par exemple les mouvements, etc.) ?
Il y aura différents mouvements ou organisations dans le jeu. Pour le moment il y en a trois :
Les Chasseurs : si les dark blood sont répandus, cette magie est absolument interdite. Les chasseurs sont chargés de les pourchasser et les tuer tout comme les monstres (aussi appelés Mals) qui passent à travers les filets.
Les Opposants : ils ne veulent plus du système d’enclave et de la noblesse, ils veulent un monde plus égalitaire.
Les Keepers : ils sont là pour protéger les grimoires et le savoir du monde sorcier.
À cela s’ajoute bien entendu les jeux de pouvoir et politiques entre les enclaves qui ne s’aiment pas.
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The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
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Title: The Wicked Deep
Author: Shea Ernshaw
Series or standalone: standalone
Publication year: 2018
Genres: fiction, fantasy, paranormal, romance, mystery, supernatural
Blurb: Two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery in the cursed town of Sparrow. Stones were tied to their ankles, and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town. For a brief time each summer, the sisters return, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so that they may seek their revenge, luring boys into the harbour and pulling them under. Like many locals, 17-year-old Penny Talbot has accepted the fate of the town...but this year, on the eve of the sisters’ return, a boy named Bo Carter arrives, unaware of the danger he has just stumbled into. Mistrust and lies spread quickly through the salty, rain-soaked streets. The townspeople turn against one another; Penny and Bo suspect each other of hiding secrets; death comes swiftly to those who cannot resist the call of the sisters. But only Penny sees what others cannot...and she will be forced to choose: save Bo, or save herself.
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A stack of witchy reads ✨
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📚 - Do you have any mystery book recommendations? Specifically murder mystery? Preferably female protagonist? It's okay if they're male though 🤗 (just because there aren't many good ones with female leads).
This request turned out to be a bit of a problem, because it turns out I don't really read mysteries. So instead, I gathered book that are murder mystery adjacent enough that I hope you might like them.
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw is a horror YA
It is set in a small coastal town in Oregon where two centuries ago, three sisters were accused of witchcraft and thrown into the harbor with rocks tied to their ankles. Now, every year the sisters return, possess the bodies of three girls from town and each drown a boy in the harbor.
Penny, like most people in the village, accepted their town's fate. But then just before the drowning season starts, a mysterious boy called Bo shows up, unaware of the danger he's just stumbled into, and Penny does not quite know if she can trust him.
This book is not exactly the classic murder mystery, but it does have the kind of huge twist you'd expect from one. It is very atmospheric, and I think that's where this author excels.
Winterwood is the second book by Shea Ernshaw
It is set somewhere different in Oregon (pretty sure that's where the author lives), and follows Nora Walker, a girl who lives in a very isolated mountain village, near the mysterious and potentially deadly Wicker Woods. Rumored to be a witch, only Nora knows the truth about the Wicker Woods. She and the women in her family have a special connection to the place, and one night during a full moon she finds Oliver, a boy who disappeared several weeks ago from the Camp for Wayward Boys and has no memory of what happened.
Nora comes to care for Oliver, but has no choice but to find out what really happened the night he went missing and how he could still be alive. Because Oliver is not the only boy who went missing that night.
Like the Wicked Deep, this more horror than mystery but it has a strong mystery element in it, with another twist suiting a mystery. Like the Wicked Deep, it is also very atmospheric.
There's someone inside your house by Stephanie Perkins
This is a slasher book, but it's also quite heavy on the romance. It's been a while since I read it, and I think there's also a movie of it on Netflix and I think they have a very different ending and a different killer so I'm not sure which happens in which anymore. I think the movie did better in regards of suspense and tension than the book so maybe I'd recommend the movie first? They have some of the same characters and are both slasher/serial killer stories but I think in the movie the deaths were more impactful and the reveal was more exciting.
The story follow Makani, who moved to the town from Hawaii after an incident there, which is hinted at and revealed later on (but I kind of found it underwhelming and weird), and then she makes a couple friends and meets Ollie and teens at her school start dying.
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee is not exactly mystery, but it does have murder in it
It is a dark academia set on a very fancy boarding school, and Felicity returns there for her last year after staying away for some time after her first girlfriend had died. Here, she meets new student Ellis, a teen writing prodigy with her first book out, who calls herself a method writer and is now researching an old story about witches that are said to have lived and died on the school grounds. It is part romance between the two girls, but the whole story is pretty dark and messed up and Felicity is at times convinced that these witches might be real and responsible for her girlfriend's death. This is not an easy book to explain but it really was quite good.
The Dead and the Dark is a paranormal/horror mystery set in a small town in Oregon. Because apparently Oregon is where all the spooky paranormal mystery things happen? I don't know, it seems to be a popular location
Logan's two dads host a ghost hunting show together, and have traveled to this town, which is also their hometown, for the new season. But teenagers are disappearing and there might be something really spooky going on here, and Logan has the feeling her dads are keeping secrets from her.
Ashley is a girl who has lived in this town her entire life, and her boyfriend was the first to go missing. Now, Logan is her only hope to find him.
This is a sapphic story as well as a paranormal mystery, but the emphasis is more on the mystery, I think. There are ghosts in here and a pretty sinister and quite creative explanation for what is happening in this town and why.
Last on the list is Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
More fantasy than murder mystery, but the main premise is that a boy dies and the main character, Yadriel, accidently summons his ghost. Yadriel is a brujo, and in his community brujo's can speak with ghosts, but his family was hesitant to let him use his powers because he's transgender and they're not sure if he can be a brujo or would wield female powers instead. When he summons Julian, Julian wants Yadriel to find out who killed him, and the two go on an investigation. But the longer they are together, the more Yadriel wants Julian to stay with him.
#the wicked deep#winterwood#shea ernshaw#there's someone inside your house#stephanie perkins#a lesson in vengeance#victoria lee#the dead and the dark#courtney gould#cemetery boys#aiden thomas#lola's ask#ask answered#nina's 150 follower celebration
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