Melanie Karsak is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. After reading Hauntings and Humbug: A Steampunk Christmas Carol, I knew I wanted more of her fantasy holiday stories. She was offering the novella Peppermint and Pentacles for free so I snatched it up. This is the third story in her Steampunk Red Riding Hood …
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To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from Hauntings and Humbug: A Steampunk Christmas Carol by Melanie Karsak. It just sounded... well, kind of weird. I got it for free, though, and the cover interested me enough to read it. I'm glad I did because I ended up LOVING it! This review will be spoiler …
I discovered Melanie Karsak on Instagram and over time, as she's ran different promotions, I've acquired a few of her releases for free. One of those was the novella The Glass Mermaid, the first part in The Chancellor Fairy Tales series. I finally got around to reading it and enjoyed it, for the most part. …
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"What Moves The Dead" is the second story (the other being Nettle & Bone) that I've read by T. Kingfisher and unfortunately, not my favorite. This spooky novella is a retelling of "The Fall of The House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe and that alone is why I requested it from Netgalley. This review …
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"The Promise of a Kiss" by K.C. Bateman was recommended by a Youtuber that I follow, Jessica from PeaceLoveBooks. She recommended it on her Instagram stories and said that it was similar to The Mummy. I immediately knew that I needed to read this novella because The Mummy is one of my all time favorite …
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