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2025 Book Reviews

	Boys in The Valley ★★★★☆ Written by Philip Fracassi Genre: Historical, Religious, Historical A good read for the winter months. It's about a Catholic orphanage for boys in Pennsylvania, in the early 1900s that gets infested with something demonic. It's touted as being like The Lord of the Flies meets The Exorcist and I mean... Yeah? Kinda. It's a longer book, but I got through it quickly, because the plot was good and I wanted to know what happened to the boys. The ending was sad, but it was good. The whole book was well-written too, so I'd like to read something else by this author later.		Cirque Du Freak - Hunters of the Dusk ★★★☆☆ Written by Darren Shan Genre: Vampires, Adventure, Supernatural Despite the fact that this is my favorite series, I guess I can't say that this is my favorite entry within the series. It was literally like a filler episode on TV. I mean, the positives are that Vancha and Evanna are finally introduced here (although they'd been mentioned in earlier books), but other than that, nothing of interest happens.
	Guillotine ★★★★☆ Written by Delilah S. Dawson Genre: Thriller, Social Commentary, Horror This, while not exceptionally written, or doing a service to teach people an extraordinary moral (although I think it may have been trying), was still a fun and violent read. This one is touted as like The Menu meets Ready or Not and I can see that! It's definitely a "you go girl!" type of revenge book, and it does have a happy ending, so it's worth the read.		Scanlines ★★★☆☆ Written by Todd Keisling Genre: Supernatural, Horror, Suicide This just did not affect me the way it did other people apparently. It's kinda like The Ring, there's a cursed video of a man committing suicide, and after you watch it, you're compelled to reach the same fate. I guess I don't view suicide in such a dark, wretched way this author does (or other people for that matter), so even hearing about the guy in the video, I was kinda like "good for you!"? I dunno. It just didn't do anything for me.
	W1LL1AM ★★★☆☆ Written by Mason Coile Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Supernatural Definitely not what I expected it to be. I love creepy dolls, and this one was supposed to be about an AI-led doll that turns dark, like M3GAN, which I loved. However, this didn't go in a way that I really enjoyed. Although I will say that the twist did catch me by surprise! I wasn't expecting that! The ending also wasn't a good one, but it was to be expected. This was just an alright read.		Haunt Sweet Home ☆☆☆☆☆ Written by Sarah Pinsker Genre: Supernatural, Horror, Mystery I'm not done with this one yet, so we'll see...!