Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep #1) by Mira Grant November 14, 2017 Review rating 4/5 A horror film disguised as a book. That’s the main thing I can say about Mira Grant’s Into the Drowning Deep: It feels, and reads, very much like a horror film. In that way it’s different from […]

The Outsider by Stephen King May 22, 2018 Review rating 4/5 A thrilling tale. This is the first time I ever read a King book the same year it releases, let alone on release date. And I’m glad to report this is one of those King books that are worth the price, the wait, the […]

A dark, uncommon brand of fantasy with a storyline so dense and haunting it will remain in your head a while after you’re done reading, The Firebird is perhaps one of the most peculiar books I’ve come across in recent years.

I first read this book as a teenager, back when I was fifteen years old. Back then, I felt it was a masterpiece of horror written by an extremely talented author who managed to not just keep the narrative tension consistent throughout the whole book, but also who managed to genuinely scare you. It was the first time I felt genuinely scared reading a book, as not even other King books had managed to.

I read it again last year, fifteen years later…