The Ghost Woods has the thrill, the horror, the mystery all-in-one

The first C.J. Cooke book I’d ever read was The Lighthouse Witches. It was described as a “Gothic thriller”, which I believe is a genre I rarely, if ever, read. It enchanted me completely, and pulled me out of a reading slump (for a brief amount of time before I fell back into it, but… Continue reading The Ghost Woods has the thrill, the horror, the mystery all-in-one

A Lot of Sneakiness but Lesser of Surprises in The Thief on the Winged Horse

A blue tree with two black busts on each side of it with the labels Botham and Ramsay below them. On the tree, there is a swatch of black with the words "The Thief on the Winged Horse" on it. It is a part taken from the cover of the book by Kate Mascarenhas.

This book was strange. Not in its content, but in my reaction to it. After finishing this book, I felt a sense of blankness wash over me. I knew it was good, and I acknowledged to a certain extent that I liked it just fine. However, I also knew that I didn't feel any particular… Continue reading A Lot of Sneakiness but Lesser of Surprises in The Thief on the Winged Horse