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  Genre: Horror, Mystery, YA Fiction Published: June 28, 2026 by The Book Guild Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5) Set in 1952, the Winston family are all back at Timerton Rectory for great-aunt Geraldine’s funeral and will reading. For widower Professor Winston and his two daughters Margaret and Clara, this place is full of hard memories. They’re still hurting from losing their mum and grandparents in the Blitz. The girls are curious kids craving a bit of adventure, and things get interesting when they find out Geraldine had a twin sister who vanished without a trace years ago. Then weird things start happening, there’s a ghostly presence hanging around, and they get pulled into all kinds of old secrets. They dig up clues linking to mysteries that have been swept under the rug for generations. First off, the setting is great, so dark and spooky; it really feels like Timerton is hiding something the whole time. I was hooked right from the start, wanting to know what really went on there. The chara...

  Genre: Horror, Thriller, YA Fiction Expected Publication: August 4, 2026 by Entangled Publishing  Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)  16-year-old Georgie is already annoyed enough when her influencer stepmother ships her and her brother Hamish off to some random wilderness reality show. Two weeks in the woods, no phones, constant cameras, and everyone there was basically forced to sign up, some for the money, some because their families didn’t know what else to do with their "troubled child". Then one morning the counselors are just gone. And something’s definitely out there in the dark, watching them, picking them off one by one. And the worst part? It’s not just hunting. It’s playing. This gives me a Hansel & Gretel meets Hunger Games vibe, set in the creepiest woods, and it works so well. It gets weird in the best way: supernatural spooky, tense, and you can tell how dangerous things are straight away. These kids are actually fighting to stay alive and figure out what is going ...

Genre:  YA Horror Publishing date:  July 14, 2026 Goodreads  |  Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  |  IndieBound Synopsis: A deliciously twisted, fast-paced YA horror, where debutante dreams become bloody nightmares–perfect for fans of House of Hollow and Their Vicious Games.  It’s 1921, and Mrs. Caroline Reginald Kane, the last surviving descendant of a family of oil barons, has invited four young debutantes to visit her at Greystone Manor. There, they’ll compete for the ultimate to become heir to her unspeakably vast fortune. But only one girl can win. And the manor is watching. Dorothea is a thief, and the best liar in the American Northeast. Her mother vanished at Greystone years ago, and she’s determined to find out why–so long as no one uncovers her secrets first. Vaughn isn’t crazy. She was born for this life– and she won’t let anyone come between her and the fortune she deserves.   Birdie doesn’t know why she’s been invited, but she ...

  Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5) Genre: YA, Horror Type: Audiobook Published: June 6, 2026 In this story, we meet Quinn Carpenter who is already having the worst day ever, she just got publicly humiliated at school and feels like hiding forever. But her best friend Kirsten won’t let her wallow; instead, she drags Quinn to Meadow Spire Mall for a refreshing and a little payback plan. Too bad their problems are only just starting. A brutal winter storm slams into town, locking everyone inside. Lights start flickering, people vanish, and something old and terrifying that’s been buried under the mall for decades is finally waking up. This is my first interactive audiobook and I love it! You actually get to make choices that change the story, even though I kept picking the wrong options and nearly “died” so many times I just stopped stressing and went with the flow, LOL. It starts a little slow while setting the scene and building tension, but once things get into action, it becomes great. It’s cre...

"'Yeah, but that doesn't make sense,' Samir says. 'How can you have NPCs in real life?,'"  If you enjoy middle-grade horror mixed with strange technology, Fatal Glitch by Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer is a wild and unsettling ride.  The story follows eleven-year-old Sofia Mendoza, a dedicated gamer who would much rather spend her time building landscapes and fighting monsters in Sandbox than dealing with real-world problems. After hurting her sister, Sofia’s father sends her to a mysterious camp called Forestjaw as a wake-up call.  But Forestjaw is not a normal camp.  Instead of campfires and crafts, Sofia finds herself surrounded by creepy mechanical vultures, cloaked NPC figures wandering through the forest, and a strange camp supervisor named Monarch who seems almost robotic. Even worse, the campers are forced to participate in an elimination game where survival is the only goal.  When I first saw the phrase “Black Mirror” in the book’s descrip...