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Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott

4.5

I had a lot of fun reading these stories. They are surreal and fantastical. The writing is pretty and it made me so engaged. I'm definitely reading more from GennaRose Nethercott.

Paradise Club by Tim Meyer

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was a lot of fun. Elliot Harper, his wife Vanessa and their children Gwen and Zach are on vacation at a fancy resort. They have to give up their cell phones before they can access the resort. It's not long before there's an announcement in which it's shared that there are fifteen serial killers and there can only be one survivor. The lone survivor is promised a cash prize. The characters are well-written and I was sad when many of them died. Also while this starts off as a slasher, it goes into some cosmic horror towards the end, which I really enjoyed. I would recommend this to readers who like fast-paced horror.

Nettleblack by Nat Reeve

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Thus Were Their Faces by Silvina Ocampo

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5.0

Through the Night Like a Snake: Latin American Horror Stories by Lina Munar Guevara, Sarah Coolidge, Antonio Díaz Oliva, Mariana Enríquez, Mónica Ojeda, Julián Isaza, Camila Sosa Villada, Tomás Downey, Maximiliano Barrientos

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5.0

The stories in this anthology are so creative, and the translators did an excellent job. Some of the images from this book will stay in my head for the rest of my life. Themes in the stories are corruption, cults, growing up under a dictatorship, and toxic family.

My favorite stories:

• That Summer in the Dark by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell
•Soroche by Mónica Ojeda, translated by Sarah Booker and Noelle de la Paz
•Visitor by Julián Isaza, translated by Joel Streicker
•Lazarus the Vulture by Claudia Hernández, translated by Julia Sanches and Johanna Warren
•The House of Compassion by Camila Sosa Villada, translated by Kit Maude

The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella

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adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced