The Ladies of Horror Fiction team is putting a spotlight on Young Adult and Middle Grade horror each month. Below we are featuring the books that were released in August as well as what our team has been reading and reviewing.
New Releases
Here There Are Monsters by Amelinda Bérubé
The Blair Witch Project meets Imaginary Girls in this story of codependent sisterhood, the struggle to claim one’s own space, and the power of secrets
Sixteen-year-old Skye is done playing the knight in shining armor for her insufferable younger sister, Deirdre. Moving across the country seems like the perfect chance to start over.
In their isolated new neighborhood, Skye manages to fit in, but Deirdre withdraws from everyone, becoming fixated on the swampy woods behind their house and building monstrous sculptures out of sticks and bones.
Then Deirdre disappears.
And when something awful comes scratching at Skye’s window in the middle of the night, claiming she’s the only one who can save Deirdre, Skye knows she will stop at nothing to bring her sister home.
Published August 6th by Sourcebooks Fire | Goodreads | Amazon
Remember Me by Chelsea Bobulski
In this eerie and suspenseful YA, a teen girl discovers what connects her to the hotel she calls home as horrifying visions lead her to the truth.
Nell Martin is moving again, this time to the Winslow Grand Hotel, built in 1878. As Nell is settling in, strange things begin to happen. Doors lock of their own accord, writing appears on bathroom walls–and most horrifying of all–visions of a dead boy permeate her waking life. Thinking it was her mind playing tricks on her, she soon finds the past and the present colliding as she learns horrific details of a murder that happened at the hotel in 1905 involving a girl named Lea.
Nell and a mysterious bellboy must relive that day in hopes of finally breaking a curse that imprisons them both. And Nell discovers what truly links her to the history of the Winslow Grand Hotel.
Published August 6th 2019 by Feiwel and Friends | Goodreads | Amazon
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed.
Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls’ lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than the last—the plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge—and there are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is cursed by the gods.
Disturbed by a series of ghostly visions, Annaleigh becomes increasingly suspicious that the deaths were no accidents. Her sisters have been sneaking out every night to attend glittering balls, dancing until dawn in silk gowns and shimmering slippers, and Annaleigh isn’t sure whether to try to stop them or to join their forbidden trysts. Because who—or what—are they really dancing with?
When Annaleigh’s involvement with a mysterious stranger who has secrets of his own intensifies, it’s a race to unravel the darkness that has fallen over her family—before it claims her next.
Published August 6th 2019 by Delacorte | Goodreads | Amazon
Curse of the Evil Librarian (Evil Librarian #3) by Michelle Knudsen
Will it finally be curtains for the demonic Mr. Gabriel in this climactic chapter of the Evil Librarian series?
After sending the evil librarian, Mr. Gabriel, back to the demon world once and for all at theater camp last summer, Cynthia is ready to enjoy a completely demon-free senior year of high school, especially once she learns the fall musical will be Les Miserables. She can’t wait to create the most incredible barricade set design in all of high-school theater. And her boyfriend, Ryan, is sure to land his dream role of Javert. But down in the demon realm, an epic mishandling of Mr. Gabriel’s essence leads to his escape — and soon he’s gathering strength, bent once again on revenge against Cyn and everyone she loves. Best-selling author Michelle Knudsen’s Evil Librarian series overflows with horror, humor, and hot guys — and it looks like this show’s got a third act.
Expected publication: August 13th 2019 by Candlewick Press | Goodreads | Amazon
Young Adult Books Reviewed
This month Toni read the first two books in Victoria Schwab’s Cassidy Blake series: City of Ghosts and Tunnel of Bones. Be sure to check out Toni’s review of City of Ghosts (I really really enjoyed this story. It was so well written and the premise was great! I loved it.) and her review of Tunnel of Bones (After reading City of Ghosts I was desperate to get my hands on a ARC for Tunnel of Bones. . . I can’t wait for third book and learn more about Jacob and Cassidy.)
Toni also read and loved Shallow Graves by Kali Wallace. You can read her thoughts on Shallow Graves (I hope that everyone picks this book up!!)
Jen and Toni both read and enjoyed House of Furies by Madeleine Roux this month! Be sure to check out Jen’s review (If you like YA horror and folklore elements, House of Furies is a nice blend of both.) and Toni’s review (This story has so many elements that I absolutely love in it.)
Toni also read and reviewed Wilder Girls by Rory Power! Check out what Toni loved about Wilder Girls (I really enjoyed this story so very much. I can’t want to see what else Power releases.)
Currently Reading
Toni is currently reading Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall, and Jen is reading the second book in the House of Furies series Court of Shadows by Madeleine Roux as well as Small Spaces by Katherine Arden. Be on the look out for some future reviews of these titles!
Have you read any of the books we read or reviewed this month? Let us know what YA or MG books you have read recently!
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