Blog Tour, Book Review, Middle Grade Fiction

The Shoe Creeper by Ian Hunter ~ Blog Tour

25th September 2025 Ian Hunter has gone from sci-fi to spooky in his third book! Full of autumn vibes and seriously scary moments, The Shoe Creeper is a fantastic story about cross-generational relationships, dealing with change and making sense of traditional tales. This is a book that will have readers on edge, checking over their… Continue reading The Shoe Creeper by Ian Hunter ~ Blog Tour

Book Review, Middle Grade Fiction, Teen

The Wintermoor Lights by Dan Smith

Return to The Nighthouse Files with a second terrifying mystery. This secret organisation investigates strange events around the world. Delving into the unexplained, they search for truth in an attempt to not only find answers, but prevent the horrors from happening again. Unusual lights over Wintermoor Lake are causing young people to act in strange… Continue reading The Wintermoor Lights by Dan Smith

Book Review, Middle Grade Fiction

Fear Files: Hide and Seek by Christopher Edge

Fear Files: Hide and Seek is a fast-paced, adrenaline-fuelled race through the dark side of childhood games. Chaotic and terrifying, the nightmare of being chased and the unknown around every corner will have readers flying through the pages. Fans of Dan Smith's The Nighthouse Files: The Deadsoul Project published with Barrington Stoke will love this… Continue reading Fear Files: Hide and Seek by Christopher Edge

Book Review, Middle Grade Fiction, Teen

Serial Chillers: The Witch in the Woods by Jennifer Killick

The first book in the new Teen Horror series Serial Chillers is everything you could hope for and more! Witty, dark and downright horrifying, Jennifer Killick has raised her game. The Witch in the Woods is next-level creepy and will have you avoiding any local woods for the foreseeable future. I settled right into the… Continue reading Serial Chillers: The Witch in the Woods by Jennifer Killick

Book Review, Middle Grade Fiction

The Boy at the Window by Lucy Strange & illustrated by Rohan Eason

Cuddle up under a blanket and keep the curtains closed! The queen of gothic tales, Lucy Strange, has done it again with a story that will send shivers down your spine. The Boy at the Window is a hauntingly gothic book inspired by dark stories of the 18th century. It will make a perfect addition… Continue reading The Boy at the Window by Lucy Strange & illustrated by Rohan Eason

Book Review, Middle Grade Fiction

Shadowhall Academy: Ghost Story Society by Phil Hickes

Phil Hickes is back with another story that will make you shiver and double check dark corners before going to sleep. Ghost Story Society is the second terrifying instalment in the wonderfully creepy Shadowhall Academy series. Set in the dark, cold month of January, it's the perfect story to read cuddled up under a blanket.… Continue reading Shadowhall Academy: Ghost Story Society by Phil Hickes

Blog Tour, Book Review, Middle Grade Fiction

Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman by Alex Atkinson ~ Blog Tour

Join the next generation of ghost busters on a spooktacularly zombified adventure! Spooksmiths Investigate is a brilliant new series that will thrill and chill middle grade readers! Twins Indigo & Rusty live in a funeral parlour but don't believe in ghosts. That is, until Indigo finds a secret crypt and releases the spirit of an… Continue reading Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman by Alex Atkinson ~ Blog Tour

Blog Tour, Book Review, Middle Grade Fiction

Black Gables by Eibhlís Carcione ~ Blog Tour

Black Gables is everything you could hope for in a classically gothic story. Tension oozes off the page as readers are introduced to a town where the supernatural and mortals overlap in layers no one can unravel. Someone, something is watching and Rosella doesn't know where to turn. A strange school, even stranger pupils and… Continue reading Black Gables by Eibhlís Carcione ~ Blog Tour

Book Review, Chapter Book, Middle Grade Fiction, Picture Books

Spooky Season 2024

The nights are drawing in; the temperature is dropping; spooky season is upon us. This autumn has delivered a wealth of stories to send shivers down your spine and make you hide underneath your blankets. Trick or Treat? by Catherine Emmett & Laura Brenlla (Oxford University Press) Trick or Treat? is a delightfully vibrant picture… Continue reading Spooky Season 2024