The Fiction Addiction https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/ Book reviews with all the feelings Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:02:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.thefictionaddiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-fiction-addiction-FB-icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 The Fiction Addiction https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/ 32 32 81453742 In A Dark, Dark Wood https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/in-a-dark-dark-wood/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/in-a-dark-dark-wood/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:16:47 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=1893 I enjoyed In A Dark, Dark Wood, by Ruth Ware, but it has a bit of a slow start, with too many references to Leonora’s Big Unmentionable Secret before the plot gets going or we learn much else about Leonora. I need to know a little bit more about a character to make me invested […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/in-a-dark-dark-wood/feed/ 2 1893 Return to the Full Moon Coffeeshop https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/return-to-the-full-moon-coffeeshop/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/return-to-the-full-moon-coffeeshop/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:46:05 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=17828 I loved the magical world of The Full Moon Coffee Shop, and I was delighted to return to the enchanted coffee drinks and sweet treats, served by celestial cats, found in the second two books.  Best Wishes From The Full Moon Coffeeshop is a Christmas-themed collection. I don’t always love Christmas stories, there can be […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/return-to-the-full-moon-coffeeshop/feed/ 1 17828 Backlist Book Review: The Cazalet Chronicles https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/the-cazalet-chronicles/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/the-cazalet-chronicles/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:50:02 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=9822 The Cazalet Chronicles is a five-book historical fiction series, by Elizabeth Jane Howard. The novels follow the British Cazalet family over several decades, beginning in 1937 with The Light Years, and ending in the 1950s with All Change.  The story begins in 1937 in England, which sounds to modern readers like right before WWII, but […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/the-cazalet-chronicles/feed/ 2 9822 Satellite City https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/satellite-city/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/satellite-city/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:50:10 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=18162 I wanted to read Mack Reynolds’ 1975 novel Satellite City because I enjoyed his Commune 2000 and anyway, look at that amazing retro cover art. Just like in Commune 2000,  Mack Reynolds introduces a wildly creative world, and then sets his conspiracy plot in motion.  Satellite City is an off-shore tax haven, crossed with Las […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/satellite-city/feed/ 0 18162 Rereading “Carrie” Before the TV Series https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/rereading-carrie-before-the-tv-series/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/rereading-carrie-before-the-tv-series/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:50:27 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=18164 Stephen King’s Carrie was first published in 1974, and it’s still a solid horror/thriller reread for me. I feel like the bloody prom scene is pretty familiar for anyone with a passing interest in thrillers or horror, but the novel has a lot more that just that famous horror-movie moment. An adult reread can highlight […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/rereading-carrie-before-the-tv-series/feed/ 2 18164 Roma Eterna https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/roma-eterna/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/roma-eterna/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:09:24 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=18112 Rome Eterna is an interesting alternate history in which the Roman Empire never fell, written by scifi author Robert Silverberg. It’s perfectly good, but I read a lot of fiction set in Rome, so this isn’t my favorite ancient-Roman novel (the entire SPQR series is basically tied for first place) or my favorite alternate history […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/roma-eterna/feed/ 0 18112 Continued “Yesteryear” Thoughts https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/continued-yesteryear-thoughts/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/continued-yesteryear-thoughts/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:03:06 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=18107 Not every book is for every reader, obviously you don’t have to love a book to have a thoughtful reaction to it,  but when I see these negative reactions to Yesteryear because of “inconsistencies” or the author’s “errors,” I realize those readers have missed the entire idea of an unreliable narrator, and they’re about to […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/continued-yesteryear-thoughts/feed/ 0 18107 Count to Ten, by Raul Quintana Selleras https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/count-to-ten-by-raul-quintana-selleras/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/count-to-ten-by-raul-quintana-selleras/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:47:50 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=18045 The upcoming Count to Ten, by Raul Quintana Selleras, was described as a psychological thriller, but as I read, I realized it’s more of a dark look at evil and revenge. It’s almost impossible to review this without spoilers, and in a suspense novel like this, you don’t want any of the twists revealed. In […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/count-to-ten-by-raul-quintana-selleras/feed/ 0 18045 Overbearing and Overhearing in “Crosstalk” https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/overbearing-and-overhearing-in-crosstalk/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/overbearing-and-overhearing-in-crosstalk/#respond Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:11:52 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=17978 A few years ago, I read Joe Hill’s dark novel Horns and while I liked it overall, I thought the dark sides of people were just way too dark, that basically everyone had a horrific dark secret revealed by the mind-reading aspect. Revealing my mind wouldn’t show me hiding a murder or planning to abandon […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/overbearing-and-overhearing-in-crosstalk/feed/ 0 17978 Love Galaxy: The Hunger Games… IN SPACE! https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/love-galaxy-the-hunger-games-in-space/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/love-galaxy-the-hunger-games-in-space/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:17:21 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=15544 Love Galaxy, by Sierra Branham, offers a unique mashup of things I love in fiction:  A reality-show backstab-fest crossed with layered galactic diplomacy. Trash collector Artemis is working a double shift when she tells some spoiled rich kids to move away from the dumpster she’s trying to empty. Those rich kids, though, are the twin […]

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