February 2026 archive

The Hunted by Steven Max Russo (EXCERPT)

Steven Max Russo is back with another action-packed examination of the repercussions of war and the moral choices we need to make, both in theater and in the aftermath. Ophelia Harris is a former CIA analyst who joined up with a private security firm, Grendel, in Afghanistan. After an investigation into an insurgent money laundering …

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Thrillers! Three Upcoming Teen Thrillerrrrs!

cover of no one leaves the manor by kelly mcwilliams

I recently got to read three really fun teen thrillers that will be released in the coming months! Most Likely to Murder by Lish McBride is coming out in March from Penguin. They Want Us Dead by CL Montblanc is coming out from St. Martin’s Press in May, and in July, we get No One …

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Detox Doodles by Joy Chew

I’m a doomscroller. In this environment, who can afford not to be? But I do have a carefully curated feed that helps me know when I’ve come to the end of my Instagram and, especially, BlueSky time so I can go do other productive things once I’ve thoroughly acquainted myself with what fresh horrors this …

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The Aftermyth by Tracy Wolff

Y’all, as soon as I finished this book, I was all Adam Driver Saying More gif. I’m actually kinda mad that I’m going to have to wait who knows how long before I get to read the next book in this series. Tracy Wolff has written something so fresh from what can often feel like …

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What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher

What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher

T. Kingfisher’s third Sworn Soldier novella — following What Moves the Dead and What Feasts at Night — takes Alex Easton and their* batsman Angus to America at the urgent behest of their friend James Denton, a doctor last seen by readers not far from where the House of Usher had fallen. He had returned home, …

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