the Bag of Bones Horror Anthology, the Latino Book Review, and Cosmos: An Anthology of Dark Microfiction. As a comic writer and illustrator, her work has been published in Puerto Rico Strong and Proud: An LGBTQ+ YA Anthology. She has a BA in creative writing from Southern New Hampshire University. An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder is her debut novel.
At CrimeReads Valentin tagged seven of the latest and greatest novels featuring demons and possession, including:
Martha Wells, Witch KingRead about another novel on the list.
The Martha Wells gave us demons and their culture is rich and strange and so unlike other demon interpretations. Our titular Witch King,Kai, a demon from the Underworld, lives a life rife with misunderstandings about demons.
He’s cut off from the world he used to know, the life he once made for himself, the body he’s accustomed to, his friends, and at the beginning, any memory of why he’s imprisoned. In Kai’s world, the evils are the invaders striving for control and power, massacring peaceful tribes, and taking control of the land—but he and his kind are the ones feared as evil.
Despite the backdrop of invasion and rebellion, this book is charming, a little cynical, filled with (bittersweet) friendships, as well as a wealth of cultures I’m desperate to learn more about. It’s also the kind of book that gets even better on a second (and third) read.
--Marshal Zeringue
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