Erin Adams

Oct 9, 2024 | bookriot.com | Erin Adams

The horror renaissance has done new book releases for the last few years good. The titles that have made it to many Goodreads members’ lists have been by mega bestsellers like Stephen King, sure, but they’ve also been by more authors of color, and have explored things like social issues and family trauma through the lens of horror. There also seems to be a thing with mushrooms.

Mar 19, 2024 | montgomerymag.com | Silvia Moreno-Garcia |Erin Adams |Sarah Gailey |Sarah Pearse

By Kathleen Uy, Librarian I (Adult/Teen Services) Montgomery County Public Libraries, White Oak LibraryMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2020)This gothic story set in 1950s Mexico begins with the very beautiful, rich and intelligent socialite Noemí Taboada. She is a young woman who is expected to marry, but instead would rather attend the university to study anthropology.

Oct 20, 2023 | audiofilemagazine.com | Erin Adams

The interplay between the narrators' performances--the layered tension of Sandra Okuboyejo's voice and William DeMeritt's deliberately authoritative yet mysterious presentation--creates a chilling listening experience. Liz, a Black woman in her 30s, returns to her hometown of Johnstown for a friend's wedding. Johnstown is a deeply segregated place with a history of mysterious, violent deaths of Black girls.

Mar 8, 2023 | reactormag.com | James Davis Nicoll |Erin Adams

Every so often, I get an odd run of books sharing a particular plot element or type of character, despite having been selected for reasons unrelated to that element or character. There was, for example, a week in which every novel I read featured a protagonist who lost a hand as a side effect of violent dynastic disputes. More recently, I encountered in one week that featured active, interventionist gods.