Happy Halloween! I was tagged earlier today by Dini to complete the Creatures of the Night Book Tag. So, of course, I had to jump on it before the holiday was over. The tag was initially created by Kat from Katytastic over on Booktube.
🧛♂️Vampire🧛♂️
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco
This was such a unique take on vampires, and the zombie vampire creatures were absolutely vicious. The story had so much great action, as well as some steamy poly moments.
Check out my full review!
🐺Werewolf🐺
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
I had trouble picking out a book for this one. There are quite a few books about werewolves on my TBR, but only a few came to mind that I’ve read. I landed on Fool Moon because I read it this year and thought it was a good second installment to this series. I also found the information on different types of werewolves to be really interesting.
🧟♂️Zombie🧟♂️
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
I had to copy Dini on this one because this is my favorite book with zombies, by far. The romance and humor in this book were top notch, and the world-building and zombie action were great, too.
Check out my full review!
👻Ghost👻
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
This book is about a boy who becomes possessed by the dybbuk of his friend. The two of them must work together to solve the friend’s murder. I ate this book up! I cannot recommend it enough.
🪄Witch/Warlock/Spellcaster🪄
The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell
I finally got around to listening to this book recently, and it was a lot of fun. It had plenty of humor, and I always love getting to see a story play out from the perspective of the “villains.”
🧚♂️Fairy/Fae🧚♂️
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
I loved the depiction of fae in this book. It illustrated their mysterious, whimsical, and duplicitous nature so well. The writing in this book was just absolutely stunning, as well.
😈Demon😈
Fraternity by Andy Mientus
I loved this dark academia story set in an all-boys boarding school in the 1990s. It explored homophobia, the AIDS crisis, and racism in gut-punching ways. The found family was so good, and I came to care about the boys so much.
Check out my full review!
👽Alien👽
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
This book has been on my mind a lot recently, and I’ve been toying with the idea of re-reading it. So, I was excited to see I’d be able to include it in this post.
🦸♂️Superpowered Human🦸♂️
The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
This entire series is so special to me. So, the pick for this prompt was a no-brainer. I loved the ADHD rep. The main character was so EXTRA, and the bi rep was great, too. The friend group at the heart of the story was so fantastic and had such a wonderful dynamic.
Check out my full review!
There you have it! My choices for the Creatures of the Night Book Tag. I’m not going to tag anyone specific in this one since it is so late in the day on Halloween, but if you feel inspired to participate, please link back to this post so I can see your answers. Happy Halloween! 🎃
Happy Halloween!
You too!
Great tag!
It was a lot of fun!
Love this tag. The undertaking of Hart and Mercy would certainly be my favourite book about Zombies. In fact, it’s the only book (I think) that I’ve read that has zombies in it as I tend to steer clear of horror based stuff.
It’s one of only a few books I’ve read with zombies. So, I totally understand. I have a few on my TBR, but it’s not really something I reach for often.
Great answers! I haven’t read the majority of the books on this list but I do have a few on here that I added to my TBR after seeing you mention them. Light from Uncommon Stars has been on my radar for ages and I’m keen to check it out—if you’re planning to do a re-read at some point would you be up for a buddy read?
I’d definitely be up for a buddy read. It probably won’t be till next year, though, because my copy is already packed away in a box somewhere.
Totally cool with that. Let’s come back to this whenever we remember next year 🤣
Sounds good. Lol.
I still need to read Sebastien de Castell! I followed a youtuber years ago that was obsessed with him. Added him to my TBR and then completely forgot. haha.
This was my first book by him, and it was fun. I’ll probably pick up some of his other books at some point.