Authors: Colleen Hoover

In

By Ashley Massey

Known in secret literary circles as "Hoover's Rosebud book," the author has never actually admitted to penning erotica, one of several novellas, but I think it may be some of her rawest, best work.

Authors: Emily Henry

In Gothic

By Ashley Massey

Because Emily Henry was not yet popular, few know of her truly early works and even fewer saw it. However, with the benefit of hindsight it's easy to see how she excited the reader before finding a measure of restraint. Me likey!

Authors: Jesmyn Ward

In Literary

By Ashley Massey

"SALVAGE THE BONES is authentically written in ole south linguistics and is righteously bad ass." —Willie Earl Scott in SouthernDynasty.vip

Authors: Kazuo Ishiguro

In Gothic, Science fiction, Speculative fiction

By Ashley Massey

A strange, futuristic time that is now. A world too much like ours and too easy to comprehend. Characters who are us but not us. Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro, published in 2005, is difficult to review without spoiling what ought to be a slow reveal for the reader. I have no intention of spoiling anything here. The novel was praised by critics, who called it “graceful and grim,” “an elegant nightmare of a novel,” and “Gothic.” It has been referred to as “science-fiction,” though in most ways it is nothing like science fiction.