BOOK REVIEWS

Hexy Beast by Avery Flynn: A Witch, a Werewolf and Spicy Rom-Com

Avery Flynn’s Hexy Beast throws a chaos witch and a grumpy werewolf alpha into a fated-mates bind, and the banter and spice deliver. This paranormal rom-com is the strongest Sherwood Witches book so far, held back only by a middle that loses its way in the woods.

by Jim Mcleod•4 September 202630 August 2026

INTERVIEWS

“A Fate Far More Dangerous Than Death”: Kelly Creagh on Falling for the Reaper

Kelly Creagh built a career on gothic dread, borrowing scaffolding from Poe, Leroux and Brontë. A Date with Death drops the dead authors entirely and writes Death straight, as a foul-mouthed skeleton falling for a children’s librarian. In this Kelly Creagh interview, she unpicks the craft of the paranormal romcom, the Poe fingerprints hidden in the jokes, and where the monster romance boom is actually heading.