
Now, Conjurers
Author: Freddie Kölsch
Narrator: Giordan Diaz
Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 06/04/2024
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Lgbtq+

Author: Freddie Kölsch
Narrator: Giordan Diaz
Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 06/04/2024
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Lgbtq+
Freddie Kölsch is a connoisseur and crafter of frightful fiction (with a dash of hope) for teens and former teens. She lives in Salem, Massachusetts with her high school sweetheart-turned-wife, a handful of cats, a houseful of art, and a mind’s eye full of ghosts. Now, Conjurers is her first novel.
Giordan Diaz is a New York City-based Cuban-American actor. He attended Barry University, where he majored in theater and earned a BFA with a specialization in acting. His voiceover work ranges from roles in video games in South Korea and educational cartoons to audiobooks.
From page one, this book grabbed me and never let go. I devoured it in one weekend, and it left me wanting for more of this strange and intriguing setting where witches are real and monsters lurk behind our deepest desires and wishes. This is a good horror story, but it’s also an excellent dark-fanta......more
4.5 Stars Strange, unusual and so very very addictive! The Craft meets Stephen King’s IT in this occult-based, YA Horror debut that I found both fascinating and creepy in equal measure. Bursting with 90s nostalgia and a spine-chilling coming of age premise, we follow a group of queer, witchy teens wh......more
When I saw the cover for this one I admit I hesitated as it didn’t draw me in, but once I got into the story I was enthralled. I started with the audiobook but only made it about 25 percent before I switched to physical book and devoured the rest. The narrator did a good job, it was me not the book.......more
This novel is an easy-to-read occult thriller inspired by ’90s cult classics with a likable cast of cool, queer, Wiccan goth heroes. Kölsch holistically integrates serious issues, such as grief, neurological differences, religion and faith, parental abuse, and a variety of intersectional queer identities, with a deft touch that keeps the book both eerie and light in pleasantly equal measure . . . . A rollicking and thoughtful take on the be-careful-what-you-wish-for trope.