Author: stacksuponstacks

Hello! I am a 33 year old YOUNG! ..(haha) full time working mother, of two amazing boys!. I have an insane addiction to books and reading! It is my favourite thing to do when I have time (that is when I have free time) and I want to share it with you! I also run a bookstagram account which is an amazing way to show gorgeous pictures of all the wonderful books in the world but I wanted an outlet to blab my head off about what I read, or any rants I have! both positive and negative. So I hope you join me in all this crazy, wacky, fun! I would be so happy to have you.

The Plumbers by Terry M. West

𝕃𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℙ𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤. 𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂℝ𝕌𝔻, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕤 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕕 𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 “𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕣𝕤”. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕤, 𝕓𝕠𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤.

𝕃𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℙ𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕫𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕡𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕖𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕗𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕. ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕧𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕥𝕪𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕃𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℙ𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕖. 𝔸 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕤, 𝕥𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕚𝕡𝕖𝕤, 𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕛𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕤, 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕨𝕚𝕔𝕖, 𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖, 𝕡𝕝𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕘, 𝕓𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕘𝕣𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕣𝕦𝕕𝕖 𝕛𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕤.

ℕ𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕕𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕠𝕣 𝕕𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕜, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕛𝕠𝕓 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤!

5 out of 5 stars!

YES! So much yes!

The Plumbers! A zombie read I will go back to time and time again!

Liam and Pierce have officially become some of my all time favourite characters. Two best friends, extremely snarky but they just understand each other, you know? Honestly they may have the best friendship around!

Liam’s wife also fits into this friendship perfectly. I hate saying this….it’s so cliché…but….they are relationship goals! Irene is so cheeky and knows exactly how to put that smile on Liam’s face and you can just tell how much they adore each other. Irene and Pierce also get along so well, they have so much in common, making the perfect character trio!

The world they are living is so bizarre! Liam and Pierce head out each day as if its a normal work day, helping their clients with all their plumbing needs, while becoming these freaking awesome zombie killing machines.

I am amazed on how much fun, gore and hilarious moments Terry was able to pack into this B-rated Horror flick in book form! I most definitely need to get my hands on a physical copy of this and so much more of his work!

Highly recommend this read! Unless vulgar suggestions, etc bother you. Than I would not suggest this read. The humour in this novella may not be for everyone.

Thank you so much to Terry for sending me an e-copy to read a review. Oh and PS the audio book was also done SO well. The narrator did such a phenomenal job!

Can’t wait to dive into more of Terry’s work!

Publisher: Pleasant Storm Entertainment Inc.

Release Date: October 16, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your CRUD Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

When the Sky Goes Dark by Oliver C. Seneca

𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕜 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕖 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤, 𝕁𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗. 𝕋𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟. 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕤, 𝕚𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞.

𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟, 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕨𝕝 𝕠𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕦𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕗 𝕠𝕗 𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕖 ℍ𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕟 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕕, 𝕁𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕦𝕡𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕓𝕪 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕨𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪, 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕘𝕝𝕠𝕓𝕒𝕝.

𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕟𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕨𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕔𝕣𝕪𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤, 𝕁𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕟𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤. ℍ𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖-𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕒𝕔𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕒𝕪 𝕟𝕠 𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕤.

ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕩𝕔𝕖𝕡𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘: 𝕁𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕜𝕪 𝕘𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Horror | Apocalyptic | Thriller

4 out of 5 stars!

Don’t go out after dark!

Jon seems like a simple character but the further into the story you go you find out just how complex he is!

When the Sky Goes Dark starts off as a slow burn, getting to know your main character and what he’s all about but it’s not long and before you know it all chaos breaks loose. People are dropping left and right but the most terrifying thing happens when the sky goes dark!

Honestly and I say this will 100 positivity! The moment I jumped into this read I felt it read like a B-rated horror film…. and I was ALL for it! So much going on, mayhem everywhere, people going bonkers but yet Oliver snuck in the perfect amount of humour! As the story went on we didn’t completely lose the B-rated vibes but it shifted into more of a deeper, heartfelt story when Jon was searching for his loved ones and fellow survivors while feeling all the pain and suffering. People fighting to survive, doing anything they needed to do, even finding themselves doing things they could never see themselves doing… all in order to live through another night.

Jon has to learn how to survive keeping himself and hopefully those around him safe. Jumping into this role that’s not his usual self, you get to see his quirks and true personality traits shine though. As I mentioned he became a very complex character and where he may have been very predictable at time, others you had absolutely no idea where he was going to go with it!

Jon’s journeys and the people he comes across only become more intense and it’s almost as if he starts to loose his own sanity.

I highly recommend this read if you are into those end of the world, apocalyptic type reads. I can’t thank Oliver enough for sending me a copy to read and review. I look forward to more of his work in the future.

Publisher: Hellbender Books

Release Date: October 29, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Dark Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

Gray Matters: A Novel by John Webster Gastil

Can the digital networks that record our footprints hold us steady when dementia threatens to push us off the path? This question has real stakes for data analyst Charlie Sanders. His best hope for a father succumbing to Alzheimer’s comes from assistive technology that Charlie helps design for a scrappy startup. Despite early successes, Charlie has growing doubts about the motives of each of his colleagues – the eccentric CEO in Seattle, the call center guru in India, and the Trump-loving Aussie transplant who keeps the books. His worries grow when the company takes on a clandestine client who occupies the Oval Office. Will Charlie keep his father and his country on track, or turn a whole generation into glitches?

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Medical Fiction | Technology

3 out of 5 stars!

An interesting concept! The Synopsis really intrigued me.

Take a moment to really think what it would be like to have a technology such as this existing today.

Would it be a game changer?

The story starts off with the perspective of Charlie’s father, Barry. I was immediately pulled into the story! I enjoyed when the story was told from his perspective. Hearing his thoughts and reactions towards this technology his son helped create was stern yet humours at times. I also thoroughly enjoyed Charlie’s interactions with his father. It painted a realistic relationship when connecting with a loved one suffering from Dementia or Alzheimer’s. The emotional strains are prominent for sure but you will never stop loving and caring for that person and Charlie showed that passion for his father in the story. Working hard not to correct his father when he mixed Charlie up with his brother or trying hard not to feel the hit to the heart when his father would go on with glowing memories and stories about his brother. Charlie knew his father was suffering and nothing was intentional.

Unfortunately Barry’s direct perspective and relationship with Charlie was not highlighted enough in the story, in my personal opinion. I would have loved way more from him, but of course that was not the main feature.

I was worried the heavy political aspect behind the story was going to pull my attention away but surprisingly it didn’t. However; I did find that I did get lost in the switching from perspective to perspective and how they all came together in the end. I found with the choppy transitions the story was not as engaging, perhaps I could even say a bit dry and unfortunately lost my focus. That being said John did send me an e-copy for review and when I realised I was running out of time in order to get my review up for the target date, I turned to the audiobook. Perhaps the narration didn’t help in these moments. Again this is just my own opinion.

Over all the story was interesting. I would like to see more from John. If he was to write a whole novel on Barry and Charlie, I know I would be right there!

Thank you so much John for sending me a copy to read and review.

Publisher: Cosmic Egg Books

Release Date: July 31, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Tech Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

𝐖𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?: 𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐨

𝒞𝑅𝐸𝐸𝒫𝒴 𝒮𝐿𝒪𝒲 𝐵𝒰𝑅𝒩 𝒜𝒮𝐼𝒜𝒩 𝐻𝒪𝑅𝑅𝒪𝑅 𝐼𝒩 𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝒱𝐸𝐼𝒩 𝒪𝐹 “𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝑅𝐼𝒩𝒢”

𝒜 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓀 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝒜 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓁. 𝐿𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒷𝑒𝓎𝑜𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒. 𝒜 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈𝑒𝒹. 𝐿𝒾𝓂𝒷𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃.

𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝑔𝒽𝑜𝓈𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒, 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝑒𝒹, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓆𝓊𝒾𝓇𝓂 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒸𝑜𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝑜𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓃 𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝐼𝓃𝒹𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈𝒾𝒶. 𝑅𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒾𝓃 𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓉𝓊𝓇𝒶𝓁 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓉𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒜𝓈𝒾𝒶𝓃, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝑒𝓆𝓊𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓆𝓊𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑜𝑒𝓉𝒾𝒸, 𝒾𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁, 𝓊𝓃𝓊𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒶𝓁.

𝒟𝓇𝒶𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝓁𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓀 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓋𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒷𝒶𝓃𝓈𝒽𝑒𝑒𝓈, 𝒹𝓊𝓈𝓀-𝒹𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓂𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝒶𝒹, 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝒻𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓈𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝓅, 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒶𝒷𝓎𝓈𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓈: 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

4 out of 5 stars!

Interesting stories!

I enjoy Urban Legends! I find it fascinating to hear stories from all around the world, unique to that culture. Dimas did a great job sharing these stories with the world.

Who’s There is something I would call comfy, cozy horror.

I didn’t find these stories to be overwhelmingly terrifying, you know those reads that leave you crawling in your skin, keep you up at night and looking over your shoulder every where you go? I found these horror tales to be gentle yet very enjoyable and easily consumed . Perfect for a horror newbie, someone looking to dip their toes into the dark fiction world or someone looking to learn more about dark tales from around the world, such as myself.

Although these stories are not overly terrifying they will twist and play with your mind, keeping you on your toes.

Dimas Rio did provide me with an e-copy to read and review, however when I saw it was on audio-book I wanted to give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised with the audio version. The narrator did a great job of bringing the eerie feels of the stories together.

My question to you is …. Who’s There? Are you gutsy enough to find out?

Thank you so much Dimas for sending me an e-copy to read and review. I am intrigued and look forward to more of your work.

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: December 16, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your CREEPY Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝔻𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕊𝕨𝕒𝕟

𝕋ℍ𝔼ℝ𝔼 𝕀𝕊 ℕ𝕆 𝕊𝕋𝕆ℙℙ𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕀𝕋.

𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℂ𝕃𝕆𝕌𝔻 𝕀𝕊 𝔸ℝ𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔼𝔻𝔻𝕆ℕ, 𝕊𝕋𝔼𝔸𝕄ℝ𝕆𝕃𝕃𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕃𝔻 𝔸𝕋 𝔸 𝕎𝔸𝕃𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℙ𝔸ℂ𝔼.

𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝟘. 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕜𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕊𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕫𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕, 𝕒 𝕡𝕝𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕠𝕩𝕚𝕔 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕜𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕤𝕙 𝕡𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕜𝕪, 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤. 𝔸𝕤 𝔼𝕦𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕, 𝕒 𝕤𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕌𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕨𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖. 𝕍𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕕, 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕝 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕, 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕟𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕤, 𝕟𝕠 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕦𝕡, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖.

𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝟠𝟡. ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕗 𝕒 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔼𝕒𝕤𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕊. 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕦𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕝, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣. 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤, 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕋𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕗 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕦𝕟𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕤. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟’𝕥 𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕦𝕥. ℚ𝕦𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝔻ℕ𝔸. 𝕊𝕠 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕪, 𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕨𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕞𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕝𝕖—𝕒 𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕠𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕟𝕦𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕓𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕝. 𝔹𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞, 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝.

𝕀𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕖𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝 𝕄𝕆ℕ𝕊𝕋ℝ𝔼, 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣 𝔻𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕊𝕨𝕒𝕟 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕤 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕣𝕖-𝕓𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖, 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕗𝕒𝕣 𝕨𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕘𝕠 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕖.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

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Genre: Adult | Fiction | Apocalyptic | Science Fiction | Horror

5 out of 5 stars!

Black toxic smoke consuming the world one country at a time!

Evil lurking in the dark!

There’s no where to run, no where to hide…..

Monstre is truly the end of the world.

Duncan’s debut novel Monstre: Volume One was unbelievable! I am completely invested in this world and can’t wait for volume two.

I thoroughly enjoyed the format of Monstre. Jumping back and forth between day 0 when everything went down at the research facility to the future. Watching as people lose their minds doing absolutely anything they can to survive but honestly they have no idea what they will be truly facing when the smoke hits. Monstre is also told from multiple perspectives which only gives more depth to an already amazing read.

Dark, gruesome and incredibly detailed! I have read a lot of grim stories but the emotions, feelings and connections between the characters is what made this story much more gut-wrenching. The recognition, seeing your family, friends, neighbours people you cared for ripped apart or mangled so bad almost to the point where they blended in with earth itself! This is where the story will consume you.

I am absolutely impressed with Duncan’s talented story telling. There was not a single moment where I found myself bored while reading Monstre and just when the story starts to slow and you are ready to take that deep breath between the hard moments your beloved characters are blind sided with another horrid, life changing event.

Monstre will devour your mind and soul.

I was completely absorbed from the very first sentence. Not to mention Duncan keeps you questioning what these Monstre’s are in the dark and where they come from. Hoping to get more answers by the end… but do you?

One of my all time favourite reads of 2020 and I highly recommend it.

Thank you so much to Duncan for sending me a copy to read and review.

Publisher: Super Hoot Publishing

Release Date: September 15, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your MONSTRE Book Worm

-Nichole

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The Colours of Denial by Arti Manani

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓼𝓪𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓱𝓾𝓻𝓽𝓼, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓮𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓴𝓲𝓵𝓵…

𝓢𝓸𝓹𝓱𝓲𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓷𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓻𝓾𝓷𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂. 𝓒𝓸𝓬𝓸𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓪 𝔀𝓮𝓫 𝓸𝓯 𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓼, 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓷𝓸 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽’𝓼 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵.

𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓮’𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓼 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻. 𝓢𝓱𝓮’𝓼 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓱𝓲𝓶 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓱𝓮’𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓪𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼.

𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮-𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓬𝓻𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓪𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮, 𝓢𝓸𝓹𝓱𝓲𝓪 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓫𝓮𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓽’𝓼 𝓽𝓸𝓸 𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮.

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓓𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓹𝓼𝔂𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓰𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵 𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓸𝓾𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵-𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓲𝓼𝓼𝓾𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝔁𝓲𝓮𝓽𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓽𝓱, 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓵, 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓹𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮.

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩”

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Psychological Thriller | Romance

5 out of 5 stars!

Sophia has clearly suffered a traumatic event, her behaviour shows it. Trying to pull herself together through the nightmares while a dark male figure with a blurry face follows her around. She’s doing the exact opposite! Sophia is hiding more and more, running from those around who love her.

Arti has written an enthralling psychological thriller with The Colours of Denial. Arti’s writing is absolutely stunning, so detailed. While reading you can’t only picture the scenes in your mind but you can almost smell the scents as well. My one very minor flaw was the story jumps back and forth between different time settings and I found the transitions to be a bit choppy and confusing. This was a read that I needed minimal interruptions throughout or I would find myself having to go back to see what I missed or where I got lost. Although, the quick transitions and jumping all over the place went really well with Sophia, the character herself. Her mind was all over the place, playing tricks on her, absolutely scrambled. So Arti’s wiring style along with these scenes made you feel as if you were in Sophia’s head and experiencing this confusion yourself. This is why I say it was only a minor flaw for me in the story as it all comes together and puts you in the shoes of the character.

The ending of this story will surprise you. I had my predictions, I was bouncing back and forth between two of them but had no clue which way it would go or if I was even correct until the very end. Arti will also have you wondering who this dark male figure is following Sophia around until the very end. The suspense keeps you on the edge of your seat needing to know, wanting those answers.

I will be honest while I started reading The Colours of Denial I thought I was going to be giving this read a solid 4 out of 5 stars but with the ending and the Arti’s incredible writing style in the end it was an honest 5 out of 5 stars.

A brilliant psychological thriller!

I look forward to what Arti releases in the future!

Publisher: Independently published (March 12 2020)

Release Date: March 12, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your THRILLING Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

𝓔𝓵𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓴𝓼: 𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓮𝓵 & 𝓜𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬 𝓑𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓞𝓷𝓮 𝓫𝔂 𝓜.𝓐. 𝓛𝓮𝓸𝓷

“𝒯𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝓊𝓃.” 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒥𝒶𝓀𝑒’𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓊𝓇𝑔𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒. 𝒥𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹, 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒥𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶 𝓈𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒, 𝑔𝒾𝒻𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸, 𝓈𝑜𝑜𝓃 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸 𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝒷𝒾𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓇: 𝒶 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃.

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓃𝓊𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒶𝓅𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓅𝓉𝓈. 𝒜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓅𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓅𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝒸𝒶𝓇𝒸𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝑜𝓃’𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒸𝒶𝓅𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓂.

𝒜𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓎, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉 𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑒; 𝒶 𝒻𝒾𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒷𝓇𝓊𝓃𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒥𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝓎𝓈’ 𝓊𝓃𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓇𝓊𝓃-𝒶𝓃𝒹-𝒽𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝑔𝓎 𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝑒𝓁𝓈.

𝒯𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝒶𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓊𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒𝓈, 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈. 𝒜𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝓇𝒶𝓀𝑜𝓃𝓈, 𝒥𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎’𝓋𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒. 𝒞𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒹𝑒𝒻𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓅𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝐸𝓁𝒶𝒷𝓇𝒾𝓊𝓂? 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓇𝒹𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓂, 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝓋𝑒𝓈, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓃𝑒𝓌𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁?

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

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Genre: Young Adult | Fiction | Fantasy | Historical Fiction

4 out of 5 stars!

Phenomenal characters and outstanding world building!

Jake and Louie really set the bar in this story, these two will completely warm your heart. Brothers thrown into an awful situation but that’s okay! These two can hold their own and nothing will get in the way of protecting each other. Two extremely strong and forever loyal young men!

Elemental Links is packed full of incredible characters. Each story needs to have those strong main characters which of course this read does, but M.A. Leon truly shows her talent with creating characters when she created just as memorable supporting characters.

Jake and Louie are just starting to become more comfortable with their talents. Jake is becoming more and more skilled with his sword and Louie is learning to control his powers, when their whole world is flipped upside down. Desperate, full of so much unknown and with darkness at their heels they set out to meet their safe location. Packed full of excitement! Full of evil, magic, battles, warriors, friendship and some great humour. M.A. Leon has created this exciting world that reads so smoothly and fast paced you will get swept away.

I love a read balanced with great world building and wonderful characters! Elemental Links has both and so much more. I look forward to reading on in this world and learning more about these brilliant characters in book two: Blood Ties. (which is already out might I add, so you can always binge read!).

Thank you so much to M.A. Leon for sending me this copy to read and review. I look forward to reading on in book two!

Publisher: Independently published (M. A. Leon)

Release Date: January 19, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Warrior Book Worm

-Nichole

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𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩-𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣-𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚, 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧-𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨-𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨.

𝙃𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙩. 𝙑𝙚𝙭 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙-𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩-𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙬𝙤. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠, 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙪𝙥𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙨.

𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙂𝙁, 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨. 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙛𝙤𝙭 𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙨: 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙑𝙚𝙭 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙢.

𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝-𝙤𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧, 𝙑𝙚𝙭’𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩. 𝙃𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙪𝙣𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨.

𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢.

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Sci-fi | Gamelit

5 out of 5 stars

What a STRIKING read!…(see what I did there?)…But honestly Striker X is such a colorful, vivid, exciting, yet dangerous world.

Vex is such a powerful, dominate character! Driven to be so much more than his father ever was or believed him to be. He has his guard up, thick skin protecting him from emotions of those around him. Vex is here to do his job and nothing more. However as the story goes on you see Vex grow emotionally is so many ways.

Vex’s day to day work as a Striker in the Interplanetary Galactic Force is dangerous enough hunting and killing these unimaginable beasts but he’s not worried. Vex knows his strength and ranking is well suited and deserved, yet he is completely blind to the corruption happening close to home. Although I don’t know who should be worried more… Vex is truly an unstoppable force to be reckoned with. One heck of an incredible character!

Negus’s world building is so imaginative. The creatures, sights, scents, right down to the almost daily oxygen level checks with Vex’s navigator is so intricately placed to devour the reader into another world.

I would love to see this duology adapted not only into film but a video game as well. This would be absolutely insane and it needs to happen!

I was so lucky to be able to review Striker X by listening to the audio book and let me tell you the story itself is already an impact, let alone an audio-book put together as well as this. The narrator did such a fantastic job, the sound effects and added music was not over powering nor did it take away from the story telling itself.

This is defiantly a read for sci-fi, video game lovers. Thank you so much Negus for sending me a copy to read and review. I look forward to Striker Y.

Publisher: Masani Press

Release Date: August 27, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your THIRD HIGHEST RANKED Book Worm

-Nichole

BITE by Keelan Berry

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻. 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝘆. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀…” 𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟱-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘆. 𝗛𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗿. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁. 𝗔 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Young Adult | Fiction | Horror | Dark Fiction

3 out of 5 stars

Interesting werewolf twist!

Kevin is your typical teenager dealing with life, school, sports, friends and of course a girl! One day a couple wolves escape the local zoo and Kevin doesn’t think there is any chance he will come by them… until he does and one of them attacks!

Shortly after the attack Kevin starts to experience changes with his body. He becomes more aggressive, more agile, he has so much more strength and all of this contributes to being better in school sports. Kevin has an ideal of what is happening to his body but searches for more answers.

I enjoyed Keelan’s concept on werewolves and the angle he took with how they come to be. I also enjoyed the journal/documentation format Keelan put in place with Kevin’s best friend as well as a doctor Kevin comes into contact with later on in the story, discussing and leaning more about the changes his body’s going through. Keelan was extremely bold with the end of this read, this is where the blood and gore truly came out and Keelan was even willing to kill off some strong characters. This is not easy for an author to do because you don’t want to anger your readers but you also need to keep them on their toes and keep that excitement.

Although in the end I was searching for more of the horror aspect. I wanted more werewolf, more blood, gore… more screams! I found the lead up to this to be very long and the majority of the story was around Kevin and his feelings towards a girl he adores who doesn’t see him in that way and is dating other guys.

I wouldn’t say this book is amazing or mind blowing. It certainly has some neat ideas to it and the ending went out with some true intense crazy! However if this is a glimpse into Keelan’s writing from 4+ years ago than I am certainly intrigued to read more of Keelan’s work knowing he will have grown as an author and had a bit more experience with it all.

Keep up the great work Keelan!

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: August 12, 2016

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Howling Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

𝙎𝙡𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 & 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣

𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗱, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗻𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗗𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀…𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱.

𝗜𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄. 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺. 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸. 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝘆. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱.

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Horror | Dark Fiction

4 out of 5 stars!

Two amazing authors with a chilling story and they executed it perfectly!

Charlie is just getting settled into her knew life, learning how to do things differently now that she is bound to a wheel chair for life, she truly has lost all independence. Until she discovers her new ability and connects with another small group of people who also share this same power. Charlie thought her world had already become a lot more dark after the accident but she has no idea what else is out there waiting to control her, keeping her on the ground.

This novella is packed full of eerie goodness, it has a little something for everyone.

This 130 page read is the sit down and devour it in one sitting kind of read.

These characters are so well done! Each of them are overcoming a life changing event while struggling with parts of their past, some with anger, some with resentment and some with remorse. This world is so much darker than it shows itself to be and once the evil is stirred Charlie and her new friends find out who they shouldn’t have trusted, just how much they will have to fight and of course not without loss!

I am wowed by this fascinated story and will need to get my hands on more of Wesley and Somer’s work while following any of their future work.

I also can’t thank Silver Shamrock Publishing enough for sending me a copy to review. The pieces they releasing are incredible and have raving reviews….

Keep your eyes out for more from me!

Publisher: Silver Shamrock Publishing

Release Date: August 4, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Floating Book Worm

-Nichole

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