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:

Eyes of A Runner by Skyler D’Vincent

𝔽𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕, 𝕊𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤. 𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕊𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕟 𝔻𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝔸𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕪. ℍ𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕠𝕞 𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕣𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕝 𝕤𝕞𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕘𝕒𝕟𝕘, 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕒 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕. 𝔸𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕊𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕣 𝕌𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕟 𝔻𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕-𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝔻𝔸. 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡𝕤, 𝕊𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕤𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕠 𝕠𝕗 ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕐𝕠𝕣𝕜 ℂ𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕝𝕚𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕕𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕖𝕤. ℍ𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕒𝕣 𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤, 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪, 𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝕊𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕡𝕦𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕙𝕪𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕞𝕒 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕣, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕒𝕪. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕚𝕤𝕞 𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕡𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕖, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕊𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤: 𝕊𝕖𝕝𝕗-𝔸𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕣 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙.

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

“𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓮, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓭𝓲𝓮 𝓪𝓼 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽.”

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Dystopian

4 out of 5 stars!

I love dystopian reads and Eyes of A Runner did not disappoint!

Eyes of A Runner is this dark world controlled by this over powered, corrupted Government and one tough, resilient young lady eager to take matters into her own hands!

Skyler created this incredible world with such relatable characters. All while incorporating past and current world problems (with his own spin of course). The underlying messages throughout this read are extremely powerful. The realism that parts of this world Skyler has created could potentially become our world or darn close to our world is whats truly terrifying.

Skylers’s writing is wonderful and full of vivid description. There is this one line that really stood out for me “The com-link was suddenly flooded with the sounds of gum popping before the women on the other end chimed in”. I couldn’t only picture this scene playing out in my mind but I could hear it.

Although this is a heavy story Skyler made sure to splash in some humour helping to break the story up and add in some well needed goofy, happy moments.

Skyler’s characters are phenomenal! Main characters stand out but when the supporting characters are just as strong, this really captivates me as a reader. Sarina is stubborn and she wants to change the world but when faced with a tough situation her passion to take charge herself completely takes over, leaving her with absolutely no disregard on how her actions may danger those around her.

Annelise is tough and extremely direct. She has no problem putting Sarina in her place and telling her straight up how it is. (She also has one of my all time favourite lines in the book, you will just have to read it and see).

Daniel is mysterious, flat out dangerous yet you can see his kind heart. He may be one of my favourite characters… I’m not sure just yet.

Honestly, I just can’t wait to read more in this world and to learn more about these characters. Oh and before I go, I have to tell you some of these characters had under gone some extensive alterations by the UDA and have now become some type of “super soldier”….. yeah you heard me right!

Point is I say people should be definitely picking up Eyes of A Runner and giving it a go.

Thank you so much Skyler for sending me a copy to read and review, I look forward to book two!

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: September 12, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your CORRUPTED Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

In The Beginning by Nick Girard

𝐼𝒩 𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝐵𝐸𝒢𝐼𝒩𝒩𝐼𝒩𝒢 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝒶𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐸𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒 𝓅𝓊𝓇𝓅𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝒶 𝒸𝑜𝓈𝓂𝒾𝒸 𝒷𝒶𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐻𝑒𝓁𝓁.

𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝒶𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓂𝒷𝓁𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓁𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒷𝒶𝓉 𝐿𝓊𝒸𝒾𝒻𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒, 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒹𝒾𝓋𝓊𝓁𝑔𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃’𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝒽𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓁𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝑒𝓍𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒. 𝒜𝓃 𝓊𝓁𝓉𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓂𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓅𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒹𝒶𝓎. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻-𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓇𝓊𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃, 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒸𝓊𝓂𝒷 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝑜𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝓊𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎. 𝒜𝓃 𝑒𝓅𝒾𝒸 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝓊𝓁𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝒻𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝒻 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐻𝑒𝓁𝓁.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Supernatural Thriller | Suspense

4 out of 5 stars!

What a unique read!

In The Beginning is Nick’s intense and thrilling story of how heaven and hell became what they are, how Lucifer was banished to hell and the truth that comes forward when two people destined to be in love changing life forever.

I was in shock of how well Nick switched the rolls of God and Lucifer. To feel so many frustration and anger towards God but to feel your heart soften when Lucifer was around. So many emotions to be had in this read!

The second half of this story was written as The New Testament and this is where the two innocent humans who are madly in love come into the picture. Their lives are not overly extraordinary, they struggle day to day as many of us do but they have each other to live for. They strive to do good and to make the world better any little way they can while dealing with their own life problems. Until something awful happens, pulling them apart and one of them feels forced to become bad in the world, do harm themselves and contradicting everything they stood for. I found this part fascinating and yet I found it made me fight with myself and my own beliefs ….perhaps what I may do if faced with this situation myself..

Nick’s writing is captivating, fast and to the point. This is such a quick read and although Fiction it may open your eyes to so many things going on around the world. Such a great underlying meaning in this read.

Thank you so much Nick for sending me a copy to read and review. I appreciate it so much and can’t wait to see what you else you put out into the world with that fascinating mind of yours!

“The End

I love you Cake“

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: April 6, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your CAKE EATING Book Worm

-Nichole

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Scratches by Joshua Marsella

𝔸 𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡 𝕚𝕟𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕥 𝕒 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕒 𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖. 𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕕𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕒. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕒 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕪. ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙?

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Dark Fiction | Horror

5 out of 5 stars!

What an amazing debut novella!

Joshua Marsella is a new horror author in the book community and we all adore him so! He is such a fantastic guy!

Scratches is packed full of eerie goodness with a twisted, yet bitter, heart-wrenching story line!

Connor and his Mother may have a disconnected relationship and for very obvious reasons (as you learn throughout this read). Yet there are moments in this story where you will love what they have (although they are few). Connor has moved into this home not knowing the relative in a close personal way, he has no idea what their past was and what type of person they were. This shows to be truly terrifying when the evil is stirred.

I feel so many teenagers would find Connor relate-able and Scratches may remind us all about moments we may have experienced from our childhood. Moments where are minds truly mess with us but Connor was truly living it and how terrifying it was! I couldn’t imagine experiencing these horrifying moments, thinking you may be absolutely insane but yet it feels so real. Reaching out to your Mother or people around you subtly trying to seeing if you can get some answers and them shrugging it off telling you its all in your head. Although they may know that’s not true, they just don’t want to believe it’s happening, they don’t want to have to deal with such evil again.

Joshua’s writing is fantastic! Scratches is so fast pace and each page of this novella is packed full of dark goodness. Don’t get me wrong, although I said I feel Connor would be so relate-able to many teenagers, this is not a read for young! It would scare the pants right off them.

I am so happy I dived into this read! I was absolutely consumed and I can’t wait to see what else Joshua has in store for us. Call me a new dedicated fan!

“𝙏𝙃𝙐𝘿 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝘼𝘼𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙏𝙃𝙐𝘿 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝘼𝘼𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙏𝙃𝙐𝘿”

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: May 11, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your BASEMENT Book Worm

-Nichole

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The Goodbye Family and the Great Mountain by by Lorin Morgan-Richards

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘖𝘵𝘪𝘴, 𝘗𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦. 𝘗𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘖𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘖𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘻𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴. 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴? 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵-𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘓𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘥.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

4 out of 5 stars!

Such an imaginative story!

Otis, Pyridine and Orphie are some of the most odd, unusual and exciting characters I have met.

During their carriage ride through the underworld to save their family business they also meet some of the most unique characters, they speak with the most unique characters…. (and for Otis’s sake, even some animals).

The Goodbye Family and The Great Mountain is such an amusing, whimsical read. Perfect for all ages really but especially young readers! A way for them to explore their minds and explode their imaginations.

Lorin Morgan-Richards created this fast paced, thrilling Wild-West meets The Addam’s Family esk read. You will fall in love with the characters and the story will absolutely consume you. The chapter heading illustrations throughout are absolutely delightful and truly add to the story.

I can’t thank Lorin Morgan-Richards enough for sending me a copy to read and review. This will be one to go back and re-read and I also can’t wait to see what else Lorin Morgan-Richards has in-store for us!

You can check out my BookTube Review here:

My BookTube channel: I_ReadPastMyBedtime

Publisher: Raven Above Press

Release date: February 16, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Magical Book Worm

-Nichole

and then She rose by Lavender Rose

𝓟𝓸𝓮𝓽𝓻𝔂 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓘𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓶 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓽 𝓛𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮.𝓣𝓸𝓹𝓲𝓬𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭: 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴, 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷, 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽,𝓰𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓽𝓱, 𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓽𝓱 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯-𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮.”𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮,” 𝓲𝓼 𝓭𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓸 6 𝓰𝓵𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓵𝓪𝓻𝓰𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓼, 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓪𝓻𝓮: 1.𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓹𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 2.𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽, 3.𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼, 4.𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓵𝓾𝓼𝓽, 5.𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓪𝓾𝓬𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 6.𝓯𝓪𝓲𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓼. 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓥𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓼 𝓛𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻’𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓫𝓾𝓽, 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓿𝓾𝓵𝓷𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓫𝓵𝔂 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓬𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓽𝓻𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓫𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓱𝓾𝓻𝓽𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓷 “𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮” 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝔁𝓽 𝓮𝔁𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓾𝓶𝓹𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓹 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓳𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓮𝔂. 𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓛𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓼 𝓫𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓹𝓸𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓹𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝔁𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓹 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓳𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓮𝔂. 𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓥𝓪𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓻𝓪𝔀 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓾𝓷𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓭. “𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷… 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓭 𝓪 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓸𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰. 𝓑𝓸𝓽𝓱 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓵 𝓸𝓯 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓭𝓻𝓪𝔀𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓷. 𝓐𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶 𝓽𝓸 𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓹𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓪𝓼 𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓛𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻’𝓼 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓳𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓮𝔂. 𝓒𝓾𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓛𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓼 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓮𝓶𝓹𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓼, 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝔁𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂. 𝓐 𝓵𝓸𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓶𝓼, 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓾𝓹𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝔂𝓹𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓶𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓸𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓘𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓶 𝓹𝓪𝓰𝓮 @𝓵𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓶𝓼__𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻: 𝓛𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓫𝓸𝓻𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓷 𝓐𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓪 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓒𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓭𝓪 𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓸𝓯 14. 𝓘𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮, 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼; 𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓵𝓾𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓽 19, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓾𝓼𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓽 37 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓽𝔀𝓸 𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓷. 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓾𝓭𝓲𝓮𝓭 𝓟𝓼𝔂𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓰𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓔𝓷𝓰𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓤𝓷𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓦𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓼𝓸𝓻 𝓲𝓷 𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓷 𝓞𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓸. 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓳𝓸𝔂𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓭𝓸𝓸𝓻𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼. 𝓗𝓮𝓻 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓹𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓲𝓼 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓽𝓻𝔂. 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓳𝓸𝔂𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓾𝓫𝓳𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓼 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷, 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓽𝓱, 𝓭𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓵𝓸𝓹𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽, 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓼𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂. 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓯𝓪𝓷 𝓸𝓯 𝓡𝓾𝓹𝓲 𝓚𝓪𝓾𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓙.𝓶. 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓶 𝓪𝓶𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓴 𝓶𝓪𝔂 𝓮𝓶𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻𝓼. 𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓬𝓽 𝓹𝓲𝓮𝓬𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓽𝓻𝔂 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝔀𝓸 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓼 𝓫𝓸𝓽𝓱 𝓥𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 “𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮,” 𝓸𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓘𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓶 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓽 @𝓵𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓶𝓼

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Genre: Adult | Poetry

4 out of 5 stars!

A wonderful collection!

I honestly need to read more Poetry! Poetry is hard to share your opinions on. Poetry is subjective and so personal to each reader but honestly I truly believe that’s what makes it so magical.

and then She rose is filled with so much emotion and passion. From love, lose and fairy tales to anger and frustration, you will be consumed by this collection.

Lavender’s writing, as most poetry will enrich your soul and open your eyes to things you may have never imagined.

Poetry collections are great to discuss with others and see their take, see what they caught that you may have missed or interpreted differently. It’s also something you can go back on and read time and time again, reacting differently each time.

Thank you so much Lavender Rose for sending me a copy to read and review. I appreciate it very much!

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: March 9, 2020

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-Nichole

Graymatter: A Collection of Horror by Nicholas Gray

𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕤. 𝔸𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕦𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟. 𝔸 𝕄𝕒𝕟 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕪 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕟𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕤. 𝔸𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕒 𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕠 𝕥𝕒𝕡𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤 𝕘𝕠 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕜-𝕠𝕣-𝕋𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣!

𝔾𝕣𝕒𝕪𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕦𝕡 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖. 𝕊𝕠, 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 ℕ𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕤 𝔾𝕣𝕒𝕪 𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔾ℝ𝔸𝕐𝕄𝔸𝕋𝕋𝔼ℝ 𝕚𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕜𝕦𝕝𝕝!

Genre: Adult | Horror | Dark Fiction

4 out of 5 stars! (for the whole collection)

First off I have to start by saying how proud I am of Nick! Nick is a fellow BookTuber and it’s always exciting to see people whom I consider friends making their dreams become a reality. Now to all my readers out there, although Nick is a friend this will not stop me from providing an honest review.

Graymatter is a fun collection! and by that I mean dark, gruesome, spooky but loads of fun. Some great concepts here! These short stories are those type of stories narrated by the main character that end with a big cliffhanger….leaving you wanting more. Oh and I can’t forget each has a great moral to the story as well.

While reading this collection I felt as if I was chilling with Nick while he told me some truly eerie stories. Nick has a way of writing different characters and really bringing their personality traits forward. For example one story is about a dognapper, he makes a living taking other people dogs and than just hangs at home until the owner puts out a reward. Once they do he jumps on it claiming his prize. The guy is an honest dirt-bag and I was appalled the whole time I read this story! Honestly, if you can feel those emotions while reading that’s when you know the author did something right. These are things you just don’t forget even after finishing the read.

There is one tiny negative that pulled my star rating back on this horror collection. Although an editor was hired there seems to be a lot that was missed. Spelling mistakes, grammar, repetitiveness and some sentences weren’t even proper English. Although I can understand these mistakes as everyone is human and while the author is pouring their thoughts and passions out onto paper it takes a lot of time to make the story crisp and clean. Multiple read through’s alone, even before editing (if it’s an option, which isn’t the case for most indie authors). That being said even after taking these steps and even hiring an editor a lot was missed. Although I am not one to talk negative about others or tell them how to do their job, I really feel whoever did edit this collection for Nick did not provide the service he paid for and I hope this won’t deter people from picking it up. Editing can really hurt an author! Some people won’t even finish a read or give it an awful review solely on the editing.

All in all honestly this collection was great! Again, Nick had great concepts, awesome characters and not to forget your mind and emotions will be stirred. I say it’s totally worth giving it a go. Also if you would like to check out my video review on my BookTube channel that would be awesome!

Thank you so much Nick for sending me a copy to read and review. I am so proud to own a physical copy and to have it sitting on my shelves. I can’t wait to see what else you have for us in the future.

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: April 19, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your PROUD Book Worm

-Nichole

Divan of Shah by Shah Asad Rizvi

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒟𝒾𝓋𝒶𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝒮𝒽𝒶𝒽 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒸𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓊𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓂 𝑜𝒻 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈. 𝐻𝑒 𝒶𝓈𝒸𝓇𝒾𝒷𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝑜𝑒𝓉𝓇𝓎. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓅𝑜𝑒𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒, 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝒹𝑒𝒶 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝓇𝑒𝒻𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓃𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑒𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝑜𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑜𝒹𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒻𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒻𝑒𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒𝓈 𝓅𝑜𝑒𝓂𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓆𝓊𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒, 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

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“𝓜𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓶𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓴𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓱”

Genre: Adult| Poetry

4 out of 5 stars!

Poetry is something I really need to strive to read more of!

Even the most simplest poetry pieces can find a way to enrich our lives. Poetry can have the most powerful, hard hitting words. Divan of Shah is no exception! Shah has created this flow of emotions and uses some brilliant examples throughout his collection. Helping the reader to truly connect with what is being said.

Poetry is incredibly intimate! Each reader will consume the pieces different and find a way to relate it with their own personal lives.

Poetry is something we can come back to time and time again. It can be that pallet cleanser in between reads, the uplifting words needed during hard times or even that warm hug we may need. Poetry adapts to what we may need in that very moment.

Divan of Shah is full of love, lose, pain, life and will truly warm the heart.

Whether poetry is your jam or not I say pick it up! You may be presently surprised on how much it can touch your heart.

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: October 31, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your MOVED Book Worm

-Nichole

Of Rioters & Royals (Swift Shadows Book 1) by M.L. Greye

“𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓮𝔂𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓻 𝓭𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓪𝓫𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓼?”

𝓞𝓯 𝓡𝓲𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 & 𝓡𝓸𝔂𝓪𝓵𝓼

𝐸𝓂𝓇𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 – 𝒶 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹. 𝒜𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝓀𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓈. 𝐻𝑒𝓇 𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝑔𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝑒𝓉𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝒻𝒶𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈’𝓈 𝒦𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓂, 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽, 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝓅𝓁𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈: 𝑅𝒾𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁𝓈. 𝐹𝒾𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈. 𝒲𝒶𝓇 𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹.
𝒟𝑒𝒸𝓁𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝑅𝒾𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓇. 𝒜𝓃 𝓊𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑒𝓇. 𝒜𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓉. 𝐻𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒥𝑒𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓈 – 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒾𝑔𝓃 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹. 𝒴𝑒𝓉, 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝓊𝓅 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑀𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈, 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝒾𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝒾𝓂. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈’𝓈 𝒦𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉. 𝐻𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓀, 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝐸𝓂𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒽𝑒’𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Young Adult | Fiction | Fantasy| Powers/Magic | Romance

4 out of 5 stars!

A great young adult fantasy with a unique concept.

Now a days it’s truly difficult for authors especially when writing in a heavily popular genre and reading age. Finding something unique to the story, something to keep the reader engaged and wanting to read on. Almost every story has been written; so what can an author do to set it aside from other fantasy reads, to make sure it’s not just a clone of the book it sits next to on the shelf. M.L. Greye found a way with Of Rioters & Royals.

At first I thought “Hm… eye color determines your abilities?….So blue is this and brown is that…?” Man was I wrong. M.L. went into a bit more detail than just one color. Even the flecks of different colors in your eyes can choose a mix of abilities .. all depending on how many colors you have blended into those eyes of yours. This concept pulled me right in! I couldn’t help but want to know the characters and what abilities they may have been blessed with.

The story started off with destruction; the world felt a lot like what we are dealing with in today’s life. Sickness, disease, isolation, rationing, desperation and more. The only tiny, slight problem I had with this read was the story started out with chaos and than slowed right down until we got closer to the ending where it started to pick up again.

Now I understand world building is crucial for an author! Introducing their readers to this world they have created (especially when its a series, not a stand alone) the first book or two is the authors chance to set the world up, introduce the characters and this can tend to slow the pace of the read down. This being said, it didn’t take away from the read or make it bad in any way. I just wanted a bit more buzz.

Emory and Declan are fantastic characters! I love how Declan is out to betray Emory but finds out that it may not be as easy as he planned and Emory may have an idea of exactly what is going on. Their connection in the story is something to cherish. As the story goes they become closer, more connected and in ways that they could never have expected. Of Rioters & Royals is pretty romance heavy and rightfully so. If romance is not your thing, you may not enjoy this read. Although I say it’s still worth giving it a go since there is so much more to the story and you may just devour it.

Thank you so very much to M.L. Greye for sending me an e-copy to read and review. I look forward to seeing where their story goes from here in book two.

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: January 17, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your GREEN EYED Book Worm

-Nichole

Wildcat: Book 1 in The Caledon Saga by JP Harker

ℜ𝔥𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔴𝔶𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔫 𝔦𝔰 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔣𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔲𝔭 𝔞 𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔯’𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔞 𝔴𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔥𝔲𝔰𝔟𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔰 𝔢𝔫𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔱𝔬 𝔞𝔱 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔱. ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯, 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔊𝔞𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔰 𝔪𝔬𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔥𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞 𝔭𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔣𝔲𝔩 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔶 𝔫𝔬 𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 𝔟𝔢 𝔞𝔫 𝔬𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫, 𝔣𝔬𝔯 ℜ𝔥𝔦𝔞 𝔬𝔯 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔭𝔢𝔬𝔭𝔩𝔢. 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔯𝔦𝔳𝔞𝔩 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢𝔰, 𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔰𝔲𝔦𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔰, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔊𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔏𝔢𝔭𝔦𝔡𝔲𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥, ℜ𝔥𝔦𝔞 𝔰𝔬𝔬𝔫 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔣𝔞𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔶 𝔦𝔫 𝔲𝔫𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔡𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔦𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔪𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔟𝔢 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣…

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

“Perhaps so. I prefer his chances of it to those of a dancing kitten.”

Genre: Adult | Fantasy

5 out of 5 stars!

Brilliant world building!

I’ll be upfront and say I have not read many books written in a medieval setting and I now know I need to read more! JP Harker’s exciting read Wildcat has brought this to my attention.

Right from the first page I was sucked into this exciting world filled with powerful characters. Wildcat gives you a little taste of everything… from vicious, life sucking battles to love and deceit you never know what will come next. You may even find some taking the lives of their very own loved ones.

JP Harker’s writing is captivating! The battle scenes are so detailed and vivid it really sets the picture in your mind. His characters are so engaging you can’t help but love them all and I’m not just talking about the protagonists, the supporting characters are also intriguing.

Rhia’s story line has a connection to the modern day. She struggles wanting to be fighting along side her people but also with wanting to start a family of her own and keeping her children safe. I saw this as today’s working Mom’s who love the idea of being home with their kids all day but have that urge, that want to be out in the working world. Rhia’s challenged throughout the whole story, she’s put through tick and thin and still she pulls through somehow. Memories and people linger with her, impacting so many of her future life decisions. She truly is a stunning character.

I can’t wait to get my hands on the next two completed books in the saga (#2 Leaping Wolf, #3 Lion Cub). Book #4 is currently in the works!

If you are a fan of medieval type reads with a mix of romance among many other things. I would highly recommend picking up book 1: Wildcat, see what you think.

Thank you very much to JP Harker for sending me a copy to read and review. I am now a new dedicated fan to his work and I am excited to see what else he comes out with in the future.

Publisher: JPH

Release Date: September 4, 2016

And of course thank you all for reading

Your MIGHTY Book Worm

-Nichole