Author Review: Rob Shepherd

Today’s bookish post is going to be a bit different. Normally when talking about an authors work I review the work itself. Today we will be reviewing the author himself!

A while back Rob Shepherd reached out to me asking if I would be willing to read some of his work. Of course I said yes and he was so kind to send over 5 e-copies, a good variety. Now Rob never once asked me to review any of what he sent over, he was just happy to have another reader interested in checking it out. BUT… I am a blogger, so of COURSE I am going to review it.

I read one peace closer to the end of 2019 and really enjoyed it, jump ahead into 2020 and I still had not finished the other 4 pieces. I knew this was not fair of me and I needed to work hard to get some reviews out for him. So…..in the month of April I went on a bit of a Rob Shepherd reading binge. While reading through I thought instead of doing an individual review of each read separately, why not review them and the author all together.

I have had the privilege of getting to know Rob over the last year or so and honestly he is so very laid back, chilled and easy going. He also loves getting to chat with his readers and just getting to know them in general.

Now Rob’s writing style may not be for everyone. He really loves those odd, eerie, gruesome, horror-esk type reads but I myself love them. Also a lot of Rob’s work is short stories or novellas but honestly they are packed FULL of creepy goodness! Each of the 5 stories I read from him got a 4 or 5 star out of 5 stars!

On to the books I read and my individual star rating for each.

My Name is Human: 4 out of 5 stars

𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕠𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕠𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝? 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕙? 𝕊𝕔𝕚-𝔽𝕚 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕕𝕖𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟. 𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕔 𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕣. 𝕀𝕤 𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕥? 𝕆𝕣 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕? ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕒 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝?

The Caretaker: 4 out of 5 stars

𝔸 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 ℍ𝕚-ℝ𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕜, 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕠 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕤 𝕒 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥; 𝔸 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕪𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕔𝕜 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡?

Friends Like Us: 4 out of 5 stars

𝔸 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕠𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 𝕒𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕆𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕟. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕕𝕘𝕖, 𝕆𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕓𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥. 𝕀𝕟 𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕔 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟. ℕ𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕣𝕖. 𝕎𝕙𝕠 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣?

Dark Worlds: 5 out of 5 stars

𝔸 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝟞 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤. 𝔼𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕓𝕠𝕣𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣. 𝔽𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟, 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕠𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝔼𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕝𝕚𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕣𝕖. 𝔼𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕒 𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪. 𝔼𝕒𝕔𝕙, 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜.

Semianimus: 5 out of 5 stars

𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕒𝕝𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖. 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙, 𝕡𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕙𝕒𝕓, 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝. 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. ℍ𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣, 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕨𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕕. 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕦𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕, 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥, 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟, 𝕚𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕕, 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩. ℕ𝕠𝕨 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕘𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙, 𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕘𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕖𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣. ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥, 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪, 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕪. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣. ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖, 𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕦𝕡 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟. 𝕆𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝, 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝?

I thoroughly enjoy Rob’s work! His imagination is so dark and unique. I can’t wait to get my hands on more and I feel if those unusual, chilling reads are your thing than you may also enjoy reading Rob’s stories.

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In The Hills Above The Gristmill by Kalvin Ellis

In The Hills…. Above The Gristmill

𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳-𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺-𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳-𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩. 𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘣 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥.

𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧, 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘭𝘥-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘹 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯’𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars!

Fanfreakingtastic!

In The Hills Above The Gristmill is one intense book.

Kalvin has shown his true talents as an author with this read. Which might I add is book one in a series I am now obviously VERY excited for. On top of this my mind is truly boggled knowing this is Kalvin’s debut novel!

The main character Paisley is absolutely fearless, she’s your ideal modern day paranormal investigator. At the request of the towns beloved preacher Hollis Grim, Paisley rushes to the very small, incredibly odd, extremely unusual town of Grey Water Ridge.

I was devoted to this read from the very first page…. Kalvin’s writing is immaculate. Each character introduced is so unique and different from the next. The story is eerie and the setting is purely chilling. I don’t think I have ever read a book where I was suspicious about so many characters all at once. Not once did I know for absolutely certain who was the true evil in this story….. Well maybe aside from one scene, but I guess you would have to read it for yourself to know what part I am talking about.

Never a bored moment in this book, the story never falls flat. Even while Kalvin provided some history on the town of Grey Water Ridge I was intrigued. Usually (for myself anyhow) when an author is trying to add that extra knowledge and incite into the plot I find it drags a bit. More like excess filler that doesn’t really need to be there and may create the reader to lose interest. That was not the case with In The Hills Above The Gristmill. The history added to the story, rivalries were present even back when and horrible things happened. This information only helps you understand this town and the people in it even more. I also enjoyed the direction Kalvin took while writing this into the story.

Highly recommend this read. I can’t wait for book two in the series….. Kalvin, if you’re reading this.. hurry up! ha..ha. I guess you can call me a big fan of his work!

Publisher: Infinite Key Media

Release Date: January 9, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your FEARLESS Book Worm

-Nichole

The Slug Queen Chronicles by S.O. Thomas

“𝕋𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝… 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕙.“

𝒯𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓋𝑒-𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇-𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒞𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓀𝑒𝓉 𝒦𝒶𝓃𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒻𝒶𝒾𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈, 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓉 𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝓈𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝒯𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓁𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝑔𝒾𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝓃, 𝒻𝑒𝓂𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝒮𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓈. 𝒮𝒽𝑒’𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝒶𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓀𝒾𝒹𝓃𝒶𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑜 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒.

𝒞𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓉’𝓈 𝓉𝑜𝑜 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒?

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Middle-grade | Fantasy| Fairy-tales| Fiction

5 out of 5 Stars!

A ᖴᗩIᖇY-TᗩᒪE ᗯOᑎᗪEᖇᒪᗩᑎᗪ!

The Slug Queen Chronicles is packed full of fairy-tale goodness! From Santa to the Tooth-fairy to The House with Chicken Legs… My son and I adored this read.

Be sure to have your concentration hat on when you read this fabulous series. The Slug Queen Chronicles introduces so many characters through-out and it may get a bit confusing at times but it is so worth it in the end.

S.O. Thomas has created a fascinating world with the most lovable characters. Cricket meets some of the most incredible creatures in this world and the most amazing friendships bloom throughout. I won’t say who our favourite characters were, because I don’t want to give anything away. You will just have to read it for yourself!

The Slug Queen Chronicles has got to be one of the most exciting, vivid, colorful worlds I have dived into for some time. Such a brilliant concept and S.O. Thomas executed it perfectly!

My son and I are in love with this world and all of it’s creatures! We both highly recommend this middlegrade read and are so thankful to S.O. Thomas for sending us an e-copy for review!

Publisher: Ichigo Black Books

Release date: March 28, 2020 — OUT TOMORROW! Be sure to go and get your hands on it!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Magical Book Worm

-Nichole

Ghosters by Diana Corbitt

𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕧𝕖-𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣-𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕒 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕫’𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕞 𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕞𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣’𝕤 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕪 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝕀𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪, 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕦𝕘𝕒𝕣 𝕤𝕙𝕖’𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕔𝕦𝕡𝕓𝕠𝕒𝕣𝕕. ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟—𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕦𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕗𝕗 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕒’𝕤 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥-𝕠𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕂𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕪. 𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨, 𝔾𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝔻𝕒𝕕’𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕞𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕧𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥. 𝔸𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕁𝕠𝕖𝕪, 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝔸𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕣’𝕤, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝𝕤 𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕂𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕪’𝕤 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥-𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕡𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤.

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Genre: Middle-grade | Thriller| Paranormal | Fiction

5 out of 5 stars!

YES! This is what I am talking about!

I don’t know about you but growing up I was ghost obsessed. Late on a Friday or Saturday night my family and friends would gather, turn off all the lights, grab a flashlight and creep around the house looking to experience the perfect paranormal moment.

I now get to experience all that same fun with my two boys. It becomes on heck of a great game, on the regular here in our home.

So… what better than a middle-grade where kids are doing just that?!? and they have no idea what they are in for.

When Diana reached out to see if I would be willing to review one of the books from her Ghosters series, I was super excited and I knew exactly who I would be reading it with.

I’ll just put it out there…. my eldest son and I LOVED this read.

Ghosters was exhilarating!

The characters are so well done. Theresa is suffering the older sibling battle after a huge loss in the family and feels she needs to stay strong for her younger brother Joey. Yet she also feels her Dad doesn’t seem to love her as much. When truly she and Joey just have no idea exactly what is going on with their father and his own inner demons he is fighting. Than Joey is this sweet, innocent, easy going brother who looks up to his sister and is so happy to spend time with her. In comes Theresa’s new ghost obsessed friend Kerry to stir up the mix. What a perfect selection of characters!

Diana also kept this middle grade read so gripping by leaving the true reveal till the very, very end. Leaving you to devour this read, needing to know exactly what happens.

Ghosters will have you stir with emotions throughout. Yet in the end Diana pieces everything together perfecting, bringing the whole story together and releasing all of those emotions.

I must add as a mother reading this along side my eldest that I found it very refreshing how Diana not only brought up the topic of loss of a loved one(s) but also notes some mental health. She did it in such a gentle, tasteful way, not to overwhelm a middle-grade reader.

Extremely well done and very entertaining.

We have added the rest of the Ghosters series onto our wish list to pick up in the future.

Currently in the series:

#1: Ghosters #2: Revenge of the Library Ghost #3: Secrets of the Bloody Tower #4: Ghosters go Camping.

Also please note, you do not need to read the series in order. So take a peak, read through the synopsis and see which one will be your first victim!

Enjoy! Happy reading.

Thank you so much Diana for sending us an e-copy to read and review.

We can’t wait to dive into more.

Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing

Release date: May 1, 2017

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your SPOOKED Book Worm

-Nichole

Better You Believe & Sour by Tony Evans

Better You Believe

𝕌𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕟 𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 – 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞. 𝕃𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕧𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕩𝕥.𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕥, 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕. 𝕀’𝕧𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕡𝕡𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕌𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤, 𝕕𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖, 𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕦𝕡? 𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕕𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕣 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕝, 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕊𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕒 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕘𝕠𝕖𝕤 – 𝕄𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕖. 𝕄𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕖. 𝔹𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Urban Legends | Horror | Paranormal

5 out of 5 stars!

Better You Believe is a collection of short stories. All urban legends Tony has come across over the years, while on his own adventures.

Nothing better than the perfect scary story as a kid. What we may not realise at that age, is a lot of the stories that have circled around come from urban legends our parents or family members have heard.

Tony not only brought attention to urban legends I myself had never heard of. He brought them to life, putting his own little spin on them. These are tales that will stick with me for a very long time, perhaps even for life.

These bizarre, creepy, strange stories are very fast paced and will leave you itching for more of each.

Some of the characters are so relate-able and you can’t help but feel emotions along side them, some of these myths will come across very cheeky, but know that there is a good life lesson to learn in each. So be sure to pay attention to the underlining message.

Tony’s writing is so enjoyable. No added filler, no drawn out sections, great story development, the characters are done really well and as I mentioned each story is very fast paced. You will fly through this collection in no time while being entertained the whole time, you may even be shocked by some of the twists that come along.

Yes! Of course I would recommend Better You Believe.

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Publisher: Independently Published

Date: February 11, 2019

NOW!

If Better You Believe sounds like something that would be right up your alley! Than you must check out Sour by Tony Evans

Sour

𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝔸𝕡𝕡𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕒, 𝕒 𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕦𝕣𝕜𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝔾𝕦𝕟𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜 ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕣. 𝔸 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖, 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕤 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕙𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤.

𝕊𝕒𝕞 𝔽𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕝, 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕜𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖… 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪.

𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕠, 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Urban Legends | Horror | Paranormal

5 out of 5 stars!

Sour is a mix of some of the urban legends you may have read in “Better You Believe” all wrapped together in one perfect creepy bundle.

The moment I started to dive into Sour I thought… YES! This is it. I wanted more of these stories and I am getting just that.

Sam has to takes some drastic steps to try and rectify a huge loss after some very poor choices but again things may never be the same and might be better off just left alone.

I really enjoyed Sour, so happy I picked it up immediately after Better You Believe. It helped satisfy some of the thirst I had for more on these legends.

Again I would recommend Sour as well! I may even recommend reading them one after the other so everything is fresh in your mind….. Your welcome!

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I can’t wait to read more of Tony’s work!… Masterpieces.

Publisher: Independently Published

Date: October 19, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Myth of a Book Worm

-Nichole

The Scrimshaw Worm by Daniel Dunkle

𝐼𝓉’𝓈 𝟣𝟪𝟧𝟣. 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒞𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝒶𝒾𝓁 𝑜𝓃 𝒶 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓋𝑜𝓎𝒶𝑔𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈, 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓈 𝒹𝑜𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝒱𝒾𝓇𝑔𝒾𝓁 𝒞𝑜𝒻𝒻𝒾𝓃. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓊𝓃𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓈. 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃, 𝒟𝑜𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝓎, 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒿𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝒹𝓇𝒾𝒻𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓁𝑒𝒷𝑜𝒶𝓉 𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝒷𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒾𝒷𝒶𝓁 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝒹𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒻𝓁𝑒𝓈𝒽. 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒’𝓈 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅… 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓅𝒾𝒸𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓌. 𝒪𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓋𝑜𝓎𝒶𝑔𝑒, 𝒾𝓉’𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓈𝓅𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝓀. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹, 𝓊𝓃𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒’𝓈 𝓃𝑜 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝐼𝒻 𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃, 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒶𝓀𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓇𝓈…

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Horror | Thriller

4 out of 5 stars!

A unique read!

I am a fan of odd, eerie, gruesome reads and The Scrimshaw Worm hit on those themes well.

Your main character, Will seems like a really good guy. He will protect those that just can’t or won’t protect themselves, he also has a soft spot in his heart for some in his life. After a harsh yet passionate act Will’s choices have forced him to serve as a doctor on a Whaling Voyage, even though he promised himself never again. During his journey on the ship they save a women who seems to be a damsel in distress from a dyer situation. Shortly after, crew members start to disappear, some are attacked, some are killed and left for the rest of the crew to find and yet no one knows what’s happening.

The Scrimshaw Worm leaves you antsy to know what or who is attacking the crew.

I enjoyed The Scrimshaw Worm and I am happy I picked it up.

I only have a couple very small reasons why I took a star off my rating and please keep in mind these are my own opinions and you may not feel the same when picking up this read for yourself. These reasons also don’t take away from the story line, characters, plot or Daniel’s writing.

I found the down time in-between the action, although short and not drawn out, was very slow. I wanted to rush through those moments in order to get back to the action. Again this is most likely just me and it may show that the book was well written because I obviously wanted more. Also the down time was not just filler, it was information that was crucial to the story so I had to slow myself down and take it all in. My only other reason was that you got such a strong glimpse of who Will was back on the mainland and a sneak peak into one relationship in particular he held and I found that I missed not having that closure at the end of the story to see how things were off the waters.

All in all I would recommend this read. I think it will be unlike any of the novels you have in your collection currently.

Be sure to check out Daniel’s website @ http://indiehorrorwriter.com/ or give him a follow on twitter @ https://twitter.com/IndieHorrorWri1

Publisher: Independently Published

Release date: May 6, 2018

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Gory Book Worm

-Nichole

The Beast of Bodmin by Mark Edmondson

𝕄𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥?

𝐉𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨, 𝐎𝐂𝐃-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐤 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫.

𝐉𝐨, 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞.

𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫, 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐤’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞.

𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞?

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

“𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓯𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝔂𝓽𝓱”

Genre: Adult | Psychological Thriller | Mystery | Thriller| Fiction

5 out of 5 stars!

The Beast of Bodmin was absolutely hair-raising!

Edmondson had me hooked from the very first page.

Thrillers are my jam!… but putting a spin on it like this, man or beast? What a ride! Knowing a murderer was on the loose was nerve wrecking enough. Not knowing if it was human or some hungry animal had you at the edge of your seat.

Not only is Mark’s writing so easily devoured but the story and characters were executed perfectly. Your main character, Jo had already been through so much which only made her stronger, while also showing her vulnerable side. Although Jo is about to go through SO much more! This creates the perfect protagonist for the reader. Someone you can truly relate with and start to gain some type of emotions for, causing you to become a bit anxious to see if Jo survives in the end.

The characters that surrounded and supported Jo were also so lovely. This novel is truly character driven in the best way possible.

I found myself constantly trying to crack the case while reading, getting into the true mindset of a detective. At times I truly felt I had figured out exactly who or what was committing these murders. Just as I got to that point there was a large plot twist! This was the real gem of this story! … The Beast of Bodmin never got boring!

This will be a favourite of mine for years to come.

Thank you so much Mark for sending me a copy.

Mark did not request that I review his book but of course I wanted to! So many great things to say.

Can’t wait to see what Mark Edmondson comes up with next!

Publisher: The Conrad Press

Release date: September 18, 2018

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Impressed Book Worm

-Nichole

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝐵𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝓎 𝒩𝒶𝓉𝒶𝓁𝒾𝑒 𝐵𝒶𝓃𝓀𝓈

𝒯𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒𝒹𝓎 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒞𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝒟𝓊𝒫𝑜𝓃𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝓊𝓈𝒷𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀, 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃. 𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝓈𝒾𝓍 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒, 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝑔𝑜𝓃𝑒. 𝒲𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒾𝒸𝓀𝓈 𝓊𝓅 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝒽𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒸𝒸𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝒹. 𝐵𝑒𝓌𝒾𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓉 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓋𝒾𝓋𝒾𝒹, 𝒷𝒶𝒹 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝓃, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓏𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓁𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑒𝓍𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒹𝒾𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂. 𝑅𝒶𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓉𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝒰𝓃𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓊𝓅, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓋𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝒶𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝓊𝓈𝒷𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓉’𝓈 𝓉𝑜𝑜 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒.

Genre: Adult | Psychological Thriller | Romantic Suspense | Fiction |

10 out of 5 stars! (Yes it’s that good)

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!

The Moments Between is positively memorising!

Let me start by saying I have been an enormous fan of Natalie’s work for a couple years now. I have read nearly all of her published pieces and dare I say…I think this is her best yet. That comment alone says it all.

The Moments Between is an incredible concept and Natalie executed it perfectly. Truly gripping, yet notably warming. This is a novel you won’t want to put down but will also be terrified to see how it ends.

We’ve all experienced nightmares before but Claire’s nightmare goes beyond a sleepless night! Claire is constantly living in panic, desperate to find a way to keep her husband alive. This would be torment for anyone, let alone a mom of young kids. You will experience a explosion of multiple emotions throughout. One moment you will be in awe of the charming, incredibly relatable characters and the wonderful life they live. Next you will be holding your breath, pleading that everyone is safe.

If reading about this extraordinary family wasn’t enough, this story is packed full of strong underlining messages. For example; Claire and her sister are extremely different women, one is constantly infuriated by the other while also admiring her beauty. While the other is flat out jealous of the others life in a whole. This is where the message of “the grass is always greener on the other side” comes in. As they work through their differences it creates a stronger bond between the two that is so enjoyable. Claire also experiences such gut wrenching fears that leads her to ask a question that I am sure so many of us had wondered before “if God exists, why does he allow bad things to happen?”

I can’t help but feel that the positive moments throughout this read may be a tiny sneak peak into Natalie’s true life story.

Honestly I could go on and on with my thoughts of this book. You just need to read it! Perhaps this is the perfect read to end 2019 off with.

Thank you so much Natalie for sending me a e-copy to review. I cant help but devour everything you write. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next.

Publisher: Champion Books

Release date: December 6, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Peaceful Book Worm

-Nichole

𝒟𝒾𝓈𝒸𝑜 𝒟𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓅 & 𝒢𝑜𝓁𝒻 𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒 𝒷𝓎 𝒞𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓇𝑜𝓃 𝑅𝑜𝓊𝒷𝒾𝓆𝓊𝑒

“𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 “

“𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕜𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕤, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ᔕᑕᖇEᗩᗰᔕ 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟…”

ᗪIᔕᑕO ᗪEᗩTᕼTᖇᗩᑭ

It’s New Year’s Eve 1980, and the students of DeAngelo High School are lacing up their skates for the All-Night New Year’s Lock-In at the Rollerville Roller Disco. Some of them just want to skate and dance the night away to the pounding disco music. Some want to pull a few pranks and have a few laughs. For others, like Dan Parsons, tonight is a chance to move on and forget about his ex-girlfriend, maybe even flirt with Denise, that cute girl behind the snack counter. It seems like nothing can go wrong.But there’s a massive blizzard raging outside, thick snow and ice are piling up against all the doors. There are those rumors that Rollerville was built over part of the old graveyard next door, and someone out there is watching. Also, a strange homeless man in the parking lot says that tonight will be the start of the so-called “Year of Blood.”A night of skating and New Year’s fun is about to turn into a night of violence and bloody mayhem in Disco Deathtrap.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Horror | Fiction

5 out of 5 stars

A safe night turns to be a complete BLOODBATH!

Roubique has done it again! He has to be one of my all time favourite 80’s slasher authors.

Cameron has this way of creating these lively characters, memorable characters, puts them in this overwhelmingly terrifying situation. Some may give up, others will fight till the very end. Meanwhile the reader sits there biting their nails…. waiting to see who survives.

Like most 80’s slasher films you think you know who’s done it!….. But with Roubique’s evil masterpieces… you end up being so very, very wrong. Not only are you shocked on who it was, the murderers motives are gripping their backstories are so detailed. Cameron’s writing in itself is so extremely detailed. Be warned, these reads are not for squeamish people.

In Disco Deathtrap no one is safe! Only one way to find out who survives….

Independently published

Release date: September 30, 2016

……The Year of Blood is not over yet. Just a few short months later!

“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.”

𝔾𝕠𝕝𝕗 ℂ𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖

Ronnie has the perfect summer job at the Indian Hill Golf Course. All day he gets to ride around on mowers and golf carts, check out the beautiful drink cart girls, joke around with his best friend Mark, and get plenty of fresh air and sunlight.That all changes when a huge late spring hailstorm blows in one night, leaving the golf course in shambles. As they clean up all the limbs and downed trees, Ronnie and Mark learn about the Native American Kikawa tribe that was brutally massacred at the top of the hill near the seventeenth green, and the evil medicine man known as Chief Tomahawk who supposedly put a curse on the land. It seems that the curse may prove to be real as the golf course is dogged with bad luck, and a dark figure wearing a wooden Chief’s mask and a black-feathered headdress is watching them from the shadows.Now, in preparation for the biggest golf tournament of the year, Ronnie and the maintenance crew have to come in and work through the night. They are about to find out that Chief Tomahawk has returned, and he wants revenge for his slaughtered people.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Horror | Fiction

5 out of 5 stars

The perfect summer job!… Or so Ronnie thought

Nightmares can hide anywhere… you never know when they will strike, perhaps for an awful revenge!

Golf Curse was such a wild ride! Indian Hill Golf Course really does sound like the perfect summer job, that is until the stories of the land being cursed starts to add up. Enough to terrify the believers anyhow… maybe not so much for the non-believers.

Again the detail in Roubique’s novels astound me. Each character is perfectly placed with a good amount of a background story, helping you decide who the trouble makers are and who the goody too-shoes are. I don’t know about you but I find myself already planning out who may be the first to go simply based on their personalities. Than comes in this whole story behind Indian Hill Golf Course and why they say it’s cursed.

They do say write what you know, which is exactly what Roubique has done. Having the knowledge from working at a golf course himself and man has it worked out for him.

Cameron’s work will keep your heart pounding. Be prepared!

An author I highly recommend across the board. Oh and I can’t forget! His mind blowing covers are his own incredible paintings.

Independently published

Release date: April 19, 2019

“𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤!”

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Petrified Book Worm

-Nichole

Autumncrow by Cameron Chaney

“𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 ℕ𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕚𝕤 ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕟…..𝔸𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕞𝕟𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕨”

𝓦𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓐𝓾𝓽𝓾𝓶𝓷𝓬𝓻𝓸𝔀 𝓥𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝔂, 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓗𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓷. 𝓔𝓷𝓳𝓸𝔂 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝔂! 𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽, 𝓪 𝓯𝓮𝔀 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰; 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝔂 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽. 𝓝𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓭𝓸𝓷’𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓸𝓸 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓼…𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓶𝓪𝔂 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓮𝓮. 𝓗𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓽. 𝓦𝓮 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓷’𝓽 𝓫𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽…

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Horror | Halloween | Short Stories | Fiction

“𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙢𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮…. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓜𝓞𝓝𝓢𝓣𝓔𝓡𝓢 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮”

5 out of 5 stars

Perfection! An anthology at its best!

Autumncrow is packed full of eerie goodness. Each story is so incredibly unique, some with a sweet underlining story that turns dark… others with a down right horrifying feeling throughout.

Chaney has created a bone chilling setting with some of the best characters. Each story will sink its teeth into you.

I couldn’t put Autumncrow down. Something about Cameron’s writing… I was completely immersed in this fictional town. One of the best parts was none of these stories were predictable, each had such an element of surprise.

I don’t think I could even tell you if I had a favourite, they were all so vivid and intense. Maybe my only negative to say is….. I just wanted more.

Cameron has impressed me yet again. I can not wait to see what he comes up with next.

Independently published

Release date: October 16, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Trapped Book Worm

-Nichole