FrightVision Book 1 | The Cursed Coin by Culliver Crantz

๐”ธ๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•’๐•—๐•ฃ๐•’๐•š๐•• ๐• ๐•— ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ช๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜? ๐•Ž๐•–๐•๐• โ„๐• ๐•š๐•ค. ๐”พ๐• ๐• ๐•• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐•๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ฅ๐•๐•– ๐•ค๐•š๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ, ๐•Š๐•™๐•–๐•๐•๐•ช, ๐•š๐•ค๐•Ÿ’๐•ฅ ๐•ค๐•”๐•’๐•ฃ๐•–๐•• ๐• ๐•— ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ช๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ thumbnail_IMG_2919๐•“๐•–๐•”๐•’๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•”๐•ฃ๐•–๐•–๐•ก๐•ช ๐•ž๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ค๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•”๐•ฆ๐•-๐••๐•–-๐•ค๐•’๐•” ๐•™๐•’๐•ค ๐•’ ๐•—๐•–๐•จ ๐•—๐•ฃ๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ค๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•š๐•ค๐•–๐•ค ๐•จ๐•’๐•š๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ž, ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•๐•ฆ๐••๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•’ ๐•”๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ค๐•–๐•• ๐•”๐• ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•ก๐•ฆ๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•“๐• ๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•š๐•ฃ ๐•๐•š๐•ง๐•–๐•ค ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐••๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•–๐•ฃ.

๐•Ž๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•จ๐•  ๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•ช ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•˜๐•–๐•ฅ ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•• ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•”๐• ๐•š๐•Ÿ, โ„๐• ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐•๐•š๐•ซ๐•–๐•ค ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•ก๐• ๐•จ๐•–๐•ฃ. ๐•‹๐•™๐•– ๐•ž๐• ๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•™๐•– ๐•™๐• ๐•๐••๐•ค ๐•š๐•ฅ, ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ž๐• ๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•™๐•– ๐•จ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•“๐•– ๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•. ๐•Ž๐•š๐•๐• โ„๐• ๐•“๐•– ๐•’๐•“๐•๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•˜๐•–๐•ฅ ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•• ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•”๐• ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•จ๐•š๐•๐• ๐•™๐•– ๐•–๐•ž๐•“๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐•– ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•ก๐• ๐•จ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•“๐•– ๐•’๐•—๐•ฃ๐•’๐•š๐•• ๐•’๐•˜๐•’๐•š๐•Ÿ?

The Cursed Coin is just the beginning of the many nightmares that await from the haunted mind of Culliver Crantz and his multiple personalities.ย 
***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars

My oldest son and I had a blast reading this first edition to the FrightVision series and both agree on the 5 stars!

The Cursed Coin brought me right back to my childhood. I loved Goosebumps, especially the show.

You know the innocent kids, weird things start happening, parents are almost completely oblivious to what’s happening around them. Only for a huge plot twist at the end, when the parents come to understand what their kids were trying to tell them… yet a little to late, as their kids seem to already have it under control. OR…. better yet…..the parents are in on it!

We did NOT want to put this book down.ย  … “Oh just one more chapter!”

Incredible story with amazing characters.

RJ and his sister have one of the best siblings relationships I have read in a story. RJ may be a scaredy cat but when Shelly starts losing her confidence or seems to be in any sort of danger, he works hard to over come his fears. I also enjoyed the love RJ clearly had for his father. Although his father may not be a large character throughout the story, seeing that close relationship was a great addition.

Can the ever growing, strong relationships help RJ pull through all the mayhem? I guess you will just have to read for yourself.

FrightVision is bringing the modern day fresh new spin on Goosebumps and we are living for it!


Thank you so much to FrightVision for sending book one our way to review. You have created two new crazy fans!


And of course thank you all for reading

Your Fellow Impaler

– Nichole

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The Lightest Object In The Universe by Kimi Eisele

๐”ธ๐•Ÿ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•ฃ๐•ช ๐•—๐•๐•ฆ ๐•˜๐•ฃ๐• ๐•จ๐•ค ๐•š๐•ž๐•ž๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ค๐•–๐•๐•ช ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•–๐•ฃ, ๐•ก๐•–๐• ๐•ก๐•๐•– ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ.ย 

โ„‚๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ค๐• ๐•Ÿ’๐•ค ๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐”ผ๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ โ„‚๐• ๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ, ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•๐• ๐•ง๐•– ๐•จ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐”น๐•–๐•’๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•ฉ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•จ๐•š๐•๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ก ๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•“๐•– ๐•“๐•ช ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ค๐•š๐••๐•–.

๐”น๐•–๐•’๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•ฉ ๐•š๐•ค ๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•Ž๐•–๐•ค๐•ฅ โ„‚๐• ๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ ,๐•“๐•ฆ๐•š๐•๐••๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•’ ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•–๐•ฃ, ๐•ž๐• ๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•’๐•“๐•๐•– ๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•ž๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ช ๐•’๐•๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•จ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•“๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ค.

๐•‹๐•™๐•–๐•š๐•ฃ ๐•—๐•’๐•ฅ๐•– ๐•ž๐•’๐•ช ๐•๐•’๐•ช ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•™๐•’๐•Ÿ๐••๐•ค ๐• ๐•— ๐•’ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ ๐•ช๐•–๐•’๐•ฃ ๐• ๐•๐•• ๐•˜๐•š๐•ฃ๐•.ย 

๐•Ž๐•š๐•๐• โ„‚๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ค๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐”น๐•–๐•’๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•ฉ ๐•—๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•–๐•’๐•”๐•™ ๐• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•’๐•˜๐•’๐•š๐•Ÿ?


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๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆย ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜น, ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต.ย ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ดย ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด-๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณย ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บโ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บย ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณย ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜น ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณย ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜งย ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ดย ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต, ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜น ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅย ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅย ๐˜ช๐˜งย ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ? ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ-๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅย ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

4 out of 5 stars

At first I wobbled between a 3.5 stars and a 4.

In the end this read struck me in a way and I knew it deserved the 4… and I will tell you why.

Kimi Eisele had a fantastic concept and she executed it perfectly.

This was unlike any post apocalyptic novel I have read before. Please keep in mind I am use to the fast pace, disease wiping out the world, zombies, evil humans struggling to survive and willing to do anything needed to do so….

thumbnail_IMG_2812The Lightest Objects In The Universe was different. It was a bit of a Showing the power of love even in the darkest of times.

A perfect balance of both plot and character growth throughout this read.ย  The relationships that existed prior to this angry flu and the relationships that grew during the story were memorable. You meet so many different characters, each one unique in their own way.

That being said, while reading this you need to be on the ball. Kimi introduces so many different side characters, while bouncing back and forth between Carson, Beatrix and also some moment glimpses into their lives prior to this epidemic. If you miss an important moment or a character introduction it may confuse you. So pay attention!

If you are a lover of any post apocalyptic, dystopian, science fiction reads than give The Lightest Object In The Universe a go. It may be different then what you are use to but I don’t think it will disappoint.


“๐•‚๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•”๐•œ-๐•‚๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•”๐•œ ๐”ฝ๐•๐•ฆ”


Published by Algonquin Books, July 9, 2019


Thanks to Thomas Allen & Son for sending this powerful read my way for review.



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And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Bookworm

-Nichole

The Heart of a Boy by Kate T. Parker

“๐“’๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ซ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ข๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ข๐“น๐“ฒ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฝ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“‘๐“ธ๐”‚๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ญ”

๐ต๐‘œ๐“Ž๐“ˆ ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐’ท๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“๐’น. ๐ต๐“Š๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“Ž ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ๐“๐“ˆ๐‘œ ๐’ท๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“๐‘’. ๐ต๐“Š๐“‡๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐’ป๐’พ๐’น๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’, ๐’ท๐“Š๐“‰ ๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“‰ ๐’ถ๐’ป๐“‡๐’ถ๐’พ๐’น ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ท๐‘’ ๐“‹๐“Š๐“๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“‡๐’ถ๐’ท๐“๐‘’. ๐‘…๐‘’๐’ถ๐’น๐“Ž ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‡๐“Š๐“ƒ ๐’ป๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ๐“๐“Ž ๐’น๐‘œ๐“Œ๐“ƒ๐’ป๐’พ๐‘’๐“๐’นโ€”๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ฝ ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‰ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ถ ๐’ป๐“‡๐’พ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐‘’๐’น.

๐ผ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐“‚๐“…๐‘œ๐“Œ๐‘’๐“‡๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”, ๐’น๐‘’๐‘’๐“…๐“๐“Ž ๐’ป๐‘’๐“๐“‰ ๐’ธ๐‘’๐“๐‘’๐’ท๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‰๐’พ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ท๐‘œ๐“Ž๐“ˆ ๐’ท๐‘’๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”โ€”๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ท๐‘’๐“๐’พ๐‘’๐“‹๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’พ๐“ƒโ€”๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‚๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“๐“‹๐‘’๐“ˆ, ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐‘”๐“Š๐’ถ๐“‡๐’น๐‘’๐’น ๐’ฟ๐‘œ๐“Ž ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ถ ๐“๐’พ๐“‰๐“‰๐“๐‘’ ๐’ท๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐“Š๐‘”๐‘”๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ท๐’พ๐‘” ๐’ท๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡. ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“†๐“Š๐’พ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐“‰๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐“๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“€ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ถ ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“ˆ๐’ธ๐’พ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’พ๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐‘’๐“๐’ถ๐“‚๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ถ ๐’ท๐“Š๐‘”. ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ป๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“๐’ป-๐‘’๐“๐“…๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ ๐’ท๐’ถ๐“๐“๐‘’๐“‰ ๐’น๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’๐“‡โ€™๐“ˆ ๐“…๐‘œ๐’พ๐“ˆ๐‘’. ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐‘”๐“Š๐’พ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“‡๐’พ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“ˆ, ๐’ป๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’๐“‡๐“ˆ, ๐“Œ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“๐‘’๐“‡๐“ˆ, ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘”๐’ถ๐“๐‘’๐“‡๐“ˆ, ๐’ถ ๐“…๐’พ๐“๐‘œ๐“‰. ๐ต๐‘œ๐“Ž๐“ˆ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘œ ๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ท๐‘’ ๐“…๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰, ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ท๐‘œ๐“Ž๐“ˆ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“ˆ๐‘’ ๐“๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’ป๐“Š๐“๐“ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“๐“‚๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“๐“๐‘’๐“ƒ๐‘”๐‘’๐“ˆ, ๐“Ž๐‘’๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘œ ๐’ท๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‹๐‘’๐“๐“Ž ๐’ป๐’ถ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ฝ ๐’น๐’ถ๐“Ž ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“‰ ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’๐“ˆ.

๐’ฒ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ฟ๐‘œ๐“Ž๐’ป๐“Š๐“ ๐“†๐“Š๐‘œ๐“‰๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ท๐‘œ๐“Ž๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‚๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“๐“‹๐‘’๐“ˆ, ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ท๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“€ ๐“ˆ๐“…๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐’น๐“ˆ ๐’ถ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“‰๐’ป๐‘’๐“๐“‰, ๐“Š๐“…๐“๐’พ๐’ป๐“‰๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‚๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐‘œ๐“…๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ, ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“๐’ป-๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐’ป๐’พ๐’น๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’, ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“‡๐“‚๐“‰๐’ฝ.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca


5 out of 5 stars

Gold right here! Kate T. Parker has created an absolute treasure!

A heart felt, stunning, memorable read for anyone’s book collection. Especially if you are a boy Mom!ย 

Boys are strong. Boys are fearless. Boys are adventurous. Boys are courageous, Boys are sensitive. Boys are smartย Allย boys are unique.

Emotions are powerful! What better way to hear about what boys of all ages, from all around the world are feeling, then to read quotes from them directly.

The Heart of a Boy lets their voices be heard.

A brilliant read for any parent. An even better read for the youngsters themselves. Give them a chance to see what others may be going through. To see that they are not the only ones, to receive the inspiration they deserve or may need at times… showing them just how truly important and special they are.

The Heart of a Boy has inspired me and will keep inspiring me. It will stay close to my heart, while keeping it full.

And on that note. I think I need to end this review and go give my 2 most amazing boys the biggest, most embarrassing sloppy kiss, from me!…. There Mom!


Published by Workman Publishing Company on April 2, 2019

…The day my youngest son turned 2!

Thanks to Thomas Allen & Son for sending this perfect boy Mom read my way.



And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Goofy Mom

-Nichole

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Aspiring by Astrid V.J.

๐’œ ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“…๐“๐‘œ๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“‡๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐’ถ ๐“€๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”๐’น๐‘œ๐“‚. ๐’ช๐“ƒ๐‘’ ๐’ท๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž.

๐’œ๐“‰ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡โ€™๐“ˆ ๐’น๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‰๐’ฝ-๐’ท๐‘’๐’น, ๐ธ๐“๐’พ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐’ท๐‘’๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐“๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ƒ๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡โ€™๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“๐“๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ƒ๐‘œ ๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ธ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐‘œ๐“Œ๐“ƒ ๐“๐’พ๐’ป๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’น๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐‘”๐‘’๐“‡. ๐ธ๐“‹๐’พ๐“ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“…๐“๐‘œ๐“‰๐“‰๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“€๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”๐’น๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ฑ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’น๐’ถ๐“๐‘’. ๐’œ๐“๐“ ๐’ถ๐“๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐‘’, ๐“ƒ๐’ถ๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’, ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐’น, ๐ธ๐“๐’พ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐’ท๐‘’๐“‰๐’ฝโ€™๐“ˆ ๐’น๐‘’๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡๐“‚๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ถ๐“‰๐’พ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“๐“ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡โ€™๐“ˆ ๐“‚๐“Š๐“‡๐’น๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’๐“‡๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’น๐’พ๐“ˆ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐“ˆ ๐“๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’พ๐“‚๐‘’. ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“๐‘’ ๐‘…๐’พ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‡๐’นโ€™๐“ˆ ๐’ท๐‘’๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‹๐’พ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡ ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ ๐’น๐’พ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“‰๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‚๐’พ๐“๐‘’๐’น ๐“‚๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐‘”๐‘’๐“ˆ, ๐ธ๐“๐’พ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐’ท๐‘’๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“๐’ป ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“Š๐’ธ๐“€ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“๐’พ๐“‚๐’ท๐‘œ: ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐’น ๐“๐’พ๐“€๐‘’ ๐’ถ ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“๐’น ๐’ท๐“Š๐“‰ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡๐’ธ๐‘’๐’น ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐’น๐“Š๐“๐“‰ ๐’น๐‘’๐’ธ๐’พ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ. ๐‘€๐‘’๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“๐‘’, ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ˆโ€™ ๐“…๐“๐‘œ๐“‰ ๐“ˆ๐“…๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ ๐’ถ ๐’ป๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐’ป๐“Š๐“ ๐“Œ๐‘’๐’ท ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡.

๐’ž๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐ธ๐“๐’พ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐’ท๐‘’๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐“ˆ๐“Š๐’ธ๐’ธ๐‘’๐‘’๐’น ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ป๐’ถ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ๐“Š๐“‡๐“‚๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’ถ๐’ท๐“๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’น๐’น๐“ˆ?

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca ***


3 out of 5 stars

Aspiring’s premise is extremely intriguing. The moment I read the synopsis I was interested.

Astrid’s writing is very crisp, clean and flows smoothly. Making this a pleasant, easy read.ย The characters are described perfectly, well rounded and with great back stories. The amount of plot vs dialog is distributed perfectly throughout.

All around, well written


Unfortunately the execution of this story fell short for me.

After reading the synopsis which starts with “A coven of witches plots to over throw a kingdom” I was expecting an action pact read, with a splash of romance…which was not the case.

I found this story was almost confused on whether it was meant to be a fantasy story full of evil witches with one to stand in their way, or a full on light romance.

It started off great with Elisabeth finding out she has powers herself, while her mother was fighting for her life on her unfortunate death bed. Elizabeth knowing she is untrained and needs to learn how to use and control her powers. This had me fully invested as a reader! Until the part where she is receiving the proper training is grazed over and the story becomes her and her crush showing and admitting their lover for each other.

I personally was looking for that witchy adventure and excitement that the synopsis promised… not receiving the true thrill until the end of the book.

Now, that being said. I know this is not a stand alone novel. There will be a sequel and I am sure not only the characters but the plot will thicken as it goes. But with such a strong synopsis tied to this first novel I was expecting more from this story. Which could put off any reader from picking up the second books, expecting the lack-luster of action to be carried on to the sequel.



Please keep in mind these are my own opinions. I am not dragging this lovely author by any means. As mentioned, her all around writing was absolutely fantastic.

Where something may not have been what I was expecting, doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy it yourself.

I don’t know how many times I have read or seen a negative book review, still held interested, picked up the book and absolutely adored it.

Aspiring may be your perfect cup of tea!



And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

The Black Orchids by Ishita Goel

๐”–๐”ฑ๐”ž๐”ฏ๐”ฑ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ž ๐”ซ๐”ข๐”ด ๐” ๐”ฅ๐”ž๐”ญ๐”ฑ๐”ข๐”ฏ ๐”ฆ๐”ซ ๐”ฉ๐”ฆ๐”ฃ๐”ข ๐”ฆ๐”ฐ ๐”ฃ๐”ฌ๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ณ๐”ข๐”ฏ ๐”ฃ๐”ฆ๐”ฉ๐”ฉ๐”ข๐”ก ๐”ด๐”ฆ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ ๐”ฐ๐”ฒ๐”ฏ๐”ญ๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ฐ๐”ข๐”ฐ. โ„Œ๐”ฌ๐”ด๐”ข๐”ณ๐”ข๐”ฏ, ๐”ซ๐”ฌ๐”ฑ ๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ฉ๐”ถ ๐”ฆ๐”ฐ ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ฆ๐”ฐ ๐”ฑ๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ข ๐”ด๐”ฏ๐”ฌ๐”ฒ๐”ค๐”ฅ๐”ฑ ๐”ด๐”ฆ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐”Ÿ๐”ฒ๐”Ÿ๐”Ÿ๐”ฉ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ข๐”ช๐”ฌ๐”ฑ๐”ฆ๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ฐ ๐”ฌ๐”ฃ ๐”ž ๐”ซ๐”ข๐”ด ๐”Ÿ๐”ข๐”ค๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ซ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”Ÿ๐”ฒ๐”ฑ ๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ฐ๐”ฌ ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐”ฉ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ฃ๐”ข๐”ž๐”ฏ๐”ฐ ๐”ฌ๐”ฃ ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐”ญ๐”ž๐”ฐ๐”ฑ.

๐”๐”ฌ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ž ๐”ซ๐”ข๐”ด ๐”Ÿ๐”ฌ๐”ž๐”ฏ๐”ก๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ฐ๐” ๐”ฅ๐”ฌ๐”ฌ๐”ฉ, ๐”ก๐”ฆ๐”ฐ๐” ๐”ฌ๐”ณ๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ซ๐”ข๐”ด ๐”ฃ๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ข๐”ซ๐”ก๐”ฐ ๐”ž๐”ซ๐”ก ๐”ฃ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ก๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ซ๐”ข๐”ด ๐”ฏ๐”ฌ๐”ช๐”ž๐”ซ๐” ๐”ข ๐”จ๐”ข๐”ข๐”ญ๐”ฐ ๐”ฅ๐”ข๐”ฏ ๐”ฉ๐”ฌ๐”ฐ๐”ฑ ๐”ฆ๐”ซ ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐”ด๐”ฌ๐”ฏ๐”ฉ๐”ก ๐”ฌ๐”ฃ ๐”ญ๐”ฉ๐”ข๐”ž๐”ฐ๐”ฒ๐”ฏ๐”ข, ๐”ฃ๐”ž๐”ฏ ๐”ž๐”ด๐”ž๐”ถ ๐”ฃ๐”ฏ๐”ฌ๐”ช ๐”ฅ๐”ข๐”ฏ ๐”ด๐”ฌ๐”ฏ๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ข๐”ฐ. ๐”–๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐”ฅ๐”ž๐”ฐ ๐”ข๐”ณ๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ถ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ฐ๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐” ๐”ฌ๐”ฒ๐”ฉ๐”ก ๐”ด๐”ฆ๐”ฐ๐”ฅ ๐”ฃ๐”ฌ๐”ฏ. ๐”…๐”ฒ๐”ฑ ๐”ž ๐”ช๐”ถ๐”ฐ๐”ฑ๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ฌ๐”ฒ๐”ฐ ๐”ฃ๐”ฆ๐”ค๐”ฒ๐”ฏ๐”ข ๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ด๐”ž๐”ถ๐”ฐ ๐”ฉ๐”ฒ๐”ฏ๐”จ๐”ฐ ๐”ž๐”ฏ๐”ฌ๐”ฒ๐”ซ๐”ก ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐” ๐”ฌ๐”ฏ๐”ซ๐”ข๐”ฏ. ๐”’๐”ซ๐” ๐”ข ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ฉ๐”ฒ๐”ฏ๐”ข ๐”ฌ๐”ฃ ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐”ฒ๐”ซ๐”จ๐”ซ๐”ฌ๐”ด๐”ซ ๐” ๐”ž๐”ญ๐”ฑ๐”ฒ๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ฐ ๐”ฅ๐”ข๐”ฏ ๐”ฐ๐”ฌ๐”ฒ๐”ฉ, ๐”ฐ๐”ฅ๐”ฌ๐” ๐”จ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ณ๐”ข๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”ฑ๐”ฆ๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ฐ ๐”ญ๐”ž๐”ณ๐”ข ๐”ฅ๐”ข๐”ฏ ๐”ญ๐”ž๐”ฑ๐”ฅ –

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

4 out of 5 stars

The Black Orchids is chilling, yet sweet.

Ellie’s past is haunting her! You can feel the terrifying memories radiating off the page. Yet her present is full of positive vibes, with new friends and a potential love.

I am honestly shocked that this is Ishita’s debut novel!

It was fantastic! Covering both your dark and eerie while having a light, fluffy side as well. The writing was crisp and smooth making it a delightfully easy read.

Keeping you on your toes. Wanting to know who or what the figure hiding in the shadows is!

I love supporting indie authors and would most definitely recommend this read!


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Inspired Book Worm

-Nichole

The Silhouette by William Ray Middleton

Jack’s life couldn’t be more ideal. Great job, new home and the perfect fiance.ย 

Anastasia’s been flushed to the dark, hiding from the world in the shadows, after a ghastly accident.ย 

What would happen if these two connected?

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๐’ช๐“ƒ ๐’ถ ๐“๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’ ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐‘”๐’ฝ๐“‰ ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“‡๐‘œ๐“๐“ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ถ ๐“ˆ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“‰ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐’น๐“ˆ, ๐’ฅ๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“€ ๐’ข๐“‡๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐“‚๐‘’๐‘’๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐’œ๐“ƒ๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐’ถ. ๐’œ ๐‘”๐’พ๐“‡๐“ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘œ ๐“๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’ถ ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐‘”๐’ฝ๐“‰๐“‚๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’, ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“…๐“๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“‡๐“‡๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐‘”๐’พ๐“‡๐“ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’น๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‚๐“ˆ. ๐’œ๐’ป๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ธ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐“๐‘’๐’ป๐“‰ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’๐“๐“Ž ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ฟ๐“Š๐“‡๐‘’๐’น, ๐’œ๐“ƒ๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐’ถ ๐“๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐’ธ๐“๐“Š๐“ˆ๐’พ๐‘œ๐“ƒ, ๐’ถ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐’ถ ๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐’ธ๐’พ๐‘’๐“‰๐“Ž ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐’ธ๐“€๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡. ๐’ช๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐‘’๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐‘”๐“Ž๐“‚๐“ƒ๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’พ๐’ธ๐“ˆ, ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐’ถ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“๐“ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ถ ๐“…๐‘’๐“‡๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐“‚๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“…๐’ฝ๐“Ž๐“ˆ๐’พ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“ ๐“ˆ๐“Š๐’ป๐’ป๐‘’๐“‡๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”.

๐’œ๐“ˆ ๐’ฅ๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“€ ๐’ท๐‘’๐’ป๐“‡๐’พ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡, ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“‚๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“๐’ป ๐“†๐“Š๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’พ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‚๐‘’๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ท๐‘’๐’ถ๐“Š๐“‰๐“Ž ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“Œ๐‘’๐“๐“ ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‚๐‘’๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’. ๐ผ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ๐“‰๐“‰๐‘’๐“‚๐“…๐“‰ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‡๐‘’๐“…๐’ถ๐’พ๐“‡ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Š๐“ƒ-๐“‡๐‘’๐“…๐’ถ๐’พ๐“‡๐’ถ๐’ท๐“๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“‚๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“๐’ป ๐’ถ๐“‚๐’พ๐’น๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐‘œ๐“Œ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ถ๐’พ๐“๐“ˆ๐“…๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“๐“‹๐’ถ๐“‰๐’พ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐“๐’พ๐“€๐‘’๐“๐“Ž ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“‹๐’พ๐‘œ๐“‡.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca***


5 out of 5 stars

The Silhouette has a Phantom of the Opera vibe, which of course I was completely digging.

This Lovecraftian romance will pull you in.

Jack is such a kind-hearted soul. Obviously why he is living his best life possible.

Anastasia was dealt such an unfair hand in life. Again, she has such a soft, loving soul. Seeing her feel the need to hide from the world is heart breaking.

Jack was meant to meet Anastasia. He wouldn’t stop caring, he wouldn’t give up on her. He knows Anastasia needs to stop hiding and start living her life again. The relationship these characters develop is extraordinary and truly inspiring.

The meaning of beauty truly runs deeper then skin.ย 

The Silhouette is a fast, easy read. Packed with love able characters… and some so not love able.ย 

William’s writing is exceptional, you won’t be able to stop reading.

The Silhouette will become a craving. Needing to know exactly what happened to Anastasia and how extensive her injuries are.

Another incredible masterpiece by an indie author.ย 

Looking forward to future work by William Ray Middleton!



And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Inspired Book Worm

-Nichole

Ghosts of Gotham by Craig Schaefer

๐•€๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ค๐•š๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•š๐•“๐•๐•ช ๐••๐•ฃ๐•’๐•จ๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ž๐•ช๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•š๐•–๐•ค, ๐•š๐•— ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•๐•ช ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐••๐•–๐•“๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•œ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ž, ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ก๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ƒ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐• โ„™๐•’๐•˜๐•– ๐•–๐•ฉ๐•ก๐• ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค ๐•ค๐•ฆ๐•ก๐•–๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•’๐• ๐•—๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฆ๐••๐•ค, ๐•ค๐•จ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐••๐•๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค, ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ค. โ„๐•š๐•ค ๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•”๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐•š๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐• ๐•“๐•ค๐•–๐•ค๐•ค๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿโ€”๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•š๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•จ๐•–๐•’๐•๐•ฅ๐•™๐•ช ๐•™๐•–๐•š๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ค๐•ค: ๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ๐•š๐•—๐•ช ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•’๐•ฆ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•š๐•”๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ช ๐• ๐•— ๐•’ ๐•๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐”ผ๐••๐•˜๐•’๐•ฃ ๐”ธ๐•๐•๐•’๐•Ÿ โ„™๐• ๐•– ๐•ž๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•”๐•ฃ๐•š๐•ก๐•ฅ ๐•”๐•š๐•ฃ๐•”๐•ฆ๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™ โ„•๐•–๐•จ ๐•๐• ๐•ฃ๐•œ โ„‚๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ชโ€™๐•ค ๐•๐•š๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ช ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐••๐•–๐•ฃ๐•จ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•๐••. ๐”น๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ค๐•™๐•ฃ๐•–๐•จ๐•• โ„๐•–๐•˜๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•’ ๐”ป๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•œ๐•๐•– thumbnail_IMG_2072๐• ๐•—๐•—๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค ๐•ž๐• ๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•ž๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•ช. ๐•€๐•ฅโ€™๐•ค ๐•’ ๐•ก๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ. ๐”ฝ๐•ฆ๐•๐•—๐•š๐•๐• ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ข๐•ฆ๐•–๐•ค๐•ฅ, ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•ƒ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•โ€™๐•ค ๐• ๐•จ๐•Ÿ ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•š๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ค ๐•“๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•–๐•• ๐•ก๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ, ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐•™๐•–โ€™๐•ค ๐•“๐•–๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ฃ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•—๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ž ๐•ค๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•– ๐•™๐•– ๐•จ๐•’๐•ค ๐•’ ๐•”๐•™๐•š๐•๐••, ๐•จ๐•š๐•๐• ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ž๐•’๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•™๐•š๐••๐••๐•–๐•Ÿ.

๐”ธ๐•ค ๐•ƒ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•โ€™๐•ค ๐•ข๐•ฆ๐•–๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•“๐•–๐•˜๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ค, ๐•ค๐•  ๐••๐•  ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•จ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•ค. ๐”ธ๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•จ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•“๐• ๐• ๐•œ๐•ค ๐•˜๐• , ๐•ž๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐••๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•—๐• ๐•๐•๐• ๐•จ๐•ค. ๐•€๐•ฅโ€™๐•ค ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•๐•ช ๐•จ๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ƒ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐• ๐•ž๐•–๐•–๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•˜๐•ž๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐•” ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•„๐•’๐••๐•š๐•ค๐• ๐•Ÿ โ„๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•Ÿ๐•’๐•™, ๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐•ก๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•’๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•”๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ชโ€™๐•ค ๐•ค๐•–๐•”๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ฅ ๐•™๐•š๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ช, ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•™๐•– ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐•๐•š๐•ซ๐•–๐•ค ๐•™๐•–โ€™๐•ค ๐•“๐•–๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•˜๐•ฆ๐•š๐••๐•–๐•• ๐•“๐•ช ๐•’ ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ๐•”๐•– ๐•ž๐• ๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ก๐• ๐•จ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•—๐•ฆ๐• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•๐• ๐•˜๐•š๐•”โ€ฆ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•™๐•– ๐•š๐•ค๐•Ÿโ€™๐•ฅ ๐•›๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•—๐• ๐•๐•๐• ๐•จ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•’ ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ช. โ„๐•–ย ๐•š๐•คย ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ช.

โ„•๐• ๐•จ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•ฆ๐•– ๐•ก๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ก๐• ๐•ค๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐•ž๐•š๐•ค๐•ค๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•’๐•๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ค๐•–๐•๐•— ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ž๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•—๐•ช๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•จ๐•’๐•ช๐•ค, ๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•ž๐•’๐•ช ๐•—๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•’๐•๐•๐•ช ๐•“๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•š๐•ž๐•– ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•ƒ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐• ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•“๐•–๐•๐•š๐•–๐•ง๐•– ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•“๐•–๐•๐•š๐•–๐•ง๐•’๐•“๐•๐•–.

***Synopsis copied from Amazon.ca***


“What does it take to believe in the unbelievable?”



4 out of 5 stars

Lionel might be a reporter, but he would make an excellent detective.

I am a sucker for a good thriller and Ghosts of Gotham had me hooked right from the beginning, it was intense and fast paced. The twist around 30% in had me buzzing. I don’t know how Craig could have made it any more exciting, yet he did just that.

Lionel faces some extreme moments and will cross paths with some extraordinary people.

This book is hard to explain without giving any spoilers, but Craig has created a fierce world.

I truly believe so many people will admire this read.

An action packed mystery, paranormal, thriller… twisted with fantasy. How can you pass that up?



Published by: 47North on April 9, 2019 – On Shelves! Go check it out!



Thank you very much to Thomas Allen & Son for sending me this copy for review! Such an exciting read.



And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Paranormal Book Worm

-Nichole

 

 

 

 

 

A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder by Victoria Hamilton

London, 1810 and Miss Emmeline St. Germaine is doing right in the world!

Along side other lovely ladies, Emmeline is doing her part to saveย orphaned children and scullery maids who are being abused by men, for their own disgusting pleasures.

thumbnail_IMG_2007Emmeline pays a visit to knight, Sir Henry Claybourne, holding a knife to his neck. Warning him of his own wrong doing with his scullery maid.

Shortly after Emmeline’s visit, Sir Henry was murdered.

Leaving Regency London shaken with fear, knowing a murder or murders are on the loose.

Emmeline is concerned that perhaps the true assassin witnessed her at the home.

Needing to be mindful where she treads. Miss Emmeline needs to make sure her hidden identity is not revealed and that she herself is not held guilty for Claybourne’s murder.



4 out of 5 stars

I will start by saying as mentioned above men are using scullery maids for their own personal pleasures. Trigger warnings for physical abuse towards young girls. I will add that Victoria does so in a very gentle way and does’t go deep into details during these parts throughout the book.

At first I found the pace of this book to be a bit slow. I was concerned I was going to lose interest quickly.

Yet again, I was wrong! It didn’t take long and I was sucked in.

Emmeline is a strong, bold, intelligent young lady. She knows the events happening around her are wrong and will not stand for it. Even when people are doing everything in their strength to turn her in an alternative direction. Believing that no women has a place in what she’s trying to accomplish. A strong female protagonist is always refreshing and enjoyable to read, and Miss Emmeline St. Germaine is exactly that!

A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder may have started out a bit slower but Victoria sends you down many different pathways throughout this book. Keeping you on your toes with each and every twist and turn.

A very enjoyable read. It gave me tons of Sherlock Holmes vibes mixed with a gentle classic.

Very well done!



Published by: Midnight Ink on February 8, 2019



Thank you very much to Thomas Allen & Son for sending me this copy for review! Very much appreciated.



And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Strong Female Book Worm

-Nichole

Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby

๐’ฐ๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐’น๐’พ๐“‰๐’พ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐’ถ๐“ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’!

thumbnail_IMG_1675๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ-๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด. ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต . . . ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ.

***Synopsis copied from Amazon.ca***


“For Figโ€™s dad, hurricane season brings the music”.

“For Fig, hurricane season brings the possibility of disaster”.



My own description would not do this breathtaking middle grade justice! The written synopsis gives you a peak at everything you need, without giving spoilers.ย ย 

5 out of 5 stars!… No, scratch that! 10 out of 5 stars.ย 

You think the cover is absolutely stunning, right? Wait until you dive in! The guts of this story! How else can I put it…. you will fall in love!

There is so much emotion packed into this novel. My heart is still so full and warm from the moment I set it down.

Fig loves her father unconditionally, but hates herself when she feels anger towards him. This is completely understandable with the situation she faces. She wants more then anything to understand her father better. To know exactly where his brain goes on the “not so great” days.

Her father knows things are not perfect but is almost blind to just how bad it really is. He loves his daughter, double that!… But it’s not until things start to unwind that he realises just how bad it’s got. He will stop at nothing to make things right, to make things better!. They may not ever be “normal” or “perfect”, but he’s willing to work as hard as he needs to make it their kind of “normal” and their kind of “perfect”.

Fig and her dad are not alone! Between Fig’s best friend and the most wonderful, softhearted neighbour that just moved in. They will succeed!.. They have to succeed!

This will be a forever favourite!

Nicole Melleby has absolutely blown me away with her fantastic writing! I can not wait to see what more hits the shelves by her.


Published by Algonquin Young Readers on May 7, 2019.ย 

Genres: Middle Grade | LGBT | Realistic Fiction |Contemporary


Thank you so much to Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. for sending me this copy for review. Hurricane Season has quickly become one of my top favourite middle grades!


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

The Brain Storm by Linda Ragsdale – Illustrations by Claudio Molina

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๐•‹๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐•จ๐• ๐•ฃ๐••๐•๐•–๐•ค๐•ค ๐•ก๐•š๐•”๐•ฅ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•“๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•’ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐• ๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ-๐•ก๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ง๐• ๐•œ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•–๐•ฉ๐•ก๐•๐• ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐• ๐•— ๐••๐•š๐•ค๐•ฃ๐•ฆ๐•ก๐•ฅ๐•š๐•ง๐•– ๐•—๐•–๐•–๐•๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•ค. โ„๐•–๐•’๐••๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค ๐•ž๐•’๐•ช ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ค๐•– ๐•’๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•–๐•ฃ, ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ฉ๐•š๐•–๐•ฅ๐•ช, ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•’ ๐•”๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐•ง๐•– ๐•“๐•ฃ๐•’๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ž.

๐”ฝ๐• ๐•๐•๐• ๐•จ ๐•’๐•๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•’๐•ค ๐•’ ๐•ž๐• ๐• ๐•• ๐•ก๐•–๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค ๐•’ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•“๐• ๐•ช ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•–๐•Ÿ๐••๐•ค ๐•ฆ๐•ก ๐•ฃ๐•ฆ๐•“๐•“๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐• ๐•—๐•— ๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•’๐•๐• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐• ๐•ค๐•– ๐•’๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•™๐•š๐•ž. ๐”ธ๐•—๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•’ ๐•—๐•ฃ๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐••๐•’๐•ช ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐••๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐• ๐•— ๐•’ ๐•๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ฅ๐•๐•– ๐••๐•’๐•ฃ๐•œ ๐•”๐•๐• ๐•ฆ๐••, ๐•™๐•– ๐••๐•š๐•ค๐•”๐• ๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•ฆ๐•๐•ฅ๐•š๐•ž๐•’๐•ฅ๐•–๐•๐•ช ๐•จ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•œ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ ๐•—๐•–๐•–๐•๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•–๐•ž๐• ๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•“๐•–๐•˜๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•จ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ. ๐•‹๐•™๐•– ๐•จ๐• ๐•ฃ๐••๐•๐•–๐•ค๐•ค ๐•ก๐•’๐•˜๐•–๐•ค ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ค๐•ก๐•š๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐••๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•  “๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐••” ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ช ๐•’๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ช ๐•’๐•ก๐•ก๐•๐•ช ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•š๐•ฃ ๐• ๐•จ๐•Ÿ ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•“๐• ๐•ช’๐•ค ๐•ก๐•๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ.

***Synopsis copied from Amazon.ca***


5 out of 5 stars!

Being the avid reader I am, I have always been sceptical of wordless picture books.ย  I couldn’t understand the reason for a wordless book. Children’s book or not, it just didn’t make any sense to me.

What is a book without words?ย 

That is until I sat down to read “The Brain Storm” …with my two most wonderful boys!

Their expressions said it all.

A wordless book opens the story to your own interpretation.

After flipping through the book I asked my oldest who is nearing 10 years old, for his thoughts on the story and what he thought it meant.ย  It was incredible to see just how close our ideas were.

I can’t wait till I can sit down with my youngest when he is a bit older to get his interpretation. He’s only 2… just a little too young to get feedback from just yet.

What’s even more amazing is no matter how many times you flip through this book, you will have a different story run through your imagination each time. Depending on your mood in that moment.

We will be able to enjoy this story for years to come and never get tired of it!


Wordless children books—– Perhaps my age was getting the best of me. Maybe I was losing connection with my own imagination.

One things for sure… The Brain Storm changed that!


Hardcover on shelves! Published by Flowerpot Press on March 5, 2019

Paperback coming September 20, 2019

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Thank you so much to Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. for sending me this copy for review! It will bring a great amount of joy to my family!


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Changed Book Worm

-Nichole