FrightVision Book 1 | The Cursed Coin by Culliver Crantz

𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘? 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝 ℝ𝕁 𝕚𝕤. 𝔾𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣, 𝕊𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕪, 𝕚𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕦𝕝-𝕕𝕖-𝕤𝕒𝕔 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞, 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕦𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕤 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕕𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣.

𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕣𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕚𝕟, ℝ𝕁 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕚𝕥, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕝. 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 ℝ𝕁 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕣𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟?

The Cursed Coin is just the beginning of the many nightmares that await from the haunted mind of Culliver Crantz and his multiple personalities.

***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. … “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

The Lightest Object In The Universe by Kimi Eisele

𝔸𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕪 𝕗𝕝𝕦 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥.

ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟’𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔼𝕒𝕤𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕤𝕥, 𝕚𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕩 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕒𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖.

𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕩 𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕎𝕖𝕤𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕤𝕥 ,𝕓𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕟𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤.

𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝟙𝟝 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝.

𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕩 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟?

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘹, 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴-𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴, 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴.

*** 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….

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A perfect balance of both plot and character growth throughout this read. 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.

“𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜-𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜 𝔽𝕝𝕦”

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

“𝓒𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓰𝓽𝓱 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓢𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓲𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓑𝓸𝔂𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓭”

𝐵𝑜𝓎𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒷𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝒹. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓁𝓈𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓁𝑒. 𝐵𝓊𝓇𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒻𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒶𝒻𝓇𝒶𝒾𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓋𝓊𝓁𝓃𝑒𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒. 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝓊𝓃 𝒻𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈𝓁𝓎 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃𝒻𝒾𝑒𝓁𝒹—𝑜𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹.

𝐼𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑒𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝓅𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝑒𝓁𝓉 𝒸𝑒𝓁𝑒𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝒷𝑜𝓎𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔—𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃—𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝓋𝑒𝓈, 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝑔𝓊𝒶𝓇𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝒿𝑜𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝓊𝑔𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝒾𝑔 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝓆𝓊𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝑒𝓍𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝒷𝓊𝑔. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻-𝑒𝓍𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝒷𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓇’𝓈 𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓈𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝑔𝓊𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓈, 𝒻𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝓌𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝑔𝒶𝓏𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝒶 𝓅𝒾𝓁𝑜𝓉. 𝐵𝑜𝓎𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒶𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝑜𝓎𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓈, 𝓎𝑒𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝒶𝓈 𝒾𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈.

𝒲𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒿𝑜𝓎𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝓆𝓊𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝓎𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝓋𝑒𝓈, 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝓈𝓅𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓈 𝒶 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒻𝑒𝓁𝓉, 𝓊𝓅𝓁𝒾𝒻𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈, 𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻-𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒻𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒶𝓇𝓂𝓉𝒽.

***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!

Boys are strong. Boys are fearless. Boys are adventurous. Boys are courageous, Boys are sensitive. Boys are smart… All 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

Aspiring by Astrid V.J.

𝒜 𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓌 𝒶 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒹𝑜𝓂. 𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓎.

𝒜𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇’𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽-𝒷𝑒𝒹, 𝐸𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓉𝒽 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇’𝓈 𝒾𝓁𝓁𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇. 𝐸𝓋𝒾𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓉𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒹𝑜𝓂 𝑜𝒻 𝒱𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒶𝓁𝑒. 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒, 𝓃𝒶𝒾𝓋𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹, 𝐸𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓉𝒽’𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇’𝓈 𝓂𝓊𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒. 𝒲𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝑅𝒾𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹’𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝒾𝓍𝑒𝒹 𝓂𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓈, 𝐸𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝒾𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝓂𝒷𝑜: 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒶 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝒹𝓊𝓁𝓉 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈. 𝑀𝑒𝒶𝓃𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈’ 𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓉 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝒶 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝓌𝑒𝒷 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇.

𝒞𝒶𝓃 𝐸𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓉𝒽 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒸𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒹𝒹𝓈?

* 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. 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

𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔰. ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯, 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔴𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔰𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔣𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔱.

𝔍𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔟𝔬𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔩, 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔨𝔢𝔢𝔭𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔣𝔞𝔯 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰. 𝔖𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔰𝔥 𝔣𝔬𝔯. 𝔅𝔲𝔱 𝔞 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔣𝔦𝔤𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔩𝔲𝔯𝔨𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔯. 𝔒𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔠𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔩, 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔠𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔭𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔭𝔞𝔱𝔥 –

***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.

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

What would happen if these two connected?

𝒪𝓃 𝒶 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝓈𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑒𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝑜𝒹𝓈, 𝒥𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒢𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝒜𝓃𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓈𝒾𝒶. 𝒜 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒶 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓇𝑒, 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝓂𝒶𝓇𝓇𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈. 𝒜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒾𝓃𝒿𝓊𝓇𝑒𝒹, 𝒜𝓃𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓈𝒾𝒶 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓁𝓊𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃, 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒶 𝓈𝑜𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓉𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝒸𝓀𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝒪𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝑔𝓎𝓂𝓃𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸𝓈, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒶 𝓈𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝒽𝓎𝓈𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝓈𝓊𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔.

𝒜𝓈 𝒥𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓊𝓉𝓎 𝒶𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒. 𝐼𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓂𝓅𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝒶𝒾𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓊𝓃-𝓇𝑒𝓅𝒶𝒾𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒶𝓂𝒾𝒹𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓁𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝓁𝓋𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝓊𝓃𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝒶𝓋𝒾𝑜𝓇.

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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.

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

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.

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

𝕀𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕣𝕒𝕨𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕚𝕗 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕓𝕦𝕟𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞, 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝 ℙ𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕕𝕤, 𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕤. ℍ𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟—𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤: 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝔼𝕕𝕘𝕒𝕣 𝔸𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕟 ℙ𝕠𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕦𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕡𝕥 𝕔𝕚𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕐𝕠𝕣𝕜 ℂ𝕚𝕥𝕪’𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕨𝕕 ℝ𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝔻𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪. 𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕥. 𝔽𝕦𝕝𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕃𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝’𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕓𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥, 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕙𝕖’𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕, 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟.

𝔸𝕤 𝕃𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝’𝕤 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕤, 𝕤𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝕘𝕠, 𝕞𝕦𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕤. 𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕃𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕄𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕟 ℍ𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕒𝕙, 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕦𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪’𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪, 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕖’𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕘𝕦𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕒 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕔…𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪. ℍ𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪.

ℕ𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤, 𝕚𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕃𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖.

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“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 save orphaned children and scullery maids who are being abused by men, for their own disgusting pleasures.

Emmeline 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

𝒰𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒!

𝘍𝘪𝘨, 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮. 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘨’𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳.

𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳, 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 . . . 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺.

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“For Fig’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.

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

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.

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

𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥-𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕣𝕦𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤. ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕒𝕟𝕩𝕚𝕖𝕥𝕪, 𝕠𝕣 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕒 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕞.

𝔽𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕡𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕠𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕦𝕡 𝕣𝕦𝕓𝕓𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕗𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕, 𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕠 “𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕” 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕠𝕪’𝕤 𝕡𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥.

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5 out of 5 stars!

Being the avid reader I am, I have always been sceptical of wordless picture books. 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?

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. 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

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

The Cursed Coin is just the beginning of the many nightmares that await from the haunted mind of Culliver Crantz and his multiple personalities.

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𝔸𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕪 𝕗𝕝𝕦 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥.

𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝟙𝟝 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝.

𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕩 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟?

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“𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜-𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜 𝔽𝕝𝕦”

“𝓒𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓰𝓽𝓱 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓢𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓲𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓑𝓸𝔂𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓭”

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…The day my youngest son turned 2!

𝒜 𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓌 𝒶 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒹𝑜𝓂. 𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓎.

𝒞𝒶𝓃 𝐸𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓉𝒽 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒸𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒹𝒹𝓈?

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

𝒰𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒!

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“For Fig’s dad, hurricane season brings the music”.

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

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