authorreview – nichi.i_readpastmybedtime

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.

Thank you so much Rob for sending these e-copies to me. I appreciate it more than you may know!

Find Rob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theofficialrobshepherd/

Find Rob on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rob__Shepherd

Find Rob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/killingfly

And of course thank you all for reading!

Your DARK Book Worm

-Nichole

My Socials:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nichi.i_readpastmybedtime/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicholeTiffin

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZaWZ7sKSNoVJnfjMKapQiA

“𝔹𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔹𝕠𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝔸𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕆𝕦𝕥𝕝𝕒𝕨𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔽𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝔸𝕋𝔽 𝔸𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥.”

“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐓𝐅 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐱-𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥’𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐬”.

*Photo from my Bookstagram account nichi.i_readpastmybedtime*

𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝙲𝚢𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚋𝚎’𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚞 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚑𝚘𝚕, 𝚃𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘, 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜, (𝙰𝚃𝙵). 𝙰 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝.

𝙰𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝟸𝟽 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝-𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚠, 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚋𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚜, 𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚃𝙵. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚛𝚊-𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚋 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚒𝚝.

𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚒𝚡 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗: 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕’𝚜 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙲𝚘𝚊𝚜𝚝. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚋𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜, 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚜, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚜.

*** 𝒮𝓎𝓃𝑜𝓅𝓈𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓅𝒾𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒶𝓂𝒶𝓏𝑜𝓃.𝒸𝒶

“Consider the source.”
Boots in the Ashes – Cynthia Beebe

Genre: Adult | True Crime/Crime| Autobiography/Memoir| Non-Fiction

5 out of 5 stars!

One incredibly impressive women!

Or shall I say a straight up bad ass!

I have always had an interest in law enforcement and Cynthia’s hard work and determination is absolutely inspiring. Especially during a time when women were not really accepted in that line of work.

Boots in the Ashes takes you through the thrilling ride of 6 major and very dangerous cases Cynthia faced during her career as an ATF agent. These cases are (excuse the pun) mind blowing. You hear of these awful moments in the world happening on the daily through the news and social media. It’s completely different reading it directly from an agents personal experience.

Cynthia was and still is absolutely brilliant! She was trained well and knew exactly how to use her skills. The way she dealt with heated situations and the criminals wrapped up in them, was fantastic. She knew exactly how to read the room and how to work the suspect to find out exactly what they were looking for.

“Timex, it takes a licking and keeps on ticking.”
Boots in the Ashes – Cynthia Beebe (an old Timex advertisement from the 1950’s).

Now just when you see how unbelievable Cynthia is with her career and you don’t think she could get any more fascinating. You get to see a glimpse into her personal life and the struggles she faced but also one of the most heart warming moments in her life, all while being an excellent agent. I know I am being pretty vague with those comments because I try my hardest not to give any spoilers away in my reviews. Which is very hard when you loved a read as much as I loved Boots in the Ashes. I guess you will just have to read it for yourself so see exactly what I mean.

I know 2020 is still so fresh being we are only in the beginning of April but I can easily say that Boots in the Ashes is absolutely one of my favourite reads for 2020.

Boots in the Ashes released February 25, 2020. So be sure to get your hands on it. Read about Cynthia’s compelling ATF agent career!

A read that is easily devoured but yet one that you will want to take your time with.

Thank you so much to Cynthia Beebe for sending me a copy for review. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about your work and experiences. I could sit for hours picking your brain and listening to more stories like these!

Publisher: Center Street

Release date: February 25, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Impressed Book Worm

-Nichole

Tag: authorreview

Author Review: Rob Shepherd

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐞

“𝔹𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔹𝕠𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝔸𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕆𝕦𝕥𝕝𝕒𝕨𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔽𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝔸𝕋𝔽 𝔸𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥.”