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

๐•Ž๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ ๐•๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•ค๐•ค ๐•ž๐•–๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ ๐•จ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•œ ๐•“๐•–๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•–๐•ค ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ ๐• ๐•“๐•ค๐•–๐•ค๐•ค๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ. ๐•Ž๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•™๐•’๐•ก๐•ก๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•จ๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•“๐•ค๐•–๐•ค๐•ค๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•“๐•–๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•–๐•ค ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐•? ๐•Ž๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•™๐•’๐•ก๐•ก๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•จ๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ง๐•š๐•ฃ๐•ฅ๐•ฆ๐•’๐• ๐•“๐•–๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•–๐•ค ๐•—๐•๐•–๐•ค๐•™? ๐•Š๐•”๐•š-๐”ฝ๐•š ๐•ž๐•–๐•–๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•—๐•ช๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•–๐•ฉ๐•ก๐•๐• ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•™๐•ฆ๐•ž๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐••๐•–๐•ก๐•–๐•Ÿ๐••๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•ช ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐••๐•ช๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ก๐•š๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•š๐••๐•–๐•’๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•• ๐•ฆ๐•ก๐•ค๐•š๐••๐•– ๐••๐• ๐•จ๐•Ÿ. ๐•†๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐•ž๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•—๐•š๐•Ÿ๐••๐•ค ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•จ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•™๐•’๐•ก๐•ก๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•จ๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•ค ๐•“๐•–๐•ฅ๐•จ๐•–๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•™๐•ฆ๐•ž๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ช ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•–๐•๐•–๐•”๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•” ๐•“๐•๐•ฆ๐•ฃ. ๐•€๐•ค ๐•–๐•ž๐• ๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•’ ๐•ค๐• ๐•๐•–๐•๐•ช ๐•™๐•ฆ๐•ž๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•š๐•ฅ? ๐•†๐•ฃ ๐•”๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•“๐•– ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•ฅ๐•’๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•–๐••? โ„‚๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•’ ๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•ก๐•ฆ๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•™๐•’๐•ง๐•– ๐•’ ๐•ค๐• ๐•ฆ๐•?


The Caretaker: 4 out of 5 stars

๐”ธ ๐•”๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ก๐•๐•– ๐•ž๐• ๐•ง๐•– ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•’ โ„๐•š-โ„๐•š๐•ค๐•– ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ค๐•š๐••๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•š๐•’๐• ๐•“๐•๐• ๐•”๐•œ, ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•๐•ช ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•—๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•ค๐•  ๐•ก๐•–๐•ฃ๐•—๐•–๐•”๐•ฅ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•“๐•–๐•”๐•’๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•– ๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•™๐•š๐••๐•–๐•ค ๐•’ ๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•—๐•ช๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ค๐•–๐•”๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ฅ; ๐”ธ ๐•ž๐•ช๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•š๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ค ๐•ช๐•–๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•—๐•ช๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•”๐•’๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ฅ๐•’๐•œ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•’ ๐•จ๐•™๐• ๐•๐•– ๐•๐• ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•— ๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•œ๐•–๐•–๐•ก๐•ค ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ค๐•š๐••๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•”๐•™๐•–๐•”๐•œ ๐•“๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•จ๐•™๐•  ๐•š๐•ค ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•”๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐• ๐• ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•จ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐••๐•š๐•ฃ๐•ฅ๐•ช ๐•ค๐•–๐•”๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•–๐•• ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•“๐•– ๐•”๐•๐•–๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•• ๐•ฆ๐•ก?


Friends Like Us: 4 out of 5 stars

๐”ธ ๐•˜๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ก ๐• ๐•— ๐•—๐•ฃ๐•š๐•–๐•Ÿ๐••๐•ค ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•’๐•œ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•™๐• ๐•๐•š๐••๐•’๐•ช ๐•’๐•๐• ๐•ฅ๐• ๐•˜๐•–๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•“๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•š๐•ค๐•–๐•• ๐•จ๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•ž๐•–๐•ž๐•“๐•–๐•ฃ ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•˜๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ก ๐•’๐•˜๐•ฃ๐•–๐•–๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•˜๐• . ๐”ธ๐•—๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ช๐•–๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ค ๐• ๐•— ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•˜๐•๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•จ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐•—๐•’๐•ž๐•š๐•๐•š๐•–๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•–๐•ค๐•ก๐•–๐•”๐•š๐•’๐•๐•๐•ช ๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐• ๐•จ๐•Ÿ ๐•˜๐•™๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•™๐•’๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•–๐•• ๐•ก๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•†๐•๐•š๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•–๐••๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•”๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•—๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ ๐•™๐•– ๐••๐•–๐•ž๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•ž๐• ๐•ง๐•– ๐• ๐•Ÿ. ๐”น๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•จ๐•™๐•š๐•๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•ก๐•๐•’๐•ช๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•จ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ช ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•œ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•’ ๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ž๐•๐•–๐•ค๐•ค ๐•˜๐•’๐•ž๐•– ๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•™๐• ๐•๐•š๐••๐•’๐•ช ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•’ ๐•๐• ๐••๐•˜๐•–, ๐•†๐•๐•š๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐•—๐•ฃ๐•š๐•–๐•Ÿ๐••๐•ค ๐•—๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•›๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•™๐• ๐•จ ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐• ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ ๐•ก๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•”๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•“๐•– ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ค๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ. ๐•€๐•Ÿ ๐•’ ๐•ก๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•” ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•—๐•ฃ๐•š๐•–๐•Ÿ๐••๐•ค ๐•ž๐•’๐•œ๐•– ๐•’ ๐•—๐•’๐•ฅ๐•’๐• ๐••๐•–๐•”๐•š๐•ค๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ. โ„•๐• ๐•จ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ก๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•™๐•’๐•ค ๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•™๐•’๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ž ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•—๐•ฃ๐•š๐•–๐•Ÿ๐••๐•ค ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐•๐•š๐•ค๐•– ๐•›๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•™๐• ๐•จ ๐•—๐•ฃ๐•’๐•˜๐•š๐•๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•š๐•ฃ ๐• ๐•จ๐•Ÿ ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐•๐•š๐•ฅ๐•š๐•–๐•ค ๐•’๐•ค ๐•จ๐•–๐•๐• ๐•’๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•š๐•ฃ ๐•“๐• ๐••๐•š๐•–๐•ค ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐•๐•๐•ช ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•–. ๐•Ž๐•™๐•  ๐•จ๐•š๐•๐• ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•จ๐•™๐•  ๐•จ๐•š๐•๐• ๐•™๐•’๐•ง๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ช ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ?


Dark Worlds: 5 out of 5 stars

๐”ธ ๐•ค๐•ž๐•’๐•๐• ๐•”๐• ๐•๐•๐•–๐•”๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐• ๐•— ๐Ÿž ๐•ค๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•–๐•ค. ๐”ผ๐•’๐•”๐•™ ๐•จ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐• ๐•จ๐•Ÿ ๐••๐•’๐•ฃ๐•œ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•ค๐•ค, ๐•“๐• ๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ ๐• ๐•— ๐•’ ๐••๐•–๐•ค๐•š๐•ฃ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐•œ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ. ๐”ฝ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•ค๐• ๐•ž๐•– ๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐••๐•–๐•ค๐•š๐•ฃ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•œ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•จ๐•Ÿ, ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ ๐• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค, ๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•š๐•ค ๐••๐•–๐•ค๐•š๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™ ๐• ๐•“๐•ค๐•–๐•ค๐•ค๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ. ๐”ผ๐•’๐•”๐•™ ๐•ค๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ช ๐•š๐•ค ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐• ๐•จ๐•Ÿ ๐•ง๐• ๐•๐•ฆ๐•ž๐•– ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•จ๐•š๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•• ๐•๐•š๐•“๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ช ๐• ๐•— ๐••๐•–๐•ค๐•š๐•ฃ๐•–. ๐”ผ๐•’๐•”๐•™ ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ช ๐•’ ๐•˜๐•’๐•ฅ๐•–๐•จ๐•’๐•ช ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•š๐•ฃ ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•จ ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐•๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ช. ๐”ผ๐•’๐•”๐•™, ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•จ ๐•’ ๐•ก๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•“๐• ๐• ๐•œ.


Semianimus: 5 out of 5 stars

๐”ธ๐•๐•–๐•ฉ ๐”น๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐•™๐•’๐•ค ๐•ค๐•–๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•“๐•–๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™ ๐•’๐•๐•ž๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ช๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•๐•š๐•—๐•–. ๐”ฝ๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ž ๐•”๐•ฃ๐•š๐•ž๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐••๐•–๐•’๐•ฅ๐•™, ๐•ก๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•ค๐•™๐•ž๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•™๐•’๐•“, ๐”ธ๐•๐•–๐•ฉ ๐•™๐•’๐•ค ๐•ค๐•–๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•–๐•ฉ๐•ก๐•–๐•ฃ๐•š๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•–๐•• ๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•๐•. ๐”ธ๐•๐•–๐•ฉ ๐•™๐•’๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•–๐•• ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•– ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•“๐•–๐•ฅ๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐• ๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™ ๐•ค๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•– ๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•’๐•ฃ๐•”๐•–๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•’ ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•™๐•’๐•“๐•š๐•๐•š๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ฆ๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ. โ„๐• ๐•จ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ, ๐•จ๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐”ธ๐•๐•–๐•ฉ ๐•จ๐•’๐•œ๐•–๐•ค ๐•ฆ๐•ก ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐••๐•’๐•ช ๐•’๐•—๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•’ ๐•ก๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ฅ๐•š๐•”๐•ฆ๐•๐•’๐•ฃ๐•๐•ช ๐•—๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ, ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•จ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•๐•• ๐•’๐•ก๐•ก๐•–๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•™๐•’๐•ง๐•– ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•–๐•• ๐•’๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•™๐•š๐•ž ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•’๐••. ๐”ฝ๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ž ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ก๐•–๐• ๐•ก๐•๐•– ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•’๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ฆ๐•ฅ๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฅ๐•ค๐•š๐••๐•– ๐•จ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•๐••, ๐•ค๐•ฆ๐••๐••๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•๐•ช ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ช๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•š๐•ค ๐••๐•š๐•—๐•—๐•–๐•ฃ๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ, ๐•’๐•๐• ๐• ๐•— ๐•’ ๐•ค๐•ฆ๐••๐••๐•–๐•Ÿ, ๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•ค๐•–๐•–๐•ž๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•š๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•จ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•๐•• ๐•™๐•’๐•ค ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•–๐••, ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ ๐•›๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐”ธ๐•๐•–๐•ฉ. โ„•๐• ๐•จ ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•๐•ช ๐••๐• ๐•–๐•ค ๐”ธ๐•๐•–๐•ฉ ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•”๐• ๐•˜๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•ค๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•จ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•๐•• ๐•™๐•– ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•จ ๐•๐•š๐•ง๐•–๐•ค ๐•š๐•Ÿ, ๐•“๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•ค๐• ๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•–๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™, ๐•™๐•– ๐•ž๐•’๐•ช ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•”๐• ๐•˜๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•ค๐•– ๐•™๐•š๐•ž๐•ค๐•–๐•๐•— ๐•–๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ. โ„๐•– ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•–๐••๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•—๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฅ, ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐••๐•–๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐•จ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•™๐•’๐•ค ๐•™๐•’๐•ก๐•ก๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•• ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•จ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•™๐•–๐•๐• ๐•š๐•ค ๐•˜๐• ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•ž๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•š๐•ž๐•ก๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•๐•ช, ๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•ช ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•—๐•š๐•˜๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•– ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•™๐• ๐•จ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ก ๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•๐• ๐•“๐•–๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•š๐•ค ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•๐•–๐•—๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•™๐•– ๐•š๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•๐•ช ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐••๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•จ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•จ๐•’๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•จ๐•™๐•ช. ๐•‹๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ž๐•’๐•ช ๐•“๐•– ๐•’ ๐•”๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ž๐•’๐••๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•ค๐•ค, ๐•“๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•”๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ž๐•’๐•ช ๐•›๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ข๐•ฆ๐•š๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ž๐• ๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•—๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ž ๐”ธ๐•๐•–๐•ฉ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•™๐•– ๐•“๐•’๐•ฃ๐•˜๐•’๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•• ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ. โ„‚๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐”ธ๐•๐•–๐•ฉ ๐•“๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ž๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•™๐•– ๐•’๐•๐•จ๐•’๐•ช๐•ค ๐•™๐• ๐•ก๐•–๐•• ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•“๐•–, ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•จ๐•š๐•๐• ๐•™๐•– ๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•ฆ๐•ก ๐•“๐•–๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•›๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ค๐•’๐•ž๐•– ๐•’๐•ค ๐•™๐•– ๐•’๐•๐•จ๐•’๐•ช๐•ค ๐•™๐•’๐•ค ๐•“๐•–๐•–๐•Ÿ. ๐•†๐•ฃ ๐•จ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ค๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•š๐•๐•, ๐•จ๐•š๐•๐• ๐•™๐•– ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ค๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ง๐•š๐•ง๐•– ๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•๐•?


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!


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Yourย DARKย Book Worm

-Nichole

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๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐ฒ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐š ๐๐ž๐ž๐›๐ž

“๐”น๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐”น๐• ๐•ž๐•“๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค, ๐”ธ๐•ฃ๐•ค๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•†๐•ฆ๐•ฅ๐•๐•’๐•จ๐•ค ๐•’๐•ค ๐•’ ๐•‹๐•ฃ๐•’๐•š๐•๐•“๐•๐•’๐•ซ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐”ฝ๐•–๐•ž๐•’๐•๐•– ๐”ธ๐•‹๐”ฝ ๐”ธ๐•˜๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ.”


“๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐“๐… ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ฒ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐š ๐๐ž๐ž๐›๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ-๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ’๐ฌ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ”.

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๐™ฑ๐š˜๐š˜๐š๐šœ ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐™ฐ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š’๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŽ๐š–๐š˜๐š’๐š› ๐š˜๐š ๐™ฒ๐šข๐š—๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šŠ ๐™ฑ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š‹๐šŽ’๐šœ ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐š‹๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š”๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š’๐š›๐šœ๐š ๐š ๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š— ๐šœ๐š™๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š’๐šŠ๐š• ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐šœ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐™ฑ๐šž๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šž ๐š˜๐š ๐™ฐ๐š•๐šŒ๐š˜๐š‘๐š˜๐š•, ๐šƒ๐š˜๐š‹๐šŠ๐šŒ๐šŒ๐š˜, ๐™ต๐š’๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š–๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐™ด๐šก๐š™๐š•๐š˜๐šœ๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ๐šœ, (๐™ฐ๐šƒ๐™ต). ๐™ฐ ๐šœ๐š–๐šŠ๐š›๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š’๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š’๐š›๐š• ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šž๐š™ ๐š’๐š— ๐šœ๐šž๐š‹๐šž๐š›๐š‹๐šŠ๐š— ๐™ฒ๐š‘๐š’๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š๐š˜, ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šž๐š—๐šŽ๐šก๐š™๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐š•๐šข ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š–๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š’๐š›๐šœ๐š ๐š ๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š— ๐š๐š˜ ๐š‘๐šž๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š ๐š— ๐šŸ๐š’๐š˜๐š•๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐šŒ๐š›๐š’๐š–๐š’๐š—๐šŠ๐š•๐šœ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠ๐š• ๐š๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐š—๐š–๐šŽ๐š—๐š.

๐™ฐ๐šœ ๐šŠ ๐šœ๐š™๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š’๐šŠ๐š• ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿฝ ๐šข๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐šœ, ๐™ฑ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š•๐š’๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š’๐š›๐šœ๐š-๐š‘๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š”๐š—๐š˜๐š ๐š•๐šŽ๐š๐š๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‘๐šž๐š–๐šŠ๐š— ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š™๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š’๐š๐šข ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐š’๐š•. ๐š‚๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐š•๐š•๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šข ๐š˜๐š ๐š‘๐š˜๐š , ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐šŠ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š ๐š ๐š˜๐š–๐šŠ๐š—, ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š–๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŠ๐š—๐šข ๐š˜๐š‹๐šœ๐š๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š˜๐š— ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐š“๐š˜๐šž๐š›๐š—๐šŽ๐šข ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐šœ ๐š ๐š˜๐š›๐š•๐š ๐š˜๐š ๐š’๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐š๐šŠ๐š• ๐š๐šž๐š—๐šœ, ๐š๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šœ, ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‹๐š˜๐š–๐š‹๐šœ. ๐š‚๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šŠ๐š๐š๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š•๐š’๐šŒ๐š๐šœ ๐š‹๐š˜๐š๐š‘ ๐š˜๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š’๐š— ๐™ฐ๐šƒ๐™ต. ๐™ฑ๐šž๐š ๐™ฑ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š—๐šŽ๐š ๐š‘๐š˜๐š  ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šž๐š•๐š๐š›๐šŠ-๐š–๐šŠ๐šœ๐šŒ๐šž๐š•๐š’๐š—๐šŽ ๐š ๐š˜๐š›๐š•๐š ๐š˜๐š ๐šŸ๐š’๐š˜๐š•๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐šŒ๐š›๐š’๐š–๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š ๐š‘๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š“๐š˜๐š‹ ๐š’๐š ๐š’๐šœ ๐š๐š˜ ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š™ ๐š’๐š.

๐™ฑ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐š•๐š•๐šœ ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šข ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š•๐šŽ๐š—๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐šœ๐š’๐šก ๐š–๐šŠ๐š“๐š˜๐š› ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐šœ๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š ๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐š›๐š’๐š–๐šŽ ๐š๐š’๐šŒ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š—: ๐š๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š‹๐š˜๐š–๐š‹๐š’๐š—๐š๐šœ, ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šœ๐š˜๐š— ๐š๐š’๐š›๐šŽ, ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐šŠ ๐š–๐šŠ๐šœ๐šœ๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐šž๐š™ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐™ท๐šŽ๐š•๐š•’๐šœ ๐™ฐ๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š•๐šœ ๐š˜๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š†๐šŽ๐šœ๐š ๐™ฒ๐š˜๐šŠ๐šœ๐š. ๐š‚๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š•๐šœ๐š˜ ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š›๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š—๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š› ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š›๐š’๐šŠ๐š• ๐š๐šŽ๐šœ๐š๐š’๐š–๐š˜๐š—๐š’๐šŽ๐šœ, ๐š’๐š—๐šŒ๐š•๐šž๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š”๐š’๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐š›๐šœ, ๐š‹๐š˜๐š–๐š‹๐šŽ๐š›๐šœ, ๐šŠ๐š›๐šœ๐š˜๐š—๐š’๐šœ๐š๐šœ, ๐šŸ๐š’๐šŒ๐š๐š’๐š–๐šœ, ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š—๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ๐šŽ๐šœ, ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š“๐šž๐š๐š๐šŽ๐šœ.

*** ๐’ฎ๐“Ž๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“…๐“ˆ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“…๐’พ๐‘’๐’น ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐’ถ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“๐‘œ๐“ƒ.๐’ธ๐’ถ


“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