Hunger Pangs: Stories by Scott J. Moses

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐲.

𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟗: 𝐀 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲.
𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎: 𝐀 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.
𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗: 𝐀 𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞.
𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟓: 𝐒𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 – 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝.
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎: 𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧.

𝐈𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭 𝐉. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝟏𝟑 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐞.

4 out of 5 stars!

Let’s start right off and talk about this cover! It is absolutely incredible!

Now I know the skin of a book isn’t the star of the show, the true treasure lies in the guts of the read but you can’t deny that a masterpiece on the outside isn’t the perfect eye candy every book worm adores.

When I opened the pages of Hunger Pangs I had no idea that this was Scott’s debut collection. I really should have done my research better, but honestly for this to be his first collection out into the world I am very impressed.

Scott’s stories are unique and raw. His writing is smooth and consumable. Usually when I read a collection there are a couple that really, really stand out or that you may enjoy more than others. This collection I had a hard time pin pointing my favorite. I enjoyed them all for different reasons! I use the saying “like children, you love them all just as much, only in different ways.” You can’t possibly pick a favourite.

Hunger Pangs is a collection worth getting lost in, transporting out of reality into these dark, bizarre, frightening worlds…. that is if you think you can handle it of course.

I can’t thank Scott enough for sending me an e-copy to read and review, obviously I will need to pick up a physical copy as soon as I can to add to my collection…..I mean….that COVER! But when I saw that Hunger Pangs was on audible I downloaded it right away knowing it would help me get to this review so much sooner, so I can also say the audiobook was done very well, worth checking out.

Hunger Pangs will leave a lasting, haunting effect!

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: September 29, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your HUNGRY Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 Å𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧

𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘆-𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁, 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝗮 𝟰𝟭𝟰-𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 (𝟲𝟲𝟲 𝗸𝗺) 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗕𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗱, 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆. 𝗜𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱. 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝘀, 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄, 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝗜𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗮, 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁, 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

“𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒹𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒹…”

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Genre: Adult | Fiction | Dark | Horror | Psychological Horror

5 out of 5 stars!

A psychological horror done right!

Tom is struggling to keep his head above water! He’s on the verge of losing everything, his wife, his home, his whole life but Tom’s passion and love won’t let him give up just yet, he’s taking on a huge opportunity career wise.

This journey along one of the most secluded highways may be out of his comfort zone, he may not be prepared for what he’s about to face but it’s make or break for Tom! After a crazy accident, Tom finds himself roaming the terrifying Alaskan wilderness looking for his best friend, Presley, a five year old German Shepherd.

I love psychological horrors, they are some of my all time favourite reads and diving into Dalton Highway I had no idea what to expect, but I was in for a real treat!

Freddie has created this mind bending masterpiece! The characters are so relatable, his writing is smooth and descriptive yet the twists and turns create for an exciting, disorientated read.

From the very first sentence I was absolutely committed, better yet obsessed with finding out how the story ends. I don’t know if I have ever read a book that had so many potential outcomes.

I recently heard a friend of mine use the term “an unreliable narrator” this term explains Tom’s character perfectly and not in a bad way by any means. This character will leave you constantly thinking, doubting your own thoughts and conclusions.

Tom has taken the leap, was not prepared for what was to come, is now faced with some of the most terrifying moments of his life. Is there truly something aside from the Alaskan wildlife ready to attack or is Tom fighting his own inner demons.

Definitely one to pick up! I highly recommend!

Thank you so much Freddie for sending me a copy to read and review! I am officially a fan of your work and look forward to more from you in the future.

Publisher: Sharp Arrow Publishing

Release Date: September 1, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your MISSING Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

Halloween Season by Lucy A. Snyder

ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕦𝕤. 𝔽𝕠𝕣 𝕕𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕟𝕤, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕞𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝 ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕥𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕚𝕟 ℕ𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣. 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕚𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕒 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕦𝕟: 𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕤, 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤, 𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤, 𝕔𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕤𝕠 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖; 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕣 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟.

𝕄𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕦𝕔𝕪 𝔸. 𝕊𝕟𝕪𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕝𝕝-𝕓𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤. 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕡𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦’𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕤, 𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣𝕤, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕪.

𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗. 𝕊𝕠 𝕘𝕠 𝕒𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕜 𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕨𝕠 … 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙, 𝕒 𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖, 𝕒 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕧𝕠𝕪𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕒 𝕫𝕠𝕞𝕓𝕚𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕣, 𝕠𝕣 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕝𝕗. 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕪 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕞𝕟 𝕧𝕚𝕓𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕤 𝕥𝕣𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕦𝕟.

𝕀𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜, 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕤 ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟!

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

3 out of 5 stars!

Halloween Season contains 13 short stories and a couple dark poetry pieces.

The cover is so awesome but don’t be fooled! This cover screams Halloween but as the synopsis suggests there are a couple stories wrapped around a specific winter Holiday that comes in close behind Halloween.

Although this collection reads true to form on what the synopsis suggests. Sadly I personally didn’t enjoy this as much as I had wanted.

Some of the stories were a bit mind bending or tricky at times but none of them were overly chilling. However there were a couple stories that stood out for me more than others; In The Family, The House That Couldn’t Clean Itself and Toy Makers Joy.

A warning poetry piece comes in before the last two stories in this collection and this is where I thought here we go! this is it! Lucy has been holding back on us, it’s all going to go down now.. but it didn’t. I was missing the wow factor.

I guess what I am trying to say is although Lucy’s writing is good, the stories were interesting and it was a decent collection in a whole, it was missing something for me and I wasn’t feeling the Halloween goodness throughout.

Thank you so much Raw Dog Screaming Press, Lucy A. Snyder and Erin Al-Mehairi for making sure I received a review copy.

Publisher: Raw Dog Screaming Press

Release Date: October 5, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your ZOMBIE FIGHTER Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓖𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓔𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓣𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓔𝓻𝓲𝓬 𝓛𝓪𝓡𝓸𝓬𝓬𝓪

𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓭𝔂 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓼𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽. 𝓢𝓱𝓮’𝓼 𝓼𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓾𝓶𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓰𝓾𝓲𝓵𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓮𝓵𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓸𝓭𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓾𝓷𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓵 𝓾𝓷𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓭𝓼 𝓸𝓯𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓼. 𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓭𝔂’𝓼 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓲𝓼 𝓾𝓼𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓮𝓶𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓷𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽, 𝓾𝓷𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓭𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶. 𝓗𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻, 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓱𝓾𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝔂 𝓫𝓮𝓰𝓾𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓪𝓯𝓮𝓽𝔂. 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓲𝓷𝔂 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓾𝓽 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓪 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓬𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓰𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓪𝓻𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹, 𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓭𝔂 𝓰𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻’𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓷𝓮𝓾𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻, 𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓬𝔂, 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓹𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓸𝓶 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓭𝔂 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓾𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓻 𝓼𝓴𝓲𝓷 𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓴𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓭𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓮𝓻’𝓼 𝓼𝓪𝓭𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼. 𝓞𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓰𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓻, 𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓭𝔂 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓵𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓯𝓽𝓼 𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓬𝓪𝓵 𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓮𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓮𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓬 𝓷𝓮𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓫𝓸𝓻, 𝓜𝓻. 𝓡𝓲𝓭𝓵𝓮𝔂, 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓱 𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓹𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻. 𝓘𝓽’𝓼 𝓭𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓜𝓻. 𝓡𝓲𝓭𝓵𝓮𝔂’𝓼 𝓼𝓾𝓫𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓮𝓪𝓷 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓸 𝓸𝓯 𝓮𝔁𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓭𝔂 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝓪𝓷 𝓾𝓷𝓾𝓼𝓾𝓪𝓵 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 𝓰𝓲𝓻𝓵 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓭 𝓚𝓲𝓲𝓪𝓻𝓪. 𝓘𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓮𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻, 𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓭𝔂 𝓼𝓸𝓸𝓷 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓚𝓲𝓲𝓪𝓻𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓱𝓲𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪 𝓰𝓻𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽, 𝓽𝓸𝓸 – 𝓪 𝓼𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓭𝔂 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓭, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓿𝓲𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓸𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓬𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓱 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻.𝓭𝔂 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓼𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽. 𝓢𝓱𝓮’𝓼 𝓼𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓾𝓶𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓰𝓾𝓲𝓵𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓮𝓵𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓸𝓭𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓾𝓷𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓵 𝓾𝓷𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓭𝓼 𝓸𝓯𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓼. 𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓭𝔂’𝓼 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓲𝓼 𝓾𝓼𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓮𝓶𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓷𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽, 𝓾𝓷𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓭𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶. 𝓗𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻, 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓱𝓾𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝔂 𝓫𝓮𝓰𝓾𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓪𝓯𝓮𝓽𝔂. 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓲𝓷𝔂 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓾𝓽 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓪 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓬𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓰𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓪𝓻𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹, 𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓭𝔂 𝓰𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻’𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓷𝓮𝓾𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻, 𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓬𝔂, 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓹𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓸𝓶 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓭𝔂 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓾𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓻 𝓼𝓴𝓲𝓷 𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓴𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓭𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓮𝓻’𝓼 𝓼𝓪𝓭𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼. 𝓞𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓰𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓻, 𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓭𝔂 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓵𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓯𝓽𝓼 𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓬𝓪𝓵 𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓮𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓮𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓬 𝓷𝓮𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓫𝓸𝓻, 𝓜𝓻. 𝓡𝓲𝓭𝓵𝓮𝔂, 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓱 𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓹𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻. 𝓘𝓽’𝓼 𝓭𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓜𝓻. 𝓡𝓲𝓭𝓵𝓮𝔂’𝓼 𝓼𝓾𝓫𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓮𝓪𝓷 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓸 𝓸𝓯 𝓮𝔁𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓭𝔂 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝓪𝓷 𝓾𝓷𝓾𝓼𝓾𝓪𝓵 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 𝓰𝓲𝓻𝓵 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓭 𝓚𝓲𝓲𝓪𝓻𝓪. 𝓘𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓮𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻, 𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓭𝔂 𝓼𝓸𝓸𝓷 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓚𝓲𝓲𝓪𝓻𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓱𝓲𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪 𝓰𝓻𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽, 𝓽𝓸𝓸 – 𝓪 𝓼𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓣𝓮𝓭𝓭𝔂 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓭, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓿𝓲𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓸𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓬𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓱 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻.

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Dark | Horror | Novella

5 out of 5 stars!

Perfect blend of eerie and emotional…disturbing yet poetic!

An absolute beautiful piece!

Eric shows his raw talents within these pages. Each and every one of your senses will be at an all time high with his impeccable writing. I thoroughly enjoy a read where it’s almost as if I can smell, touch, feel everything around me but I have never come across something quite like this.

The whole concept of this novella is insane, unlike anything I have read before. You can feel Eric’s emotions seeping through the pages!

Teddy is such an adored and powerful character! Mourning the passing of her father, suffering with her unique ability and fighting her own inner demons. Yet no matter how scarred her life is or how traumatized her family is nothing can alter her unconditional love for her Mother and her Mother’s love for her.

In comes Kiiara to stir up the story, honestly Eric went a complete different direction with this character than I expected. Keeping me completely obsessed!

It has taken me days to mull over this read and yet I still don’t know if I have all my thoughts together. I am wowed yet confused all at the same time, in the best way possible. I want more!…I need more!

I can’t believe Starving Ghosts in Every Thread is Eric’s debut novel.

Thank you so much Eric for sending me a copy to read and review. I am absolutely a dedicated fan and can’t wait to read more of your spellbinding work.

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: April 27, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your UNRAVELLED Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

Devil’s Creek by Todd Keisling

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥’𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝’𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬—𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐝.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬.

𝐈𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟑, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛’𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐱,” 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐥𝐲, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐱, 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡. 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛’𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥’𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐫…

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Horror | Occult Horror

3.5 out of 5 stars!

First and foremost Todd’s writing is impeccable, truly a talented writer. Not only does Devil’s Creek story run smoothly but it is incredible detailed. I’m talking about the type of detail you can smell, taste and touch with your own mind. Now, that may not always be the best when reading a horror novel since some scenes can get a bit gory but when an author can be so descriptive that it pulls me in and completely immersing me into the story, that’s when they have my attention! This being said as much as I was living for Todd’s writing style there was some things about the story I didn’t enjoy as much. Let’s start off with my pros and I will move into my cons while doing my best to hold off from any spoilers.

The story started off with an exciting, fast pace scene immersing you into Jacob, all of his evil and the torcher he was putting his 6 children through. Right than I thought I am in for a total treat! This lasted a chapter or two and the story there after slowed right down while jumping ahead in time where the “Stauford Six” are now adults. I didn’t mind this at first I thought this was the perfect time to really dive into the characters, get to know the history of what happened and to see the trauma affect the past had on each of the six children individually. I also enjoyed getting to see the family dynamics, how a couple of them had moved on to bigger better things while some of them were holding onto the past really not making anything of themselves and surprisingly a couple of them even stood out as outcasts from their very own brothers and sisters. This showed so true to life how each personal will be affected so extremely different after a life altering event.

This is where the story started to let me down. I don’t mind a slow burn read, especially when it is packed full of so much detailed goodness like this but I do enjoy some good pick up scenes to help break up the slower parts. This was not the case for Devil’s Creek, the slow pacing kept on and just when it felt like it was going to pick up, it slowed right back down. Of course I was willing to push on because Devil’s Creek has been so raved about in the community I follow through all bookish platforms. I felt there was definitely going to be a huge wow factor coming. In the end the wow factor didn’t hit for me. What I’m trying to say is you have a good idea based on the synopsis alone that the “Stauford Six” (all children of Jacob Masters) went through a lot of agony and torture with their father, coming out of it truly damaged. As a reader you are prepared for what you may hear from that side of the story based on the synopsis alone. What I was not prepared for when the evil returned to the story was it honestly was not going to be scary at all and more sexually suggestive, gross with all ages and not just subject to the main characters or a handful of people but the whole town was effected by this possession. Although to be honest, I think it was more the age thing that got me. I just wanted more scary and gruesome from the read, not as much gross.

Although there are parts of this story I didn’t enjoy as much. It was written really well and I know a lot of people loved every corner of this read. Of course I would say if the synopsis intrigues you and you have seen all of the other amazing, raving reviews out there that it is definitely worth picking up. As mentioned above, Todd’s writing is freaking amazing and I will be looking into more of his work and keeping an eye out for what he releases in the future.

Publisher: Silver Shamrock Publishing

Release Date: June 15, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your HALLELUJA Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

Check out my Author Spotlight with Todd here:

The Plumbers by Terry M. West

𝕃𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℙ𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤. 𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂℝ𝕌𝔻, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕤 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕕 𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 “𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕣𝕤”. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕤, 𝕓𝕠𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤.

𝕃𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℙ𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕫𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕡𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕖𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕗𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕. ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕧𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕥𝕪𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕃𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℙ𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕖. 𝔸 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕤, 𝕥𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕚𝕡𝕖𝕤, 𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕛𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕤, 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕨𝕚𝕔𝕖, 𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖, 𝕡𝕝𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕘, 𝕓𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕘𝕣𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕣𝕦𝕕𝕖 𝕛𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕤.

ℕ𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕕𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕠𝕣 𝕕𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕜, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕛𝕠𝕓 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤!

5 out of 5 stars!

YES! So much yes!

The Plumbers! A zombie read I will go back to time and time again!

Liam and Pierce have officially become some of my all time favourite characters. Two best friends, extremely snarky but they just understand each other, you know? Honestly they may have the best friendship around!

Liam’s wife also fits into this friendship perfectly. I hate saying this….it’s so cliché…but….they are relationship goals! Irene is so cheeky and knows exactly how to put that smile on Liam’s face and you can just tell how much they adore each other. Irene and Pierce also get along so well, they have so much in common, making the perfect character trio!

The world they are living is so bizarre! Liam and Pierce head out each day as if its a normal work day, helping their clients with all their plumbing needs, while becoming these freaking awesome zombie killing machines.

I am amazed on how much fun, gore and hilarious moments Terry was able to pack into this B-rated Horror flick in book form! I most definitely need to get my hands on a physical copy of this and so much more of his work!

Highly recommend this read! Unless vulgar suggestions, etc bother you. Than I would not suggest this read. The humour in this novella may not be for everyone.

Thank you so much to Terry for sending me an e-copy to read a review. Oh and PS the audio book was also done SO well. The narrator did such a phenomenal job!

Can’t wait to dive into more of Terry’s work!

Publisher: Pleasant Storm Entertainment Inc.

Release Date: October 16, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your CRUD Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

When the Sky Goes Dark by Oliver C. Seneca

𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕜 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕖 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤, 𝕁𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗. 𝕋𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟. 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕤, 𝕚𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞.

𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟, 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕨𝕝 𝕠𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕦𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕗 𝕠𝕗 𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕖 ℍ𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕟 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕕, 𝕁𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕦𝕡𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕓𝕪 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕨𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪, 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕘𝕝𝕠𝕓𝕒𝕝.

𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕟𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕨𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕔𝕣𝕪𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤, 𝕁𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕟𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤. ℍ𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖-𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕒𝕔𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕒𝕪 𝕟𝕠 𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕤.

ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕩𝕔𝕖𝕡𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘: 𝕁𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕜𝕪 𝕘𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Horror | Apocalyptic | Thriller

4 out of 5 stars!

Don’t go out after dark!

Jon seems like a simple character but the further into the story you go you find out just how complex he is!

When the Sky Goes Dark starts off as a slow burn, getting to know your main character and what he’s all about but it’s not long and before you know it all chaos breaks loose. People are dropping left and right but the most terrifying thing happens when the sky goes dark!

Honestly and I say this will 100 positivity! The moment I jumped into this read I felt it read like a B-rated horror film…. and I was ALL for it! So much going on, mayhem everywhere, people going bonkers but yet Oliver snuck in the perfect amount of humour! As the story went on we didn’t completely lose the B-rated vibes but it shifted into more of a deeper, heartfelt story when Jon was searching for his loved ones and fellow survivors while feeling all the pain and suffering. People fighting to survive, doing anything they needed to do, even finding themselves doing things they could never see themselves doing… all in order to live through another night.

Jon has to learn how to survive keeping himself and hopefully those around him safe. Jumping into this role that’s not his usual self, you get to see his quirks and true personality traits shine though. As I mentioned he became a very complex character and where he may have been very predictable at time, others you had absolutely no idea where he was going to go with it!

Jon’s journeys and the people he comes across only become more intense and it’s almost as if he starts to loose his own sanity.

I highly recommend this read if you are into those end of the world, apocalyptic type reads. I can’t thank Oliver enough for sending me a copy to read and review. I look forward to more of his work in the future.

Publisher: Hellbender Books

Release Date: October 29, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Dark Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

Gray Matters: A Novel by John Webster Gastil

Can the digital networks that record our footprints hold us steady when dementia threatens to push us off the path? This question has real stakes for data analyst Charlie Sanders. His best hope for a father succumbing to Alzheimer’s comes from assistive technology that Charlie helps design for a scrappy startup. Despite early successes, Charlie has growing doubts about the motives of each of his colleagues – the eccentric CEO in Seattle, the call center guru in India, and the Trump-loving Aussie transplant who keeps the books. His worries grow when the company takes on a clandestine client who occupies the Oval Office. Will Charlie keep his father and his country on track, or turn a whole generation into glitches?

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Medical Fiction | Technology

3 out of 5 stars!

An interesting concept! The Synopsis really intrigued me.

Take a moment to really think what it would be like to have a technology such as this existing today.

Would it be a game changer?

The story starts off with the perspective of Charlie’s father, Barry. I was immediately pulled into the story! I enjoyed when the story was told from his perspective. Hearing his thoughts and reactions towards this technology his son helped create was stern yet humours at times. I also thoroughly enjoyed Charlie’s interactions with his father. It painted a realistic relationship when connecting with a loved one suffering from Dementia or Alzheimer’s. The emotional strains are prominent for sure but you will never stop loving and caring for that person and Charlie showed that passion for his father in the story. Working hard not to correct his father when he mixed Charlie up with his brother or trying hard not to feel the hit to the heart when his father would go on with glowing memories and stories about his brother. Charlie knew his father was suffering and nothing was intentional.

Unfortunately Barry’s direct perspective and relationship with Charlie was not highlighted enough in the story, in my personal opinion. I would have loved way more from him, but of course that was not the main feature.

I was worried the heavy political aspect behind the story was going to pull my attention away but surprisingly it didn’t. However; I did find that I did get lost in the switching from perspective to perspective and how they all came together in the end. I found with the choppy transitions the story was not as engaging, perhaps I could even say a bit dry and unfortunately lost my focus. That being said John did send me an e-copy for review and when I realised I was running out of time in order to get my review up for the target date, I turned to the audiobook. Perhaps the narration didn’t help in these moments. Again this is just my own opinion.

Over all the story was interesting. I would like to see more from John. If he was to write a whole novel on Barry and Charlie, I know I would be right there!

Thank you so much John for sending me a copy to read and review.

Publisher: Cosmic Egg Books

Release Date: July 31, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Tech Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

𝐖𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?: 𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐨

𝒞𝑅𝐸𝐸𝒫𝒴 𝒮𝐿𝒪𝒲 𝐵𝒰𝑅𝒩 𝒜𝒮𝐼𝒜𝒩 𝐻𝒪𝑅𝑅𝒪𝑅 𝐼𝒩 𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝒱𝐸𝐼𝒩 𝒪𝐹 “𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝑅𝐼𝒩𝒢”

𝒜 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓀 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝒜 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓁. 𝐿𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒷𝑒𝓎𝑜𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒. 𝒜 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈𝑒𝒹. 𝐿𝒾𝓂𝒷𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃.

𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝑔𝒽𝑜𝓈𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒, 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝑒𝒹, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓆𝓊𝒾𝓇𝓂 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒸𝑜𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝑜𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓃 𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝐼𝓃𝒹𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈𝒾𝒶. 𝑅𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒾𝓃 𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓉𝓊𝓇𝒶𝓁 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓉𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒜𝓈𝒾𝒶𝓃, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝑒𝓆𝓊𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓆𝓊𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑜𝑒𝓉𝒾𝒸, 𝒾𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁, 𝓊𝓃𝓊𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒶𝓁.

𝒟𝓇𝒶𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝓁𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓀 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓋𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒷𝒶𝓃𝓈𝒽𝑒𝑒𝓈, 𝒹𝓊𝓈𝓀-𝒹𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓂𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝒶𝒹, 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝒻𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓈𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝓅, 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒶𝒷𝓎𝓈𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓈: 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

4 out of 5 stars!

Interesting stories!

I enjoy Urban Legends! I find it fascinating to hear stories from all around the world, unique to that culture. Dimas did a great job sharing these stories with the world.

Who’s There is something I would call comfy, cozy horror.

I didn’t find these stories to be overwhelmingly terrifying, you know those reads that leave you crawling in your skin, keep you up at night and looking over your shoulder every where you go? I found these horror tales to be gentle yet very enjoyable and easily consumed . Perfect for a horror newbie, someone looking to dip their toes into the dark fiction world or someone looking to learn more about dark tales from around the world, such as myself.

Although these stories are not overly terrifying they will twist and play with your mind, keeping you on your toes.

Dimas Rio did provide me with an e-copy to read and review, however when I saw it was on audio-book I wanted to give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised with the audio version. The narrator did a great job of bringing the eerie feels of the stories together.

My question to you is …. Who’s There? Are you gutsy enough to find out?

Thank you so much Dimas for sending me an e-copy to read and review. I am intrigued and look forward to more of your work.

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: December 16, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your CREEPY Book Worm

-Nichole

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𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝔻𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕊𝕨𝕒𝕟

𝕋ℍ𝔼ℝ𝔼 𝕀𝕊 ℕ𝕆 𝕊𝕋𝕆ℙℙ𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕀𝕋.

𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℂ𝕃𝕆𝕌𝔻 𝕀𝕊 𝔸ℝ𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔼𝔻𝔻𝕆ℕ, 𝕊𝕋𝔼𝔸𝕄ℝ𝕆𝕃𝕃𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕃𝔻 𝔸𝕋 𝔸 𝕎𝔸𝕃𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℙ𝔸ℂ𝔼.

𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝟘. 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕜𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕊𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕫𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕, 𝕒 𝕡𝕝𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕠𝕩𝕚𝕔 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕜𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕤𝕙 𝕡𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕜𝕪, 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤. 𝔸𝕤 𝔼𝕦𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕, 𝕒 𝕤𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕌𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕨𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖. 𝕍𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕕, 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕝 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕, 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕟𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕤, 𝕟𝕠 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕦𝕡, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖.

𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝟠𝟡. ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕗 𝕒 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔼𝕒𝕤𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕊. 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕦𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕝, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣. 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤, 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕋𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕗 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕦𝕟𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕤. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟’𝕥 𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕦𝕥. ℚ𝕦𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝔻ℕ𝔸. 𝕊𝕠 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕪, 𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕨𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕞𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕝𝕖—𝕒 𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕠𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕟𝕦𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕓𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕝. 𝔹𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞, 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝.

𝕀𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕖𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝 𝕄𝕆ℕ𝕊𝕋ℝ𝔼, 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣 𝔻𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕊𝕨𝕒𝕟 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕤 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕣𝕖-𝕓𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖, 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕗𝕒𝕣 𝕨𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕘𝕠 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕖.

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Genre: Adult | Fiction | Apocalyptic | Science Fiction | Horror

5 out of 5 stars!

Black toxic smoke consuming the world one country at a time!

Evil lurking in the dark!

There’s no where to run, no where to hide…..

Monstre is truly the end of the world.

Duncan’s debut novel Monstre: Volume One was unbelievable! I am completely invested in this world and can’t wait for volume two.

I thoroughly enjoyed the format of Monstre. Jumping back and forth between day 0 when everything went down at the research facility to the future. Watching as people lose their minds doing absolutely anything they can to survive but honestly they have no idea what they will be truly facing when the smoke hits. Monstre is also told from multiple perspectives which only gives more depth to an already amazing read.

Dark, gruesome and incredibly detailed! I have read a lot of grim stories but the emotions, feelings and connections between the characters is what made this story much more gut-wrenching. The recognition, seeing your family, friends, neighbours people you cared for ripped apart or mangled so bad almost to the point where they blended in with earth itself! This is where the story will consume you.

I am absolutely impressed with Duncan’s talented story telling. There was not a single moment where I found myself bored while reading Monstre and just when the story starts to slow and you are ready to take that deep breath between the hard moments your beloved characters are blind sided with another horrid, life changing event.

Monstre will devour your mind and soul.

I was completely absorbed from the very first sentence. Not to mention Duncan keeps you questioning what these Monstre’s are in the dark and where they come from. Hoping to get more answers by the end… but do you?

One of my all time favourite reads of 2020 and I highly recommend it.

Thank you so much to Duncan for sending me a copy to read and review.

Publisher: Super Hoot Publishing

Release Date: September 15, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your MONSTRE Book Worm

-Nichole

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