In The Hills Above The Gristmill by Kalvin Ellis

In The Hills…. Above The Gristmill

𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳-𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺-𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳-𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩. 𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘣 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥.

𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧, 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘭𝘥-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘹 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯’𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars!

Fanfreakingtastic!

In The Hills Above The Gristmill is one intense book.

Kalvin has shown his true talents as an author with this read. Which might I add is book one in a series I am now obviously VERY excited for. On top of this my mind is truly boggled knowing this is Kalvin’s debut novel!

The main character Paisley is absolutely fearless, she’s your ideal modern day paranormal investigator. At the request of the towns beloved preacher Hollis Grim, Paisley rushes to the very small, incredibly odd, extremely unusual town of Grey Water Ridge.

I was devoted to this read from the very first page…. Kalvin’s writing is immaculate. Each character introduced is so unique and different from the next. The story is eerie and the setting is purely chilling. I don’t think I have ever read a book where I was suspicious about so many characters all at once. Not once did I know for absolutely certain who was the true evil in this story….. Well maybe aside from one scene, but I guess you would have to read it for yourself to know what part I am talking about.

Never a bored moment in this book, the story never falls flat. Even while Kalvin provided some history on the town of Grey Water Ridge I was intrigued. Usually (for myself anyhow) when an author is trying to add that extra knowledge and incite into the plot I find it drags a bit. More like excess filler that doesn’t really need to be there and may create the reader to lose interest. That was not the case with In The Hills Above The Gristmill. The history added to the story, rivalries were present even back when and horrible things happened. This information only helps you understand this town and the people in it even more. I also enjoyed the direction Kalvin took while writing this into the story.

Highly recommend this read. I can’t wait for book two in the series….. Kalvin, if you’re reading this.. hurry up! ha..ha. I guess you can call me a big fan of his work!

Publisher: Infinite Key Media

Release Date: January 9, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your FEARLESS Book Worm

-Nichole

Heir of Lies and Queen to Ashes by Mallory McCartney

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“𝐵𝓎 𝐹𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐹𝓁𝒶𝓂𝑒”

Black Dawn Trilogy – Book One: Heir of Lies

“𝓗𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰. 𝓘𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓾𝓶𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓯𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽, 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓭 𝓭𝓪𝔂𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓸𝓷𝓮’𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓭. 𝓞𝓻 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓴𝓷𝓮𝔀, 𝓫𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓮, 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓻𝓪𝔀 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭.”

𝓔𝓶𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓕𝓪𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰—𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓬𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓶𝔂, 𝓪 𝓼𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓵 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓪𝓫𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓼. 𝓕𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼’ 𝓯𝓸𝓸𝓽𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓹𝓼, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓾𝓹𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓼—𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓢𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓸𝓷. 𝓐𝓷 𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓬𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽, 𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓯𝓾𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮. 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬 𝓼𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓬𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓼 𝓚𝓲𝓮𝓻𝓸, 𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓸𝓾𝓫𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓬𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓶𝔂 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓲𝓽 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓶𝓼.

𝓐𝓷 𝓾𝓷𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓰𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓸𝓰𝓾𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓪𝓬𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓢𝓮𝓪, 𝓣𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓼 𝓜𝓪𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓘𝓼𝓵𝓮𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻, 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓼 𝓜𝓪𝓱𝓮𝓻, 𝓼𝓪𝓲𝓵 𝓽𝓸 𝓚𝓲𝓮𝓻𝓸. 𝓝𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓱, 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝔂𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼, 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓭𝓮𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓕𝓪𝓮𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝔂. 𝓒𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝓭𝓭𝓵𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓹𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓼, 𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓔𝓶𝓸𝓻𝔂, 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓹 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓼 𝓑𝓻𝓸𝓴𝓴 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓜𝓮𝓶𝓹𝓱𝓲𝓼, 𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽—𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱.

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓲𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓭 𝓾𝓹𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓪𝓼 𝓾𝓷𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓮, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓪𝓻 𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓼 𝓚𝓲𝓮𝓻𝓸. 𝓣𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝓻𝓪𝔂𝓪𝓵, 𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓼, 𝓱𝓲𝓭𝓭𝓮𝓷 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓲𝓼 𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷. 𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓸𝓻 𝓫𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷?
𝓑𝓾𝓽, 𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓻’𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓚𝓲𝓮𝓻𝓸 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻, 𝓼𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓲𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓲𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓬𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓶𝔂 𝓪𝓼 𝓔𝓶𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓕𝓪𝓮 𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Young Adult | Fiction | Fantasy | Romance

5 out of 5 stars (for both book 1 & 2)

Alright! So first off, this is a re-release.. how exciting! I LOVE this trilogy so much.

So roughly a year back I read the first book in this trilogy and at the time it was called “Black Dawn.” Before I dived into the second book Mallory reached out to let me know she was re-releasing the whole trilogy with some amazing changes and was wondering if I would read and review it once completed. Of course I was super excited, so I held off on reading the second book and patiently waited for that moment.

Now it’s April 21, 2020 and the first two books in the re-release of the Black Dawn trilogy came out today! Book 1: Heir of Lies and Book 2: Queen to Ashes and shall I say what a fantastic start to this trilogy. I thought I loved book one back when I original read it but oh… this is even better!… How can that be?

The Black Dawn series is one extremely packed fantasy read! It’s full of magic, power, love, lies, jealousy, corruption, war, evil, darkness… even some shape shifting! This trilogy has a little something for everyone.

Mallory’s writing is flawless! An incredible plot and she executed it perfectly!

Heir of Lies invites you into this world, provides the perfect story detail and introduces each character with perfection. Leading you up-to Queen of Ashes were you will be hit with all the dark, evil action!

Don’t get to captivated by the characters though! You may not know exactly what side they are on…. they could be the start of all evil!

So excited for book three to come out! Can’t wait to get my hands on it!

Thank you so much Mallory for sending me copies to read and review of this VERY exciting re-release. This is one thrilling release day!

Publisher: MM Books

Release Date: April 21, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Corrupted Book Worm

-Nichole

The Slave Players and The Meat Hunter by Megan Allen

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓵𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓟𝓵𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓻𝓼

𝑀𝑜𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓃 𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒟𝑒𝑒𝓅 𝒮𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒽. 𝑅𝒶𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝓊𝓃𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝒶𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓉, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓋𝒾𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝑒𝓅𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓂𝒾𝒸 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈. 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒶 𝒸𝒽𝓊𝓇𝒸𝒽 𝒷𝓊𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝒶 𝓌𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒜𝓁𝒶𝒷𝒶𝓂𝒶 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝓎𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒, 𝒶 𝒹𝑜𝓏𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝑒𝑒𝓃𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓋𝒾𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓂𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝒸𝓇𝒾𝓂𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓊𝓁𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒸𝓇𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓋𝑒, 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝒞𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓁 𝒲𝒶𝓇 𝑒𝓇𝓊𝓅𝓉𝓈, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑜𝓃𝒹𝒶𝑔𝑒. 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒮𝓁𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒫𝓁𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝒶 𝒸𝓇𝓊𝑒𝓁 𝑔𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝓎𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓃𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓋𝒾𝓋𝒶𝓁.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Thriller | Psychological Thriller | Historical Fiction

4 out of 5 stars

The Slave Players is definitely a mix of some truly heavy topics.

Megan Allen has created a whirlwind of emotions with this read. Among all the racism and corruption there is a light that is shone through and with it comes some of the most heart warming moments.

The story starts out with such a gut wrenching scene that leads this community into complete chaos. I found the roll switch where the black took power, enslaved the white and the resurrection of the KKK (of sorts) to be a powerful touch. It really puts a different perspective on things and shows all the sadness that was forced upon African Americans during slavery.

Megan’s writing is absolutely brilliant. The story flows from one perspective to the next smoothly, the characters are memorable and the story line is set up perfectly. I found this read to be absolutely compelling and yet extremely heart breaking.

The only thing I was missing in the end, was closure for those who’s lives were lost at the beginning of the story. I wanted to know that true justice was served.

If you are looking for a read that will impact your emotions and will stay with you for a long time, this is one for you.

Publisher: Burn House Publishing

Release date: October 1, 2017

THE MEAT HUNTER

𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝔹𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕡 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕨 𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕗𝕒𝕣𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣’𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕, 𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕓𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕙 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕒 𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕥𝕪. ℕ𝕠𝕨 𝕒 𝕤𝕖𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟, 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕜𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕦𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕦𝕡 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕪’𝕤 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣. 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕥. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔽𝔹𝕀 𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣— 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪’𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕄𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕖𝕝 𝕃𝕒𝕚𝕣, 𝕒 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕡-𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕤𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕤. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕒𝕥-𝕒𝕟𝕕-𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟’𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Thriller | Psychological Thriller | Horror

4 out of 5 Stars

What a unique read!

I would be lying it I didn’t say when I first read the synopsis I was sceptical on how I would feel. Not for any other reason than… I do love animals but sadly I do also eat meat. I don’t think I could ever kill my meal, buying my meat in stores is enough for me. I guess you could call me a “Cellophane Hunter”. I honestly thought a read with this topic would be so hard to push through but surprisingly it wasn’t and it was so very good. Although I can’t say that I don’t consider nearly every day to becoming a vegan since I read The Meat Hunter a few weeks back.

Again Megan’s writing is flawless. Although The Meat Hunter does get very gruesome..(maybe not best to read if you get queasy easy) but it was packed full of so much humour and the research and details was on point. I learnt so much about the meat industry that has left me completely shocked.

Molly was one fantastic character! She was so confident and bold yet she had this innocent side to her and she most certainly knew when to put each of those traits to action. I grew to really love her as a character, add Michael Lair’s character into the picture and that made for the perfect story with some great twists and turns.

The Meat Hunter truly is one of a kind and I couldn’t recommend it enough. Of course I repeat… only if you have a strong stomach! It is so detailed, some of the moments may not sit right for you.

Publisher: Burn House Publishing

Release date: March 20, 2020

I can’t wait to see what Megan comes out with next!

Thank you so much to Megan Allen & Burn House Publishing for sending me these e-copies to review. I am most certainly a new fan of Megan’s work.

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Changed Book Worm

-Nichole

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐞

“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

The Slug Queen Chronicles by S.O. Thomas

“𝕋𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝… 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕙.“

𝒯𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓋𝑒-𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇-𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒞𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓀𝑒𝓉 𝒦𝒶𝓃𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒻𝒶𝒾𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈, 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓉 𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝓈𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝒯𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓁𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝑔𝒾𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝓃, 𝒻𝑒𝓂𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝒮𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓈. 𝒮𝒽𝑒’𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝒶𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓀𝒾𝒹𝓃𝒶𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑜 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒.

𝒞𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓉’𝓈 𝓉𝑜𝑜 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒?

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Middle-grade | Fantasy| Fairy-tales| Fiction

5 out of 5 Stars!

A ᖴᗩIᖇY-TᗩᒪE ᗯOᑎᗪEᖇᒪᗩᑎᗪ!

The Slug Queen Chronicles is packed full of fairy-tale goodness! From Santa to the Tooth-fairy to The House with Chicken Legs… My son and I adored this read.

Be sure to have your concentration hat on when you read this fabulous series. The Slug Queen Chronicles introduces so many characters through-out and it may get a bit confusing at times but it is so worth it in the end.

S.O. Thomas has created a fascinating world with the most lovable characters. Cricket meets some of the most incredible creatures in this world and the most amazing friendships bloom throughout. I won’t say who our favourite characters were, because I don’t want to give anything away. You will just have to read it for yourself!

The Slug Queen Chronicles has got to be one of the most exciting, vivid, colorful worlds I have dived into for some time. Such a brilliant concept and S.O. Thomas executed it perfectly!

My son and I are in love with this world and all of it’s creatures! We both highly recommend this middlegrade read and are so thankful to S.O. Thomas for sending us an e-copy for review!

Publisher: Ichigo Black Books

Release date: March 28, 2020 — OUT TOMORROW! Be sure to go and get your hands on it!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Magical Book Worm

-Nichole

Magna-Blade by Evan Aitchison

Magna-Blade

𝕀𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝟚𝟛𝟙𝟙, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕒𝕣 𝕕𝕦𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕄𝕒𝕘𝕟𝕒-𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕤, 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕥. ℕ𝕠𝕨 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪. 𝔸 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕒𝕟, 𝕂𝕒𝕕𝕠, 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕔𝕜 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕓𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕦𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕓𝕚𝕒𝕤, 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕙𝕠𝕝. 𝕌𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕔𝕚𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕞𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖’𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕪𝕖. 𝕂𝕒𝕕𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕕𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕔 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕦𝕟𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕦𝕟𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕥.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Sci-fi | Dystopian| Fiction

4 out of 5 stars!

Take a look at the cover! If that doesn’t pull you in enough the moment you read the synopsis you will be hooked.

I have been craving sci-fi recently and Magna-Blade was exactly what I needed. Even more of a treat when I found out it was set in a well known city in Canada!

People have survived a life changing war with some of the most dangerous weapons around – Magna-Blades. But no-ones safe just yet!….Someone knows more is coming and they are working tirelessly to stop it! Question’s are …Will they succeed?…Can they do it alone, or will they need help?

Evan has created this revolutionary setting! You still have your high, middle and lower class, people are suffering, hunger, drugs and crime are still present and a form of law enforcement is in place. It reads as if you are in today’s setting with a futuristic twist. This was a huge yes for me! I enjoy stepping out of the real world while reading but really appreciate when there is still be a relate-able feel to it. Helps to really grasp the idea and makes for an engaging read!

The characters are perfectly placed in this world. I try very hard not give any spoilers away while reviewing so I won’t give any names or details. But I will say I really connected with a few of the stronger, main characters. When they were faced with hardships or tough situations it hit hard! Evan’s characters are extremely memorable. I thoroughly enjoy a read where there is a perfect balance between the story line and the characters and I found that was exactly what Magna-Blade did. The perfect amount of detail throughout.

Now you may be wondering why I gave this read a 4 stars when I obviously enjoyed it so much. The one reason I removed a star from my rating is…. the beginning of the story is very fast paced. Almost as something you would see in a immediate scene at the beginning of a movie, to get you quickly up to date on what’s going down. Although this is fine and a lot of reads do this to give the reader some details before they really dive into the story. What got me was there were parts that had me lost or confused. I felt like I was missing a bit of the story that was critical to understanding things as you went on, perhaps details that are important and were glazed over a bit too quickly. Don’t get me wrong! As you go you will understand what is happening and you will get a glimpse of the past. I just feel some bits could have been touched on more.

All of this being said. I obviously really enjoyed this read and gave it a high rating. What makes me very excited about how this read ended off is I felt as if the story was left a bit open but also with enough conclusion at the same time. Which I really appreciate because I don’t feel like I am needing more…. yet if a sequel came of this I most definitely would be jumping at the chance to get my hands on it!

Of course I would recommend this read especially if you are a sci-fi fan. You can never go wrong with such a strong, vivid world like this!

Publisher: Independently through lulu.com

Release date: December 3, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Futuristic Book Worm

-Nichole

Ghosters by Diana Corbitt

𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕧𝕖-𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣-𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕒 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕫’𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕞 𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕞𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣’𝕤 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕪 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝕀𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪, 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕦𝕘𝕒𝕣 𝕤𝕙𝕖’𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕔𝕦𝕡𝕓𝕠𝕒𝕣𝕕. ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟—𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕦𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕗𝕗 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕒’𝕤 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥-𝕠𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕂𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕪. 𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨, 𝔾𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝔻𝕒𝕕’𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕞𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕧𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥. 𝔸𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕁𝕠𝕖𝕪, 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝔸𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕣’𝕤, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝𝕤 𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕂𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕪’𝕤 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥-𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕡𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Middle-grade | Thriller| Paranormal | Fiction

5 out of 5 stars!

YES! This is what I am talking about!

I don’t know about you but growing up I was ghost obsessed. Late on a Friday or Saturday night my family and friends would gather, turn off all the lights, grab a flashlight and creep around the house looking to experience the perfect paranormal moment.

I now get to experience all that same fun with my two boys. It becomes on heck of a great game, on the regular here in our home.

So… what better than a middle-grade where kids are doing just that?!? and they have no idea what they are in for.

When Diana reached out to see if I would be willing to review one of the books from her Ghosters series, I was super excited and I knew exactly who I would be reading it with.

I’ll just put it out there…. my eldest son and I LOVED this read.

Ghosters was exhilarating!

The characters are so well done. Theresa is suffering the older sibling battle after a huge loss in the family and feels she needs to stay strong for her younger brother Joey. Yet she also feels her Dad doesn’t seem to love her as much. When truly she and Joey just have no idea exactly what is going on with their father and his own inner demons he is fighting. Than Joey is this sweet, innocent, easy going brother who looks up to his sister and is so happy to spend time with her. In comes Theresa’s new ghost obsessed friend Kerry to stir up the mix. What a perfect selection of characters!

Diana also kept this middle grade read so gripping by leaving the true reveal till the very, very end. Leaving you to devour this read, needing to know exactly what happens.

Ghosters will have you stir with emotions throughout. Yet in the end Diana pieces everything together perfecting, bringing the whole story together and releasing all of those emotions.

I must add as a mother reading this along side my eldest that I found it very refreshing how Diana not only brought up the topic of loss of a loved one(s) but also notes some mental health. She did it in such a gentle, tasteful way, not to overwhelm a middle-grade reader.

Extremely well done and very entertaining.

We have added the rest of the Ghosters series onto our wish list to pick up in the future.

Currently in the series:

#1: Ghosters #2: Revenge of the Library Ghost #3: Secrets of the Bloody Tower #4: Ghosters go Camping.

Also please note, you do not need to read the series in order. So take a peak, read through the synopsis and see which one will be your first victim!

Enjoy! Happy reading.

Thank you so much Diana for sending us an e-copy to read and review.

We can’t wait to dive into more.

Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing

Release date: May 1, 2017

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your SPOOKED Book Worm

-Nichole

Better You Believe & Sour by Tony Evans

Better You Believe

𝕌𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕟 𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 – 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞. 𝕃𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕧𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕩𝕥.𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕥, 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕. 𝕀’𝕧𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕡𝕡𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕌𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤, 𝕕𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖, 𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕦𝕡? 𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕕𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕣 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕝, 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕊𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕒 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕘𝕠𝕖𝕤 – 𝕄𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕖. 𝕄𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕖. 𝔹𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Urban Legends | Horror | Paranormal

5 out of 5 stars!

Better You Believe is a collection of short stories. All urban legends Tony has come across over the years, while on his own adventures.

Nothing better than the perfect scary story as a kid. What we may not realise at that age, is a lot of the stories that have circled around come from urban legends our parents or family members have heard.

Tony not only brought attention to urban legends I myself had never heard of. He brought them to life, putting his own little spin on them. These are tales that will stick with me for a very long time, perhaps even for life.

These bizarre, creepy, strange stories are very fast paced and will leave you itching for more of each.

Some of the characters are so relate-able and you can’t help but feel emotions along side them, some of these myths will come across very cheeky, but know that there is a good life lesson to learn in each. So be sure to pay attention to the underlining message.

Tony’s writing is so enjoyable. No added filler, no drawn out sections, great story development, the characters are done really well and as I mentioned each story is very fast paced. You will fly through this collection in no time while being entertained the whole time, you may even be shocked by some of the twists that come along.

Yes! Of course I would recommend Better You Believe.

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Publisher: Independently Published

Date: February 11, 2019

NOW!

If Better You Believe sounds like something that would be right up your alley! Than you must check out Sour by Tony Evans

Sour

𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝔸𝕡𝕡𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕒, 𝕒 𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕦𝕣𝕜𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝔾𝕦𝕟𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜 ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕣. 𝔸 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖, 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕤 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕙𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤.

𝕊𝕒𝕞 𝔽𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕝, 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕜𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖… 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪.

𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕠, 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Urban Legends | Horror | Paranormal

5 out of 5 stars!

Sour is a mix of some of the urban legends you may have read in “Better You Believe” all wrapped together in one perfect creepy bundle.

The moment I started to dive into Sour I thought… YES! This is it. I wanted more of these stories and I am getting just that.

Sam has to takes some drastic steps to try and rectify a huge loss after some very poor choices but again things may never be the same and might be better off just left alone.

I really enjoyed Sour, so happy I picked it up immediately after Better You Believe. It helped satisfy some of the thirst I had for more on these legends.

Again I would recommend Sour as well! I may even recommend reading them one after the other so everything is fresh in your mind….. Your welcome!

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I can’t wait to read more of Tony’s work!… Masterpieces.

Publisher: Independently Published

Date: October 19, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Myth of a Book Worm

-Nichole

The Scrimshaw Worm by Daniel Dunkle

𝐼𝓉’𝓈 𝟣𝟪𝟧𝟣. 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒞𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝒶𝒾𝓁 𝑜𝓃 𝒶 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓋𝑜𝓎𝒶𝑔𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈, 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓈 𝒹𝑜𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝒱𝒾𝓇𝑔𝒾𝓁 𝒞𝑜𝒻𝒻𝒾𝓃. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓊𝓃𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓈. 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃, 𝒟𝑜𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝓎, 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒿𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝒹𝓇𝒾𝒻𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓁𝑒𝒷𝑜𝒶𝓉 𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝒷𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒾𝒷𝒶𝓁 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝒹𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒻𝓁𝑒𝓈𝒽. 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒’𝓈 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅… 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓅𝒾𝒸𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓌. 𝒪𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓋𝑜𝓎𝒶𝑔𝑒, 𝒾𝓉’𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓈𝓅𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝓀. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹, 𝓊𝓃𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒’𝓈 𝓃𝑜 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝐼𝒻 𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃, 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒶𝓀𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓇𝓈…

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Horror | Thriller

4 out of 5 stars!

A unique read!

I am a fan of odd, eerie, gruesome reads and The Scrimshaw Worm hit on those themes well.

Your main character, Will seems like a really good guy. He will protect those that just can’t or won’t protect themselves, he also has a soft spot in his heart for some in his life. After a harsh yet passionate act Will’s choices have forced him to serve as a doctor on a Whaling Voyage, even though he promised himself never again. During his journey on the ship they save a women who seems to be a damsel in distress from a dyer situation. Shortly after, crew members start to disappear, some are attacked, some are killed and left for the rest of the crew to find and yet no one knows what’s happening.

The Scrimshaw Worm leaves you antsy to know what or who is attacking the crew.

I enjoyed The Scrimshaw Worm and I am happy I picked it up.

I only have a couple very small reasons why I took a star off my rating and please keep in mind these are my own opinions and you may not feel the same when picking up this read for yourself. These reasons also don’t take away from the story line, characters, plot or Daniel’s writing.

I found the down time in-between the action, although short and not drawn out, was very slow. I wanted to rush through those moments in order to get back to the action. Again this is most likely just me and it may show that the book was well written because I obviously wanted more. Also the down time was not just filler, it was information that was crucial to the story so I had to slow myself down and take it all in. My only other reason was that you got such a strong glimpse of who Will was back on the mainland and a sneak peak into one relationship in particular he held and I found that I missed not having that closure at the end of the story to see how things were off the waters.

All in all I would recommend this read. I think it will be unlike any of the novels you have in your collection currently.

Be sure to check out Daniel’s website @ http://indiehorrorwriter.com/ or give him a follow on twitter @ https://twitter.com/IndieHorrorWri1

Publisher: Independently Published

Release date: May 6, 2018

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Gory Book Worm

-Nichole

The Beast of Bodmin by Mark Edmondson

𝕄𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥?

𝐉𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨, 𝐎𝐂𝐃-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐤 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫.

𝐉𝐨, 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞.

𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫, 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐤’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞.

𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞?

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

“𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓯𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝔂𝓽𝓱”

Genre: Adult | Psychological Thriller | Mystery | Thriller| Fiction

5 out of 5 stars!

The Beast of Bodmin was absolutely hair-raising!

Edmondson had me hooked from the very first page.

Thrillers are my jam!… but putting a spin on it like this, man or beast? What a ride! Knowing a murderer was on the loose was nerve wrecking enough. Not knowing if it was human or some hungry animal had you at the edge of your seat.

Not only is Mark’s writing so easily devoured but the story and characters were executed perfectly. Your main character, Jo had already been through so much which only made her stronger, while also showing her vulnerable side. Although Jo is about to go through SO much more! This creates the perfect protagonist for the reader. Someone you can truly relate with and start to gain some type of emotions for, causing you to become a bit anxious to see if Jo survives in the end.

The characters that surrounded and supported Jo were also so lovely. This novel is truly character driven in the best way possible.

I found myself constantly trying to crack the case while reading, getting into the true mindset of a detective. At times I truly felt I had figured out exactly who or what was committing these murders. Just as I got to that point there was a large plot twist! This was the real gem of this story! … The Beast of Bodmin never got boring!

This will be a favourite of mine for years to come.

Thank you so much Mark for sending me a copy.

Mark did not request that I review his book but of course I wanted to! So many great things to say.

Can’t wait to see what Mark Edmondson comes up with next!

Publisher: The Conrad Press

Release date: September 18, 2018

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Impressed Book Worm

-Nichole