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

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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

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𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩-𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣-𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚, 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧-𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨-𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨.

𝙃𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙩. 𝙑𝙚𝙭 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙-𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩-𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙬𝙤. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠, 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙪𝙥𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙨.

𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙂𝙁, 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨. 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙛𝙤𝙭 𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙨: 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙑𝙚𝙭 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙢.

𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝-𝙤𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧, 𝙑𝙚𝙭’𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩. 𝙃𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙪𝙣𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨.

𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢.

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Sci-fi | Gamelit

5 out of 5 stars

What a STRIKING read!…(see what I did there?)…But honestly Striker X is such a colorful, vivid, exciting, yet dangerous world.

Vex is such a powerful, dominate character! Driven to be so much more than his father ever was or believed him to be. He has his guard up, thick skin protecting him from emotions of those around him. Vex is here to do his job and nothing more. However as the story goes on you see Vex grow emotionally is so many ways.

Vex’s day to day work as a Striker in the Interplanetary Galactic Force is dangerous enough hunting and killing these unimaginable beasts but he’s not worried. Vex knows his strength and ranking is well suited and deserved, yet he is completely blind to the corruption happening close to home. Although I don’t know who should be worried more… Vex is truly an unstoppable force to be reckoned with. One heck of an incredible character!

Negus’s world building is so imaginative. The creatures, sights, scents, right down to the almost daily oxygen level checks with Vex’s navigator is so intricately placed to devour the reader into another world.

I would love to see this duology adapted not only into film but a video game as well. This would be absolutely insane and it needs to happen!

I was so lucky to be able to review Striker X by listening to the audio book and let me tell you the story itself is already an impact, let alone an audio-book put together as well as this. The narrator did such a fantastic job, the sound effects and added music was not over powering nor did it take away from the story telling itself.

This is defiantly a read for sci-fi, video game lovers. Thank you so much Negus for sending me a copy to read and review. I look forward to Striker Y.

Publisher: Masani Press

Release Date: August 27, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your THIRD HIGHEST RANKED Book Worm

-Nichole

Eyes of A Runner by Skyler D’Vincent

𝔽𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕, 𝕊𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤. 𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕊𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕟 𝔻𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝔸𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕪. ℍ𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕠𝕞 𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕣𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕝 𝕤𝕞𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕘𝕒𝕟𝕘, 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕒 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕. 𝔸𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕊𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕣 𝕌𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕟 𝔻𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕-𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝔻𝔸. 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡𝕤, 𝕊𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕤𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕠 𝕠𝕗 ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕐𝕠𝕣𝕜 ℂ𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕝𝕚𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕕𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕖𝕤. ℍ𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕒𝕣 𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤, 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪, 𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝕊𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕡𝕦𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕙𝕪𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕞𝕒 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕣, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕒𝕪. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕚𝕤𝕞 𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕡𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕖, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕊𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤: 𝕊𝕖𝕝𝕗-𝔸𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕣 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙.

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

“𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓮, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓭𝓲𝓮 𝓪𝓼 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽.”

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Dystopian

4 out of 5 stars!

I love dystopian reads and Eyes of A Runner did not disappoint!

Eyes of A Runner is this dark world controlled by this over powered, corrupted Government and one tough, resilient young lady eager to take matters into her own hands!

Skyler created this incredible world with such relatable characters. All while incorporating past and current world problems (with his own spin of course). The underlying messages throughout this read are extremely powerful. The realism that parts of this world Skyler has created could potentially become our world or darn close to our world is whats truly terrifying.

Skylers’s writing is wonderful and full of vivid description. There is this one line that really stood out for me “The com-link was suddenly flooded with the sounds of gum popping before the women on the other end chimed in”. I couldn’t only picture this scene playing out in my mind but I could hear it.

Although this is a heavy story Skyler made sure to splash in some humour helping to break the story up and add in some well needed goofy, happy moments.

Skyler’s characters are phenomenal! Main characters stand out but when the supporting characters are just as strong, this really captivates me as a reader. Sarina is stubborn and she wants to change the world but when faced with a tough situation her passion to take charge herself completely takes over, leaving her with absolutely no disregard on how her actions may danger those around her.

Annelise is tough and extremely direct. She has no problem putting Sarina in her place and telling her straight up how it is. (She also has one of my all time favourite lines in the book, you will just have to read it and see).

Daniel is mysterious, flat out dangerous yet you can see his kind heart. He may be one of my favourite characters… I’m not sure just yet.

Honestly, I just can’t wait to read more in this world and to learn more about these characters. Oh and before I go, I have to tell you some of these characters had under gone some extensive alterations by the UDA and have now become some type of “super soldier”….. yeah you heard me right!

Point is I say people should be definitely picking up Eyes of A Runner and giving it a go.

Thank you so much Skyler for sending me a copy to read and review, I look forward to book two!

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: September 12, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your CORRUPTED Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

In The Beginning by Nick Girard

𝐼𝒩 𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝐵𝐸𝒢𝐼𝒩𝒩𝐼𝒩𝒢 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝒶𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐸𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒 𝓅𝓊𝓇𝓅𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝒶 𝒸𝑜𝓈𝓂𝒾𝒸 𝒷𝒶𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐻𝑒𝓁𝓁.

𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝒶𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓂𝒷𝓁𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓁𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒷𝒶𝓉 𝐿𝓊𝒸𝒾𝒻𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒, 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒹𝒾𝓋𝓊𝓁𝑔𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃’𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝒽𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓁𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝑒𝓍𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒. 𝒜𝓃 𝓊𝓁𝓉𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓂𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓅𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒹𝒶𝓎. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻-𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓇𝓊𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃, 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒸𝓊𝓂𝒷 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝑜𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝓊𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎. 𝒜𝓃 𝑒𝓅𝒾𝒸 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝓊𝓁𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝒻𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝒻 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐻𝑒𝓁𝓁.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Supernatural Thriller | Suspense

4 out of 5 stars!

What a unique read!

In The Beginning is Nick’s intense and thrilling story of how heaven and hell became what they are, how Lucifer was banished to hell and the truth that comes forward when two people destined to be in love changing life forever.

I was in shock of how well Nick switched the rolls of God and Lucifer. To feel so many frustration and anger towards God but to feel your heart soften when Lucifer was around. So many emotions to be had in this read!

The second half of this story was written as The New Testament and this is where the two innocent humans who are madly in love come into the picture. Their lives are not overly extraordinary, they struggle day to day as many of us do but they have each other to live for. They strive to do good and to make the world better any little way they can while dealing with their own life problems. Until something awful happens, pulling them apart and one of them feels forced to become bad in the world, do harm themselves and contradicting everything they stood for. I found this part fascinating and yet I found it made me fight with myself and my own beliefs ….perhaps what I may do if faced with this situation myself..

Nick’s writing is captivating, fast and to the point. This is such a quick read and although Fiction it may open your eyes to so many things going on around the world. Such a great underlying meaning in this read.

Thank you so much Nick for sending me a copy to read and review. I appreciate it so much and can’t wait to see what you else you put out into the world with that fascinating mind of yours!

“The End

I love you Cake“

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: April 6, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your CAKE EATING Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

Take What You Can by Heather Garvin

𝒫𝒶𝒾𝑔𝑒 𝐿𝒶𝓌𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒿𝓊𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝒾𝑔𝒽 𝓈𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝓆𝓊𝒾𝑒𝓉 𝓈𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐹𝓁𝑜𝓇𝒾𝒹𝒶’𝓈 𝓈𝓊𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐹𝓇𝑒𝒹𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒫𝓇𝓎𝒸𝑒, 𝒶 𝒻𝒶𝓇 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝑜𝓇𝒹𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝑔𝓊𝓎 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉. 𝒫𝒶𝒾𝑔𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃’𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝓇𝒾𝑔𝓊𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝐹𝓇𝑒𝒹𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝒷𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒶𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝓊𝑒𝓁 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒. 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒫𝒶𝒾𝑔𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓉𝒶𝒷𝓁𝓎 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒽, 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒶𝒻𝑒𝓉𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓈𝑒𝒹. 𝒩𝑜𝓌, 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝑜𝒻 𝐹𝓇𝑒𝒹𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝑔𝒶𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈, 𝒫𝒶𝒾𝑔𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝑜 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒹𝑒𝒻𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Young Adult | Fiction | Contemporary | Romance |Thriller

4 out of 5 stars!

COMING THIS MONDAY JULY 27, 2020! MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

I am blown away! Take What You Can is Heather Gavin’s debut novel! This is why I love reading, there is so much talent in the world.

Paige is this well behaved, shy, gullible, keep to herself type of lady. (That is of course until she meets Fredrick).

Fredrick is this mysterious, dark, yet alluring handsome young man that all girls could fall for.

The supporting characters in this story… Josh, Leah, Luke, Dan, Melissa, Connor, Jason, Kelly and Paige’s father are so well done. If you are a reader drawn to character driver stories, Take What You Can is definitely for you. BUT! It doesn’t stop there! Take What You Can is packed full of drama, excitement and action. So…if an exciting story line is your cup of tea, well than Take What You Can is the perfect read for you too!

The splash of romance was just the right amount and every bit mysterious and puzzling. Paige had this gravity pull to Fredrick, she just couldn’t get enough. Yet Fredrick was closed off, guarded and wouldn’t come out honestly to Paige on what his true feelings were or what he wanted from her.

The only reason I removed one star from my rating is when it came to new situations Paige was in, something bad would happen and yet Fredrick was always there to save the day. Although this did highlight Fredrick’s character showing how protective he was over Paige and how mysterious he really was. I found it a little unnatural on how often this scenario would hit. I know so many people would disagree with me and a younger adult would absolutely love this aspect and would tell me that Paige was in some of those situations simply because she got intertwined with Fredrick and his friends. I would 100% agree and I know this was Heather’s meaning for the characters. I just found it a bit repetitive. This was such a SMALL, SMALL thing to me and doesn’t stop the fact that I absolutely LOVED this read and would highly recommend it!

Honestly! If this is Heather’s debut novel, I can’t wait to see what else she brings into the book world and I most definitely can’t wait for book two.

Thank you so much Heather for sending me an ARC to read and review. It means so very much to me.

Publisher: Tuskan Publishing

Release Date: July 27, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your PIRATE Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

Scratches by Joshua Marsella

𝔸 𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡 𝕚𝕟𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕥 𝕒 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕒 𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖. 𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕕𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕒. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕒 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕪. ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙?

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Dark Fiction | Horror

5 out of 5 stars!

What an amazing debut novella!

Joshua Marsella is a new horror author in the book community and we all adore him so! He is such a fantastic guy!

Scratches is packed full of eerie goodness with a twisted, yet bitter, heart-wrenching story line!

Connor and his Mother may have a disconnected relationship and for very obvious reasons (as you learn throughout this read). Yet there are moments in this story where you will love what they have (although they are few). Connor has moved into this home not knowing the relative in a close personal way, he has no idea what their past was and what type of person they were. This shows to be truly terrifying when the evil is stirred.

I feel so many teenagers would find Connor relate-able and Scratches may remind us all about moments we may have experienced from our childhood. Moments where are minds truly mess with us but Connor was truly living it and how terrifying it was! I couldn’t imagine experiencing these horrifying moments, thinking you may be absolutely insane but yet it feels so real. Reaching out to your Mother or people around you subtly trying to seeing if you can get some answers and them shrugging it off telling you its all in your head. Although they may know that’s not true, they just don’t want to believe it’s happening, they don’t want to have to deal with such evil again.

Joshua’s writing is fantastic! Scratches is so fast pace and each page of this novella is packed full of dark goodness. Don’t get me wrong, although I said I feel Connor would be so relate-able to many teenagers, this is not a read for young! It would scare the pants right off them.

I am so happy I dived into this read! I was absolutely consumed and I can’t wait to see what else Joshua has in store for us. Call me a new dedicated fan!

“𝙏𝙃𝙐𝘿 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝘼𝘼𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙏𝙃𝙐𝘿 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝘼𝘼𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙏𝙃𝙐𝘿”

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: May 11, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your BASEMENT Book Worm

-Nichole

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The Goodbye Family and the Great Mountain by by Lorin Morgan-Richards

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘖𝘵𝘪𝘴, 𝘗𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦. 𝘗𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘖𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘖𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘻𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴. 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴? 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵-𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘓𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘥.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

4 out of 5 stars!

Such an imaginative story!

Otis, Pyridine and Orphie are some of the most odd, unusual and exciting characters I have met.

During their carriage ride through the underworld to save their family business they also meet some of the most unique characters, they speak with the most unique characters…. (and for Otis’s sake, even some animals).

The Goodbye Family and The Great Mountain is such an amusing, whimsical read. Perfect for all ages really but especially young readers! A way for them to explore their minds and explode their imaginations.

Lorin Morgan-Richards created this fast paced, thrilling Wild-West meets The Addam’s Family esk read. You will fall in love with the characters and the story will absolutely consume you. The chapter heading illustrations throughout are absolutely delightful and truly add to the story.

I can’t thank Lorin Morgan-Richards enough for sending me a copy to read and review. This will be one to go back and re-read and I also can’t wait to see what else Lorin Morgan-Richards has in-store for us!

You can check out my BookTube Review here:

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Publisher: Raven Above Press

Release date: February 16, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Magical Book Worm

-Nichole

The Unworthy Blood Knight by Negus Lamont

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖀𝖓𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖞 𝕭𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝕶𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖋𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖘𝖞 𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖊 𝖋𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍, 𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖞, 𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖈, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖒𝖆𝖞𝖍𝖊𝖒.
𝕴𝖓 𝖆 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖛𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖈𝖚𝖒 𝖇𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖔𝖙𝖙𝖔𝖒 𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝖈𝖑𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖈’𝖘 𝖇𝖔𝖔𝖙, 𝖅𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖊’𝖘 𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖞 𝖜𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖆 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙.

𝕱𝖔𝖗 𝖆𝖘 𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖘 𝖅𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗, 𝖘𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖆 𝖋𝖆𝖎𝖑𝖚𝖗𝖊. 𝕭𝖚𝖙 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝖅𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖊 𝖋𝖆𝖎𝖑𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖓 𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖉𝖊𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝖛𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙, 𝖘𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖔𝖘𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖞 𝖌𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖕 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖆𝖈𝖈𝖊𝖕𝖙 𝖍𝖊𝖗.

𝕷𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖔𝖙𝖙𝖔𝖒 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖘 𝖆 𝖙𝖔𝖝𝖎𝖓 𝖜𝖎𝖊𝖑𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖛𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖎𝖗𝖊, 𝖘𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖞 𝖙𝖗𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖋. 𝖂𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖛𝖎𝖈𝖎𝖔𝖚𝖘 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 𝖆𝖙 𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖇𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖚𝖓𝖜𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖈𝖑𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖘 𝖆𝖙 𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖙, 𝖘𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖋𝖎𝖓𝖉 𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖊 𝖔𝖗 𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖆𝖘 𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖞 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖗.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

4 out of 5 stars!

The Unworthy Blood Knight is a different vampire tale.

Most Vampire stories I have read or movies I have watched human’s fear this superior creature, knowing we don’t stand a chance against them. In this unique read Vampires are seen as the scum on earth and man kind is the dominate creature.

Zurie is misunderstood and seems to mess up a bit and when she fails to warn the only group that has truly accepted her of an attack, she loses everyone and ends up alone. More than anything Zurie wants to become a Blood Knight and to gain whatever bit of higher respect she can. This is where the story takes off as you follow Zuire through her experiences of doing just that.

I enjoyed this story and Negus’s writing was done well. At first when I picked this up I found it to be a bit slow and I was not really invested in any of the characters nor was I consumed by the story line. Until I got to one paragraph in particular that was written so well it pulled me in.

“We are the superior creature, and yet you let them sleep in peace during the night. They should be cowering behind their crosses every single night. Not sleeping in silk threads and marble towers, while you what? You eat rations you hate and live in servitude to the boot on your face. Forced to live huddled together in rat-infested dens.”

This is where I thought, YES! we as humans should be in fear of their kind and not dominating them. At this point I was intrigued and wanted to dive deeper into the story.

If Vampires are you thing! I say give this a go.

Thank you so much Negus for sending me a copy to read and review, I greatly appreciate it!

Publisher: Masani Press

Release Date: March 10, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your SUPERIOR CREATURE Book Worm

-Nichole

Of Rioters & Royals (Swift Shadows Book 1) by M.L. Greye

“𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓮𝔂𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓻 𝓭𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓪𝓫𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓼?”

𝓞𝓯 𝓡𝓲𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 & 𝓡𝓸𝔂𝓪𝓵𝓼

𝐸𝓂𝓇𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 – 𝒶 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹. 𝒜𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝓀𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓈. 𝐻𝑒𝓇 𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝑔𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝑒𝓉𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝒻𝒶𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈’𝓈 𝒦𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓂, 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽, 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝓅𝓁𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈: 𝑅𝒾𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁𝓈. 𝐹𝒾𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈. 𝒲𝒶𝓇 𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹.
𝒟𝑒𝒸𝓁𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝑅𝒾𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓇. 𝒜𝓃 𝓊𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑒𝓇. 𝒜𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓉. 𝐻𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒥𝑒𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓈 – 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒾𝑔𝓃 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹. 𝒴𝑒𝓉, 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝓊𝓅 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑀𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈, 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝒾𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝒾𝓂. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈’𝓈 𝒦𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉. 𝐻𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓀, 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝐸𝓂𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒽𝑒’𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Young Adult | Fiction | Fantasy| Powers/Magic | Romance

4 out of 5 stars!

A great young adult fantasy with a unique concept.

Now a days it’s truly difficult for authors especially when writing in a heavily popular genre and reading age. Finding something unique to the story, something to keep the reader engaged and wanting to read on. Almost every story has been written; so what can an author do to set it aside from other fantasy reads, to make sure it’s not just a clone of the book it sits next to on the shelf. M.L. Greye found a way with Of Rioters & Royals.

At first I thought “Hm… eye color determines your abilities?….So blue is this and brown is that…?” Man was I wrong. M.L. went into a bit more detail than just one color. Even the flecks of different colors in your eyes can choose a mix of abilities .. all depending on how many colors you have blended into those eyes of yours. This concept pulled me right in! I couldn’t help but want to know the characters and what abilities they may have been blessed with.

The story started off with destruction; the world felt a lot like what we are dealing with in today’s life. Sickness, disease, isolation, rationing, desperation and more. The only tiny, slight problem I had with this read was the story started out with chaos and than slowed right down until we got closer to the ending where it started to pick up again.

Now I understand world building is crucial for an author! Introducing their readers to this world they have created (especially when its a series, not a stand alone) the first book or two is the authors chance to set the world up, introduce the characters and this can tend to slow the pace of the read down. This being said, it didn’t take away from the read or make it bad in any way. I just wanted a bit more buzz.

Emory and Declan are fantastic characters! I love how Declan is out to betray Emory but finds out that it may not be as easy as he planned and Emory may have an idea of exactly what is going on. Their connection in the story is something to cherish. As the story goes they become closer, more connected and in ways that they could never have expected. Of Rioters & Royals is pretty romance heavy and rightfully so. If romance is not your thing, you may not enjoy this read. Although I say it’s still worth giving it a go since there is so much more to the story and you may just devour it.

Thank you so very much to M.L. Greye for sending me an e-copy to read and review. I look forward to seeing where their story goes from here in book two.

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: January 17, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your GREEN EYED Book Worm

-Nichole

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