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:

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.

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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:

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.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

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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

You can check out my video review here:

The Colours of Denial by Arti Manani

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓼𝓪𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓱𝓾𝓻𝓽𝓼, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓮𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓴𝓲𝓵𝓵…

𝓢𝓸𝓹𝓱𝓲𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓷𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓻𝓾𝓷𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂. 𝓒𝓸𝓬𝓸𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓪 𝔀𝓮𝓫 𝓸𝓯 𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓼, 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓷𝓸 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽’𝓼 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵.

𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓮’𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓼 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻. 𝓢𝓱𝓮’𝓼 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓱𝓲𝓶 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓱𝓮’𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓪𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼.

𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮-𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓬𝓻𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓪𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮, 𝓢𝓸𝓹𝓱𝓲𝓪 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓫𝓮𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓽’𝓼 𝓽𝓸𝓸 𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮.

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓓𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓹𝓼𝔂𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓰𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵 𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓸𝓾𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵-𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓲𝓼𝓼𝓾𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝔁𝓲𝓮𝓽𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓽𝓱, 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓵, 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓹𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮.

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩”

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Psychological Thriller | Romance

5 out of 5 stars!

Sophia has clearly suffered a traumatic event, her behaviour shows it. Trying to pull herself together through the nightmares while a dark male figure with a blurry face follows her around. She’s doing the exact opposite! Sophia is hiding more and more, running from those around who love her.

Arti has written an enthralling psychological thriller with The Colours of Denial. Arti’s writing is absolutely stunning, so detailed. While reading you can’t only picture the scenes in your mind but you can almost smell the scents as well. My one very minor flaw was the story jumps back and forth between different time settings and I found the transitions to be a bit choppy and confusing. This was a read that I needed minimal interruptions throughout or I would find myself having to go back to see what I missed or where I got lost. Although, the quick transitions and jumping all over the place went really well with Sophia, the character herself. Her mind was all over the place, playing tricks on her, absolutely scrambled. So Arti’s wiring style along with these scenes made you feel as if you were in Sophia’s head and experiencing this confusion yourself. This is why I say it was only a minor flaw for me in the story as it all comes together and puts you in the shoes of the character.

The ending of this story will surprise you. I had my predictions, I was bouncing back and forth between two of them but had no clue which way it would go or if I was even correct until the very end. Arti will also have you wondering who this dark male figure is following Sophia around until the very end. The suspense keeps you on the edge of your seat needing to know, wanting those answers.

I will be honest while I started reading The Colours of Denial I thought I was going to be giving this read a solid 4 out of 5 stars but with the ending and the Arti’s incredible writing style in the end it was an honest 5 out of 5 stars.

A brilliant psychological thriller!

I look forward to what Arti releases in the future!

Publisher: Independently published (March 12 2020)

Release Date: March 12, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your THRILLING Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

Striker X (The Bold And The Deceptive Book 1) by Negus Lamont

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

BITE by Keelan Berry

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻. 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝘆. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀…” 𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟱-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘆. 𝗛𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗿. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁. 𝗔 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Young Adult | Fiction | Horror | Dark Fiction

3 out of 5 stars

Interesting werewolf twist!

Kevin is your typical teenager dealing with life, school, sports, friends and of course a girl! One day a couple wolves escape the local zoo and Kevin doesn’t think there is any chance he will come by them… until he does and one of them attacks!

Shortly after the attack Kevin starts to experience changes with his body. He becomes more aggressive, more agile, he has so much more strength and all of this contributes to being better in school sports. Kevin has an ideal of what is happening to his body but searches for more answers.

I enjoyed Keelan’s concept on werewolves and the angle he took with how they come to be. I also enjoyed the journal/documentation format Keelan put in place with Kevin’s best friend as well as a doctor Kevin comes into contact with later on in the story, discussing and leaning more about the changes his body’s going through. Keelan was extremely bold with the end of this read, this is where the blood and gore truly came out and Keelan was even willing to kill off some strong characters. This is not easy for an author to do because you don’t want to anger your readers but you also need to keep them on their toes and keep that excitement.

Although in the end I was searching for more of the horror aspect. I wanted more werewolf, more blood, gore… more screams! I found the lead up to this to be very long and the majority of the story was around Kevin and his feelings towards a girl he adores who doesn’t see him in that way and is dating other guys.

I wouldn’t say this book is amazing or mind blowing. It certainly has some neat ideas to it and the ending went out with some true intense crazy! However if this is a glimpse into Keelan’s writing from 4+ years ago than I am certainly intrigued to read more of Keelan’s work knowing he will have grown as an author and had a bit more experience with it all.

Keep up the great work Keelan!

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: August 12, 2016

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Your Howling 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:

Graymatter: A Collection of Horror by Nicholas Gray

𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕤. 𝔸𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕦𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟. 𝔸 𝕄𝕒𝕟 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕪 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕟𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕤. 𝔸𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕒 𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕠 𝕥𝕒𝕡𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤 𝕘𝕠 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕜-𝕠𝕣-𝕋𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣!

𝔾𝕣𝕒𝕪𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕦𝕡 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖. 𝕊𝕠, 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 ℕ𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕤 𝔾𝕣𝕒𝕪 𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔾ℝ𝔸𝕐𝕄𝔸𝕋𝕋𝔼ℝ 𝕚𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕜𝕦𝕝𝕝!

Genre: Adult | Horror | Dark Fiction

4 out of 5 stars! (for the whole collection)

First off I have to start by saying how proud I am of Nick! Nick is a fellow BookTuber and it’s always exciting to see people whom I consider friends making their dreams become a reality. Now to all my readers out there, although Nick is a friend this will not stop me from providing an honest review.

Graymatter is a fun collection! and by that I mean dark, gruesome, spooky but loads of fun. Some great concepts here! These short stories are those type of stories narrated by the main character that end with a big cliffhanger….leaving you wanting more. Oh and I can’t forget each has a great moral to the story as well.

While reading this collection I felt as if I was chilling with Nick while he told me some truly eerie stories. Nick has a way of writing different characters and really bringing their personality traits forward. For example one story is about a dognapper, he makes a living taking other people dogs and than just hangs at home until the owner puts out a reward. Once they do he jumps on it claiming his prize. The guy is an honest dirt-bag and I was appalled the whole time I read this story! Honestly, if you can feel those emotions while reading that’s when you know the author did something right. These are things you just don’t forget even after finishing the read.

There is one tiny negative that pulled my star rating back on this horror collection. Although an editor was hired there seems to be a lot that was missed. Spelling mistakes, grammar, repetitiveness and some sentences weren’t even proper English. Although I can understand these mistakes as everyone is human and while the author is pouring their thoughts and passions out onto paper it takes a lot of time to make the story crisp and clean. Multiple read through’s alone, even before editing (if it’s an option, which isn’t the case for most indie authors). That being said even after taking these steps and even hiring an editor a lot was missed. Although I am not one to talk negative about others or tell them how to do their job, I really feel whoever did edit this collection for Nick did not provide the service he paid for and I hope this won’t deter people from picking it up. Editing can really hurt an author! Some people won’t even finish a read or give it an awful review solely on the editing.

All in all honestly this collection was great! Again, Nick had great concepts, awesome characters and not to forget your mind and emotions will be stirred. I say it’s totally worth giving it a go. Also if you would like to check out my video review on my BookTube channel that would be awesome!

Thank you so much Nick for sending me a copy to read and review. I am so proud to own a physical copy and to have it sitting on my shelves. I can’t wait to see what else you have for us in the future.

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: April 19, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your PROUD Book Worm

-Nichole