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.

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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 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

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝐵𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝓎 𝒩𝒶𝓉𝒶𝓁𝒾𝑒 𝐵𝒶𝓃𝓀𝓈

𝒯𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒𝒹𝓎 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒞𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝒟𝓊𝒫𝑜𝓃𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝓊𝓈𝒷𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀, 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃. 𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝓈𝒾𝓍 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒, 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝑔𝑜𝓃𝑒. 𝒲𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒾𝒸𝓀𝓈 𝓊𝓅 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝒽𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒸𝒸𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝒹. 𝐵𝑒𝓌𝒾𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓉 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓋𝒾𝓋𝒾𝒹, 𝒷𝒶𝒹 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝓃, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓏𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓁𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑒𝓍𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒹𝒾𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂. 𝑅𝒶𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓉𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝒰𝓃𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓊𝓅, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓋𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝒶𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝓊𝓈𝒷𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓉’𝓈 𝓉𝑜𝑜 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒.

Genre: Adult | Psychological Thriller | Romantic Suspense | Fiction |

10 out of 5 stars! (Yes it’s that good)

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!

The Moments Between is positively memorising!

Let me start by saying I have been an enormous fan of Natalie’s work for a couple years now. I have read nearly all of her published pieces and dare I say…I think this is her best yet. That comment alone says it all.

The Moments Between is an incredible concept and Natalie executed it perfectly. Truly gripping, yet notably warming. This is a novel you won’t want to put down but will also be terrified to see how it ends.

We’ve all experienced nightmares before but Claire’s nightmare goes beyond a sleepless night! Claire is constantly living in panic, desperate to find a way to keep her husband alive. This would be torment for anyone, let alone a mom of young kids. You will experience a explosion of multiple emotions throughout. One moment you will be in awe of the charming, incredibly relatable characters and the wonderful life they live. Next you will be holding your breath, pleading that everyone is safe.

If reading about this extraordinary family wasn’t enough, this story is packed full of strong underlining messages. For example; Claire and her sister are extremely different women, one is constantly infuriated by the other while also admiring her beauty. While the other is flat out jealous of the others life in a whole. This is where the message of “the grass is always greener on the other side” comes in. As they work through their differences it creates a stronger bond between the two that is so enjoyable. Claire also experiences such gut wrenching fears that leads her to ask a question that I am sure so many of us had wondered before “if God exists, why does he allow bad things to happen?”

I can’t help but feel that the positive moments throughout this read may be a tiny sneak peak into Natalie’s true life story.

Honestly I could go on and on with my thoughts of this book. You just need to read it! Perhaps this is the perfect read to end 2019 off with.

Thank you so much Natalie for sending me a e-copy to review. I cant help but devour everything you write. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next.

Publisher: Champion Books

Release date: December 6, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Peaceful Book Worm

-Nichole

𝒟𝒾𝓈𝒸𝑜 𝒟𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓅 & 𝒢𝑜𝓁𝒻 𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒 𝒷𝓎 𝒞𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓇𝑜𝓃 𝑅𝑜𝓊𝒷𝒾𝓆𝓊𝑒

“𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 “

“𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕜𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕤, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ᔕᑕᖇEᗩᗰᔕ 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟…”

ᗪIᔕᑕO ᗪEᗩTᕼTᖇᗩᑭ

It’s New Year’s Eve 1980, and the students of DeAngelo High School are lacing up their skates for the All-Night New Year’s Lock-In at the Rollerville Roller Disco. Some of them just want to skate and dance the night away to the pounding disco music. Some want to pull a few pranks and have a few laughs. For others, like Dan Parsons, tonight is a chance to move on and forget about his ex-girlfriend, maybe even flirt with Denise, that cute girl behind the snack counter. It seems like nothing can go wrong.But there’s a massive blizzard raging outside, thick snow and ice are piling up against all the doors. There are those rumors that Rollerville was built over part of the old graveyard next door, and someone out there is watching. Also, a strange homeless man in the parking lot says that tonight will be the start of the so-called “Year of Blood.”A night of skating and New Year’s fun is about to turn into a night of violence and bloody mayhem in Disco Deathtrap.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Horror | Fiction

5 out of 5 stars

A safe night turns to be a complete BLOODBATH!

Roubique has done it again! He has to be one of my all time favourite 80’s slasher authors.

Cameron has this way of creating these lively characters, memorable characters, puts them in this overwhelmingly terrifying situation. Some may give up, others will fight till the very end. Meanwhile the reader sits there biting their nails…. waiting to see who survives.

Like most 80’s slasher films you think you know who’s done it!….. But with Roubique’s evil masterpieces… you end up being so very, very wrong. Not only are you shocked on who it was, the murderers motives are gripping their backstories are so detailed. Cameron’s writing in itself is so extremely detailed. Be warned, these reads are not for squeamish people.

In Disco Deathtrap no one is safe! Only one way to find out who survives….

Independently published

Release date: September 30, 2016

……The Year of Blood is not over yet. Just a few short months later!

“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.”

𝔾𝕠𝕝𝕗 ℂ𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖

Ronnie has the perfect summer job at the Indian Hill Golf Course. All day he gets to ride around on mowers and golf carts, check out the beautiful drink cart girls, joke around with his best friend Mark, and get plenty of fresh air and sunlight.That all changes when a huge late spring hailstorm blows in one night, leaving the golf course in shambles. As they clean up all the limbs and downed trees, Ronnie and Mark learn about the Native American Kikawa tribe that was brutally massacred at the top of the hill near the seventeenth green, and the evil medicine man known as Chief Tomahawk who supposedly put a curse on the land. It seems that the curse may prove to be real as the golf course is dogged with bad luck, and a dark figure wearing a wooden Chief’s mask and a black-feathered headdress is watching them from the shadows.Now, in preparation for the biggest golf tournament of the year, Ronnie and the maintenance crew have to come in and work through the night. They are about to find out that Chief Tomahawk has returned, and he wants revenge for his slaughtered people.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Horror | Fiction

5 out of 5 stars

The perfect summer job!… Or so Ronnie thought

Nightmares can hide anywhere… you never know when they will strike, perhaps for an awful revenge!

Golf Curse was such a wild ride! Indian Hill Golf Course really does sound like the perfect summer job, that is until the stories of the land being cursed starts to add up. Enough to terrify the believers anyhow… maybe not so much for the non-believers.

Again the detail in Roubique’s novels astound me. Each character is perfectly placed with a good amount of a background story, helping you decide who the trouble makers are and who the goody too-shoes are. I don’t know about you but I find myself already planning out who may be the first to go simply based on their personalities. Than comes in this whole story behind Indian Hill Golf Course and why they say it’s cursed.

They do say write what you know, which is exactly what Roubique has done. Having the knowledge from working at a golf course himself and man has it worked out for him.

Cameron’s work will keep your heart pounding. Be prepared!

An author I highly recommend across the board. Oh and I can’t forget! His mind blowing covers are his own incredible paintings.

Independently published

Release date: April 19, 2019

“𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤!”

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Petrified Book Worm

-Nichole

Lost in the Clouds: a Journey from Death to the Afterlife by R.K. Gold

𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛, 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧-𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐞𝐮𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞.

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬; 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.

𝐈𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction / Fantasy / Paranormal

5 out of 5 stars

BRILLIANT!

Honestly, this review could stop right here! Simply………Brilliant.

Not only does Gold have some of the most unusual concepts for his novels but his writing is absolutely phenomenal.

Lost In The Clouds is such a thought provoking, profound read. Neville is faced with the hardest moment in his life. Having to sever all ties with the life you lived, saying goodbye to those you love and things that were near and dear to your heart is hard enough. Finding out not everything you thought you knew was honest. This only stirs the pot of emotions much deeper.

Through Neville’s desperate journey to find that closure and to be able to move on, not wanting to face a consequence worse than death itself wasn’t the only heart-full piece of this read. Neville learns about himself, he realises some negative moments in his life he can’t only point the finger at others… he is just as much to blame. This sat heavy with me! It made me think back on my own choices and whether I dealt with them in the purest of heart or out of anger.

One paragraph in this book really stuck with me and will forever have me thinking.

“Who am I to judge what gives us our identity? Many struggle to find meaning in a hundred lifetimes. If you were lucky enough to have a purpose day in and day out, well, perhaps you lived more than most. And if you don’t regret it, why should I regret it for you?”

I took so much from this incredibly powerful read. Be honest to yourselves, be honest to others, have the utmost respect for everyone and everything around you. Don’t ever take advantages of moments, hold your memories close. Life is meaningful and we only get one to live. Don’t have any regrets.

Thank you so much to R.K. Gold for sending Lost In The Clouds to me. R.K. did not ask me for a full review but I was so moved by it….I had to.

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Motivated Book Worm

-Nichole

Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai

𝐼𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝒹𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒱𝒾ệ𝓉 𝒩𝒶𝓂 𝒲𝒶𝓇, 𝐻ằ𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒽, 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒾𝓇𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉, 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒶𝒻𝑒𝓉𝓎 𝒾𝓃 𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶. 𝐼𝓃 𝒶 𝓈𝓅𝓁𝒾𝓉 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹, 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒽 𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝒾𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓇𝓂𝓈—𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐻ằ𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓇-𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝓎.

𝒮𝒾𝓍 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝐻ằ𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒱𝒾ệ𝓉 𝒩𝒶𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓃 𝒯𝑒𝓍𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓇𝑒𝒻𝓊𝑔𝑒𝑒. 𝒮𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓃 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝐿𝑒𝑒𝑅𝑜𝓎, 𝒶 𝒸𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝒷𝑜𝓎 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒷𝒾𝑔 𝓇𝑜𝒹𝑒𝑜 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈, 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒽𝑒𝓇.

𝐻ằ𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒿𝑜𝓎𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒽. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓏𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎, 𝑜𝓇 𝒱𝒾ệ𝓉 𝒩𝒶𝓂, 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝓇𝓊𝓈𝒽𝑒𝒹. 𝒯𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁𝓈 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇, 𝐻ằ𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓈𝑜 𝒻𝒶𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒹𝑜 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝒹𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒶𝓅.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Young Adult | Historical Fiction

3 out of 5 stars

Butterfly yellow is a heavy story about the awful kidnappings that happened during the Vietnam War and sits close to home for Thanhha Lai herself. She fled Vietnam during the war with her family and ended up in Alabama, USA.

Knowing the concept of Butterfly Yellow sat so close to her personal life story, right away I thought I was going to be raving about this read.

Although the story is heart wrenching I didn’t enjoy it near as much as I thought I would. Which honestly breaks my heart to say and makes me feel awful, especially being such a raw look into true moments from the past and touching on awful moments that still happen to this day in some countries.

Butterfly Yellow had huge potential to be an extremely powerful story.

The first 70-80 pages of this book started off amazing with Hang finally reaching the US to find her brother, who she believed to still be in danger. But as Hang met LeeRoy a wonderful young man willing to help Hang in her desperate travels. The story started to fall apart. I found it very choppy and as if details were left out. I was finding myself having a hard time following what was happening, almost as if the plot needed more context. There were also added moments of drama that I felt didn’t need to be in this already overwhelming sad story.

I have heard raving reviews on Thanhha Lai’s Inside Out & Back Again, which is written in verse. There were moments while reading Butterfly Yellow that I felt Lai was almost heading toward writing in that format. Maybe that would have brought this read to life for me….. I don’t know.

All this being said, Butterfly Yellow is not an awful novel and many would connect with it on a different level than I have.

I am not upset by any means that I read Butterfly Yellow. It brings attention to events that shouldn’t be ignored or forgotten and if history is an interest of yours at all, than I do suggest you give this one a go.

Thank you so much to HarperCollins Canada & HCC Frenzy for sending this arc my way for review.

Publisher: HarperCollins

Release date: September 3, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Heart Felt Book Worm

-Nichole

Cold Storage by David Koepp

ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴘᴇɴᴛᴀɢᴏɴ ʙɪᴏᴛᴇʀʀᴏʀ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ʀᴏʙᴇʀᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴀᴢ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴠᴇꜱᴛɪɢᴀᴛᴇ ᴀ ꜱᴜꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ʙɪᴏᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ, ʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜰᴀʀ ᴡᴏʀꜱᴇ: ᴀ ʜɪɢʜʟʏ ᴍᴜᴛᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴍ ᴄᴀᴘᴀʙʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴇxᴛɪɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ-ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ ᴅᴇꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. ʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴜʀɪᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ɪɴ ᴄᴏʟᴅ ꜱᴛᴏʀᴀɢᴇ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ʙᴇɴᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ-ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ ʀᴇᴘᴏꜱɪᴛᴏʀʏ.

ɴᴏᴡ, ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴅᴇᴄᴀᴅᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜰᴇꜱᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴀ ꜰᴏʀɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ ꜱᴜʙ-ʙᴀꜱᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴍᴇɴ ʜᴀꜱ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪᴛꜱ ᴡᴀʏ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜱ ᴏɴ ᴀ ʟᴇᴛʜᴀʟ ꜰᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ ꜰʀᴇɴᴢʏ. ᴏɴʟʏ ᴅɪᴀᴢ ᴋɴᴏᴡꜱ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ɪᴛ.

4 out of 5 stars

If you know anything about David Koepp or have read up on him. Koepp is an American screenwriter and director. Best known for his work on Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Panic Room and War of Worlds.

I could completely see Cold Storage being adapted into film. It absolutely read like a movie setting.

You start off with your flash back into 1987, where you are introduced to the organism and find out just how much destruction it can cause.

Flash forward into the modern day and in comes new characters that are completely in the dark and have no idea what exactly is in the sub-level of this building or the awful things that happened decades ago.

Until the story takes a harsh turn, bringing the experienced together with the inexperienced in a rush to save humanity.

The reason for me knocking 1 star from my rating was how slow the plot and character growth was, at least after the original impressive flash back in 1987. The next few chapters seem to drag on a bit. Also some content in my opinion felt like unneeded story filler. But I tell you, once you get through the slow gap in the first half of the book it really starts picking up.

Cold Storage becomes chilling. I felt I couldn’t put the book down until I knew exactly what happened and if the trio was successful.

The outcome was exactly what I was hoping for and that is not always the case when reading a book. This was very refreshing.

If you are a lover of scifi, horror, mystery, thriller. I think you will devour Cold Storage.

I would love to see Cold Storage on the big screen one day.

Thank you so much to HarperCollins Canada for sending this arc my way for review.

Publisher: Ecco

Release date: September 3, 2019

Only a couple weeks away! Mark your calendars. You don’t want to miss out on Cold Storage.

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Terrifed Book Worm

-Nichole

Beds Are For Flowers by R.K. Gold

𝐀 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞-𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

𝒞𝓁𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽. 𝐵𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝑜𝓇, 𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓇𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓈. 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝒸𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓈𝑒, 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝒹𝒾𝒹𝓃’𝓉 𝒹𝒾𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝓌𝑒𝒶𝓀 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓃𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝒾𝒸𝑒 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐸𝓃𝒹.

𝐻𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓁𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐸𝓃𝒹, 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑔𝓊𝒾𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒞𝓁𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒’𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝒾𝓃 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓂.

𝒞𝓁𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒, 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝒶𝓀𝑜𝒷𝒶, 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒥𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝑅𝑒𝒹 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇, 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃-𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈𝒽𝒾𝒻𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Middle Grade

Genre: Fantasy

5 out of 5 stars

Since Beds Are For Flowers is a middle grade read, I had the joy of getting to read this with my eldest son. We both absolutely loved this read and highly recommend it.

R.K. Gold is a indie author I met through BookTube. He has always been so inspirational and really has a way with words. When I heard he had started a middle grade series I knew I had to get my hands on it.

The middle grade world is absolutely saturated with fantasy. Making it extremely hard for an author to release something unique into the mix. Dare I say R.K. did just that! He amazed me with the world of Ganedyn.

Beds Are For Flowers is a beautiful story, with sensational characters that will take your breath away. The thought of being born into a bland, color-less world where each and everyday you are worried for your loved ones. Knowing, by facing your fears you may be able to set the pieces of the puzzle back together. Changing things for the best out come possible.

We were hooked! Eager to find out if Clarence, Jesse and Wakoba succeeded in their journey.

I often say that indie authors write some incredible gems. I can’t stress enough how important it is to support indie authors. Trust me, you may find your next top favourite read.

Be sure to check out this series by R.K. Gold!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Colorful Book Worm

-Nichole

FrightVision Book 1 | The Cursed Coin by Culliver Crantz

𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘? 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝 ℝ𝕁 𝕚𝕤. 𝔾𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣, 𝕊𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕪, 𝕚𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕦𝕝-𝕕𝕖-𝕤𝕒𝕔 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞, 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕦𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕤 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕕𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣.

𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕣𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕚𝕟, ℝ𝕁 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕚𝕥, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕝. 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 ℝ𝕁 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕣𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟?

The Cursed Coin is just the beginning of the many nightmares that await from the haunted mind of Culliver Crantz and his multiple personalities.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars

My oldest son and I had a blast reading this first edition to the FrightVision series and both agree on the 5 stars!

The Cursed Coin brought me right back to my childhood. I loved Goosebumps, especially the show.

You know the innocent kids, weird things start happening, parents are almost completely oblivious to what’s happening around them. Only for a huge plot twist at the end, when the parents come to understand what their kids were trying to tell them… yet a little to late, as their kids seem to already have it under control. OR…. better yet…..the parents are in on it!

We did NOT want to put this book down. … “Oh just one more chapter!”

Incredible story with amazing characters.

RJ and his sister have one of the best siblings relationships I have read in a story. RJ may be a scaredy cat but when Shelly starts losing her confidence or seems to be in any sort of danger, he works hard to over come his fears. I also enjoyed the love RJ clearly had for his father. Although his father may not be a large character throughout the story, seeing that close relationship was a great addition.

Can the ever growing, strong relationships help RJ pull through all the mayhem? I guess you will just have to read for yourself.

FrightVision is bringing the modern day fresh new spin on Goosebumps and we are living for it!

Thank you so much to FrightVision for sending book one our way to review. You have created two new crazy fans!

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Fellow Impaler

– Nichole