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

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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

You can check out my video review on my BookTube here:

The Slave Players and The Meat Hunter by Megan Allen

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓵𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓟𝓵𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓻𝓼

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

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

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

4 out of 5 stars

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

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

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

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

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

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

Publisher: Burn House Publishing

Release date: October 1, 2017

THE MEAT HUNTER

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

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

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

4 out of 5 Stars

What a unique read!

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

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

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

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

Publisher: Burn House Publishing

Release date: March 20, 2020

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

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

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Changed Book Worm

-Nichole

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐞

“𝔹𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔹𝕠𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝔸𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕆𝕦𝕥𝕝𝕒𝕨𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔽𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝔸𝕋𝔽 𝔸𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥.”

“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐓𝐅 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐱-𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥’𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐬”.

*Photo from my Bookstagram account nichi.i_readpastmybedtime*

𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝙲𝚢𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚋𝚎’𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚞 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚑𝚘𝚕, 𝚃𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘, 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜, (𝙰𝚃𝙵). 𝙰 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝.

𝙰𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝟸𝟽 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝-𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚠, 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚋𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚜, 𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚃𝙵. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚛𝚊-𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚋 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚒𝚝.

𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚒𝚡 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗: 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕’𝚜 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙲𝚘𝚊𝚜𝚝. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚋𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜, 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚜, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚜.

*** 𝒮𝓎𝓃𝑜𝓅𝓈𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓅𝒾𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒶𝓂𝒶𝓏𝑜𝓃.𝒸𝒶

“Consider the source.”
Boots in the Ashes – Cynthia Beebe

Genre: Adult | True Crime/Crime| Autobiography/Memoir| Non-Fiction

5 out of 5 stars!

One incredibly impressive women!

Or shall I say a straight up bad ass!

I have always had an interest in law enforcement and Cynthia’s hard work and determination is absolutely inspiring. Especially during a time when women were not really accepted in that line of work.

Boots in the Ashes takes you through the thrilling ride of 6 major and very dangerous cases Cynthia faced during her career as an ATF agent. These cases are (excuse the pun) mind blowing. You hear of these awful moments in the world happening on the daily through the news and social media. It’s completely different reading it directly from an agents personal experience.

Cynthia was and still is absolutely brilliant! She was trained well and knew exactly how to use her skills. The way she dealt with heated situations and the criminals wrapped up in them, was fantastic. She knew exactly how to read the room and how to work the suspect to find out exactly what they were looking for.

“Timex, it takes a licking and keeps on ticking.”
Boots in the Ashes – Cynthia Beebe (an old Timex advertisement from the 1950’s).

Now just when you see how unbelievable Cynthia is with her career and you don’t think she could get any more fascinating. You get to see a glimpse into her personal life and the struggles she faced but also one of the most heart warming moments in her life, all while being an excellent agent. I know I am being pretty vague with those comments because I try my hardest not to give any spoilers away in my reviews. Which is very hard when you loved a read as much as I loved Boots in the Ashes. I guess you will just have to read it for yourself so see exactly what I mean.

I know 2020 is still so fresh being we are only in the beginning of April but I can easily say that Boots in the Ashes is absolutely one of my favourite reads for 2020.

Boots in the Ashes released February 25, 2020. So be sure to get your hands on it. Read about Cynthia’s compelling ATF agent career!

A read that is easily devoured but yet one that you will want to take your time with.

Thank you so much to Cynthia Beebe for sending me a copy for review. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about your work and experiences. I could sit for hours picking your brain and listening to more stories like these!

Publisher: Center Street

Release date: February 25, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Impressed Book Worm

-Nichole

The Slug Queen Chronicles by S.O. Thomas

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

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

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

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

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

5 out of 5 Stars!

A ᖴᗩIᖇY-TᗩᒪE ᗯOᑎᗪEᖇᒪᗩᑎᗪ!

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

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

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

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

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

Publisher: Ichigo Black Books

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

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Magical Book Worm

-Nichole

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

Your Move by Michelle Young

𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘋𝘌𝘈𝘋. 𝘚𝘏𝘌’𝘚 𝘕𝘌𝘟𝘛.
𝘞𝘏𝘖 𝘊𝘈𝘕 𝘚𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘚𝘛?

𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙎𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧. 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧? 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩? 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣, 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩. 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚. 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧—𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙, 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙞𝙩. 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Psychological Thriller

5 out of 5 stars

A psychological thriller at its best!

Your Move is intense.

It will have you on the end of your seat and your heart pumping.

Michelle blew me away with her writing style, she did so many things right. Not only did she dedicate the perfect amount of time to the plot, really building the perfect layout for the story line but Your Move is also extremely character driven. It’s not easy to get that perfect delicate balance of both worlds but Michelle nailed it.

Your Move will keep you completely engrossed throughout the whole read. Just as you are getting comfortable and really feel you know where the story is going, Michelle throws you for a complete spiral.

Claire will experience memories of her past or the story may jump from present to the future, yet you don’t get a full view into Claire’s history and why she’s hiding. You get that perfect tidbit here and there… Just enough to keep you gripping on… wanting more.

I admired Claire’s strength! I also adored some of the relationships that started throughout this novel, so heart warming and a large piece of the story you will want to cling onto.

Your Move is everything I could ask for in a psychological thriller. It will really mess with your mind. Be prepared!

Thank you so much to Michelle Young for sending me this copy for review.

Michelle is a Canadian author of two poetry books, Salt & Light (2017) and Without Fear (2019). Your Move is her debut novel.

Published: September 5, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Courageous 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

Thank You HarperCollins Canada

A Huge Thank You to HarperCollins Canada

HarperCollins Canada has sent two new thrilling arcs my way for review.

*** Please note these are not my official reviews. I have copied the synopsis’s from amazon, in order to share what the books are about.***

The Nanny by Gilly MacMillan

𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝓃𝒶𝓃𝓃𝓎, 𝐻𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒶𝒽, 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝟣𝟫𝟪𝟪, 𝓈𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃-𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇-𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒥𝑜𝒸𝑒𝓁𝓎𝓃 𝐻𝑜𝓁𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹. 𝐻𝒶𝓊𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓈, 𝒥𝑜 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝓊𝓅 𝒷𝒾𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐿𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝐻𝒶𝓁𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑜𝒸𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒, 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹.

𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓇𝓉𝓎 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝒥𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓊𝒷𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓁𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒, 𝒥𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓌.

𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝓊𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝒸𝓀𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒥𝑜’𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓎𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃. 𝒟𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝒾𝑒𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒶𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓎, 𝒥𝑜 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓃𝒶𝓃𝓃𝓎 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓈, 𝓌𝒽𝓎 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝒻 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇…

Published by: William Morrow

Release date: Sept. 10 2019

Cold Storage by David Koepp

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𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 ℙ𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕘𝕠𝕟 𝕓𝕚𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕠 𝔻𝕚𝕒𝕫 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕒 𝕤𝕦𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕚𝕠𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕜, 𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕒𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖: 𝕒 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕦𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕞 𝕔𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕖𝕩𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟-𝕝𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕝 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. ℍ𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕓𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖-𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪.

ℕ𝕠𝕨, 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕦𝕓-𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕫𝕪. 𝕆𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝔻𝕚𝕒𝕫 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕚𝕥.

ℍ𝕖 𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕦𝕟𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤—𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕩-𝕔𝕠𝕟, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣. 𝕆𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕠 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟. 𝔸𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕦𝕔𝕜, 𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕠𝕣. 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪?

Published by: Ecco

Release date: Sept. 3 2019

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-Nichole

“𝔹𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔹𝕠𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝔸𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕆𝕦𝕥𝕝𝕒𝕨𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔽𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝔸𝕋𝔽 𝔸𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥.”

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

𝕄𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥?

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

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?

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“𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓯𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝔂𝓽𝓱”

𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘋𝘌𝘈𝘋. 𝘚𝘏𝘌’𝘚 𝘕𝘌𝘟𝘛. 𝘞𝘏𝘖 𝘊𝘈𝘕 𝘚𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘚𝘛?

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

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A Huge Thank You to HarperCollins Canada

The Nanny by Gilly MacMillan

Cold Storage by David Koepp

𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘋𝘌𝘈𝘋. 𝘚𝘏𝘌’𝘚 𝘕𝘌𝘟𝘛.
𝘞𝘏𝘖 𝘊𝘈𝘕 𝘚𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘚𝘛?