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.

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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

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𝓔𝓵𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓴𝓼: 𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓮𝓵 & 𝓜𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬 𝓑𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓞𝓷𝓮 𝓫𝔂 𝓜.𝓐. 𝓛𝓮𝓸𝓷

“𝒯𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝓊𝓃.” 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒥𝒶𝓀𝑒’𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓊𝓇𝑔𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒. 𝒥𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹, 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒥𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶 𝓈𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒, 𝑔𝒾𝒻𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸, 𝓈𝑜𝑜𝓃 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸 𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝒷𝒾𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓇: 𝒶 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃.

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓃𝓊𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒶𝓅𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓅𝓉𝓈. 𝒜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓅𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓅𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝒸𝒶𝓇𝒸𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝑜𝓃’𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒸𝒶𝓅𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓂.

𝒜𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓎, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉 𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑒; 𝒶 𝒻𝒾𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒷𝓇𝓊𝓃𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒥𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝓎𝓈’ 𝓊𝓃𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓇𝓊𝓃-𝒶𝓃𝒹-𝒽𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝑔𝓎 𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝑒𝓁𝓈.

𝒯𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝒶𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓊𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒𝓈, 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈. 𝒜𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝓇𝒶𝓀𝑜𝓃𝓈, 𝒥𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎’𝓋𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒. 𝒞𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒹𝑒𝒻𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓅𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝐸𝓁𝒶𝒷𝓇𝒾𝓊𝓂? 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓇𝒹𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓂, 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝓋𝑒𝓈, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓃𝑒𝓌𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁?

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

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Genre: Young Adult | Fiction | Fantasy | Historical Fiction

4 out of 5 stars!

Phenomenal characters and outstanding world building!

Jake and Louie really set the bar in this story, these two will completely warm your heart. Brothers thrown into an awful situation but that’s okay! These two can hold their own and nothing will get in the way of protecting each other. Two extremely strong and forever loyal young men!

Elemental Links is packed full of incredible characters. Each story needs to have those strong main characters which of course this read does, but M.A. Leon truly shows her talent with creating characters when she created just as memorable supporting characters.

Jake and Louie are just starting to become more comfortable with their talents. Jake is becoming more and more skilled with his sword and Louie is learning to control his powers, when their whole world is flipped upside down. Desperate, full of so much unknown and with darkness at their heels they set out to meet their safe location. Packed full of excitement! Full of evil, magic, battles, warriors, friendship and some great humour. M.A. Leon has created this exciting world that reads so smoothly and fast paced you will get swept away.

I love a read balanced with great world building and wonderful characters! Elemental Links has both and so much more. I look forward to reading on in this world and learning more about these brilliant characters in book two: Blood Ties. (which is already out might I add, so you can always binge read!).

Thank you so much to M.A. Leon for sending me this copy to read and review. I look forward to reading on in book two!

Publisher: Independently published (M. A. Leon)

Release Date: January 19, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Warrior Book Worm

-Nichole

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

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

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

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

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

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Sci-fi | Gamelit

5 out of 5 stars

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Publisher: Masani Press

Release Date: August 27, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your THIRD HIGHEST RANKED Book Worm

-Nichole

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

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Howling Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

𝙎𝙡𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 & 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣

𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗱, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗻𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗗𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀…𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱.

𝗜𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄. 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺. 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸. 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝘆. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱.

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Horror | Dark Fiction

4 out of 5 stars!

Two amazing authors with a chilling story and they executed it perfectly!

Charlie is just getting settled into her knew life, learning how to do things differently now that she is bound to a wheel chair for life, she truly has lost all independence. Until she discovers her new ability and connects with another small group of people who also share this same power. Charlie thought her world had already become a lot more dark after the accident but she has no idea what else is out there waiting to control her, keeping her on the ground.

This novella is packed full of eerie goodness, it has a little something for everyone.

This 130 page read is the sit down and devour it in one sitting kind of read.

These characters are so well done! Each of them are overcoming a life changing event while struggling with parts of their past, some with anger, some with resentment and some with remorse. This world is so much darker than it shows itself to be and once the evil is stirred Charlie and her new friends find out who they shouldn’t have trusted, just how much they will have to fight and of course not without loss!

I am wowed by this fascinated story and will need to get my hands on more of Wesley and Somer’s work while following any of their future work.

I also can’t thank Silver Shamrock Publishing enough for sending me a copy to review. The pieces they releasing are incredible and have raving reviews….

Keep your eyes out for more from me!

Publisher: Silver Shamrock Publishing

Release Date: August 4, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Floating Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

Eyes of A Runner by Skyler D’Vincent

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

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

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

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Dystopian

4 out of 5 stars!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: September 12, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your CORRUPTED Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

In The Beginning by Nick Girard

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

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

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Supernatural Thriller | Suspense

4 out of 5 stars!

What a unique read!

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

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

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

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

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

“The End

I love you Cake“

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: April 6, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your CAKE EATING Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

Take What You Can by Heather Garvin

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

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

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

4 out of 5 stars!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Publisher: Tuskan Publishing

Release Date: July 27, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your PIRATE Book Worm

-Nichole

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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

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

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

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

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

4 out of 5 stars!

Such an imaginative story!

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

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

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

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

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

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Publisher: Raven Above Press

Release date: February 16, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Magical Book Worm

-Nichole