Heir of Lies and Queen to Ashes by Mallory McCartney

Photo from my Bookstagram: Nichi.I_ReadPastMyBedtime

“𝐵𝓎 𝐹𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐹𝓁𝒶𝓂𝑒”

Black Dawn Trilogy – Book One: Heir of Lies

“𝓗𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰. 𝓘𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓾𝓶𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓯𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽, 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓭 𝓭𝓪𝔂𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓸𝓷𝓮’𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓭. 𝓞𝓻 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓴𝓷𝓮𝔀, 𝓫𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓮, 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓻𝓪𝔀 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭.”

𝓔𝓶𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓕𝓪𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰—𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓬𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓶𝔂, 𝓪 𝓼𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓵 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓪𝓫𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓼. 𝓕𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼’ 𝓯𝓸𝓸𝓽𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓹𝓼, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓾𝓹𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓼—𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓢𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓸𝓷. 𝓐𝓷 𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓬𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽, 𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓯𝓾𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮. 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬 𝓼𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓬𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓼 𝓚𝓲𝓮𝓻𝓸, 𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓸𝓾𝓫𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓬𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓶𝔂 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓲𝓽 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓶𝓼.

𝓐𝓷 𝓾𝓷𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓰𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓸𝓰𝓾𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓪𝓬𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓢𝓮𝓪, 𝓣𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓼 𝓜𝓪𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓘𝓼𝓵𝓮𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻, 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓼 𝓜𝓪𝓱𝓮𝓻, 𝓼𝓪𝓲𝓵 𝓽𝓸 𝓚𝓲𝓮𝓻𝓸. 𝓝𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓱, 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝔂𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼, 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓭𝓮𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓕𝓪𝓮𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝔂. 𝓒𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝓭𝓭𝓵𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓹𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓼, 𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓔𝓶𝓸𝓻𝔂, 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓹 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓼 𝓑𝓻𝓸𝓴𝓴 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓜𝓮𝓶𝓹𝓱𝓲𝓼, 𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽—𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱.

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓲𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓭 𝓾𝓹𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓪𝓼 𝓾𝓷𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓮, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓪𝓻 𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓼 𝓚𝓲𝓮𝓻𝓸. 𝓣𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝓻𝓪𝔂𝓪𝓵, 𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓼, 𝓱𝓲𝓭𝓭𝓮𝓷 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓲𝓼 𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷. 𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓸𝓻 𝓫𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷?
𝓑𝓾𝓽, 𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓻’𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓚𝓲𝓮𝓻𝓸 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻, 𝓼𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓲𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓲𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓬𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓶𝔂 𝓪𝓼 𝓔𝓶𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓕𝓪𝓮 𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Young Adult | Fiction | Fantasy | Romance

5 out of 5 stars (for both book 1 & 2)

Alright! So first off, this is a re-release.. how exciting! I LOVE this trilogy so much.

So roughly a year back I read the first book in this trilogy and at the time it was called “Black Dawn.” Before I dived into the second book Mallory reached out to let me know she was re-releasing the whole trilogy with some amazing changes and was wondering if I would read and review it once completed. Of course I was super excited, so I held off on reading the second book and patiently waited for that moment.

Now it’s April 21, 2020 and the first two books in the re-release of the Black Dawn trilogy came out today! Book 1: Heir of Lies and Book 2: Queen to Ashes and shall I say what a fantastic start to this trilogy. I thought I loved book one back when I original read it but oh… this is even better!… How can that be?

The Black Dawn series is one extremely packed fantasy read! It’s full of magic, power, love, lies, jealousy, corruption, war, evil, darkness… even some shape shifting! This trilogy has a little something for everyone.

Mallory’s writing is flawless! An incredible plot and she executed it perfectly!

Heir of Lies invites you into this world, provides the perfect story detail and introduces each character with perfection. Leading you up-to Queen of Ashes were you will be hit with all the dark, evil action!

Don’t get to captivated by the characters though! You may not know exactly what side they are on…. they could be the start of all evil!

So excited for book three to come out! Can’t wait to get my hands on it!

Thank you so much Mallory for sending me copies to read and review of this VERY exciting re-release. This is one thrilling release day!

Publisher: MM Books

Release Date: April 21, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Corrupted Book Worm

-Nichole

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

Autumncrow by Cameron Chaney

“𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 ℕ𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕚𝕤 ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕟…..𝔸𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕞𝕟𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕨”

𝓦𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓐𝓾𝓽𝓾𝓶𝓷𝓬𝓻𝓸𝔀 𝓥𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝔂, 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓗𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓷. 𝓔𝓷𝓳𝓸𝔂 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝔂! 𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽, 𝓪 𝓯𝓮𝔀 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰; 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝔂 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽. 𝓝𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓭𝓸𝓷’𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓸𝓸 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓼…𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓶𝓪𝔂 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓮𝓮. 𝓗𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓽. 𝓦𝓮 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓷’𝓽 𝓫𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽…

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Horror | Halloween | Short Stories | Fiction

“𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙢𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮…. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓜𝓞𝓝𝓢𝓣𝓔𝓡𝓢 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮”

5 out of 5 stars

Perfection! An anthology at its best!

Autumncrow is packed full of eerie goodness. Each story is so incredibly unique, some with a sweet underlining story that turns dark… others with a down right horrifying feeling throughout.

Chaney has created a bone chilling setting with some of the best characters. Each story will sink its teeth into you.

I couldn’t put Autumncrow down. Something about Cameron’s writing… I was completely immersed in this fictional town. One of the best parts was none of these stories were predictable, each had such an element of surprise.

I don’t think I could even tell you if I had a favourite, they were all so vivid and intense. Maybe my only negative to say is….. I just wanted more.

Cameron has impressed me yet again. I can not wait to see what he comes up with next.

Independently published

Release date: October 16, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Trapped Book Worm

-Nichole

The Toll by Neal Shusterman

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵…

𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

𝘐𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥:

𝕋ℍ𝔼

𝕋𝕆𝕃𝕃

𝘈𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘕𝘌𝘞 𝘠𝘖𝘙𝘒 𝘛𝘐𝘔𝘌𝘚 𝘉𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘚𝘌𝘓𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘈𝘙𝘊 𝘖𝘍 𝘈 𝘚𝘊𝘠𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘙𝘐𝘓𝘖𝘎𝘠 𝘣𝘺

𝘕𝘌𝘈𝘓 𝘚𝘏𝘜𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘔𝘈𝘕

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺

𝘚𝘗𝘖𝘐𝘓𝘌𝘙 𝘍𝘙𝘌𝘌.

***Incredible Arc Cover***

“THE CONCLUSION TO NEAL SHUSTERMAN’S BREATHTAKING BESTSELLING TRILOGY IS IN YOUR HANDS….PROTECT IT”

Genre: Young Adult | Science Fiction | Dystopia | Fantasy

4 out of 5 stars

It’s always hard to review the next book in a trilogy or series without giving spoilers away.

The Toll is a book that had so many readers itching to get their hands on. Needing answers, wanting to find out exactly want happens. Thanks to Simon and Schuster Canada I received a surprise arc copy right on release day.

I have seen such a mix of reviews for this conclusion on such a hyped young adult trilogy and I am here to say I am on the positive side of these reviews.

Neal Shusterman created this incredible unique world, with such meaningful characters, a powerful underlining story and lets not forget his incredible writing.

The Toll only added to this creation. Not only does the reader receive closure on so many open moments lingering from Scythe and Thunderhead but the story adds even more twists and turns keeping you committed to the end.

The Toll does surpass 600 pages making this a longer read than your average 300-350 page novel. I may say my only small negative on this read was the filler. There were times when I did find my mind drifting and it seemed to be during those moments. Parts that aren’t necessarily crucial to the plot or characters. Although; when I pick up a larger sized book I expect there to be some filler. The author has taken all this time to create this fantastic world and they want to be sure they are showing the reader each and every corner of it.

All in all I really did enjoy this read and I look forward to what Neal has in store next.

“It is our nature… to surpass nature.”

Thank you again to Simon & Schuster Canada for sending this arc my way for review.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Release date: November 5, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Spoiled 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

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.