The Colours of Denial by Arti Manani

๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐“ผ๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ฑ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ผ, ๐“ซ๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ฏ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ญ ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“ด๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ตโ€ฆ

๐“ข๐“ธ๐“น๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ช ๐“’๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฎ ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ผ๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฏ๐“ฎ ๐“ป๐“พ๐“ท๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ช๐”€๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“ฏ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐”‚. ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ช ๐”€๐“ฎ๐“ซ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ผ, ๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“ท๐“ธ ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ต ๐”€๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝโ€™๐“ผ ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ต.

๐“ข๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ’๐“ผ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ต ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ซ๐“ต๐“ฎ ๐”€๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ช ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ธ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป. ๐“ข๐“ฑ๐“ฎโ€™๐“ผ ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ถ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ๐“ฝ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ผ, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ท๐“ธ๐”€ ๐“ฑ๐“ฎโ€™๐“ผ ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“พ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐”€๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ผ.

๐“ฆ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฎ-๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐”€๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ต๐“ญ ๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ฌ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐”€๐“ท, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ซ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ, ๐“ข๐“ธ๐“น๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ช ๐“ถ๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฏ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ฝโ€™๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ธ ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ.

๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ผ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐““๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ช๐“ต ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ช ๐“น๐“ผ๐”‚๐“ฌ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ฐ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ต ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฌ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ต-๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฏ๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ฏ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“ช๐“ท๐”๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐”‚ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ต ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฝ๐“ฑ, ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ต, ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ, ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ผ, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“น๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ.

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca


“๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ”


Genre: Adult | Fiction | Psychological Thriller | Romance

5 out of 5 stars!

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

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

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

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

A brilliant psychological thriller!

I look forward to what Arti releases in the future!


Publisher:ย ย Independently published (March 12 2020)

Release Date: March 12, 2020


And of course thank you all for reading

Your THRILLING Book Worm

-Nichole



You can check out my video review here:

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โ€œ๐’ฏ๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“‚ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“‡๐“Š๐“ƒ.โ€ ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐’น๐“ˆ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ฅ๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’โ€™๐“ˆ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“Š๐“‡๐‘”๐‘’๐’น ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“‚ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ท๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡, ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐“Š๐’พ๐‘’. ๐’ฅ๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐“Š๐’พ๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘’๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“‡๐‘œ๐“Œ๐“ƒ ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‰๐“ˆ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“๐’น, ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’ฅ๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’ ๐“๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ƒ๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐“€๐’พ๐“๐“ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’ถ ๐“ˆ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐’น ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‡ ๐“๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’๐“ˆ, ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐“Š๐’พ๐‘’, ๐‘”๐’พ๐’ป๐“‰๐‘’๐’น ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐‘’๐“๐‘’๐“‚๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“ ๐“‚๐’ถ๐‘”๐’พ๐’ธ, ๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐“๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ƒ๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“‚๐’ถ๐‘”๐’พ๐’ธ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“…๐’ถ๐“‡๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‚๐“Š๐’ธ๐’ฝ ๐’ท๐’พ๐‘”๐‘”๐‘’๐“‡: ๐’ถ ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“๐’น ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“ˆ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐‘”๐‘’ ๐’ถ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‡ ๐‘œ๐“Œ๐“ƒ.

๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐’ธ๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐’ป๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐“Š๐’พ๐‘’. ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“Ž ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“๐“Ž ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐’ธ๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‡ ๐“ƒ๐“Š๐“‚๐’ท๐‘’๐“‡๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“…๐“‰๐“Š๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“…๐‘œ๐“ˆ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐’น๐‘’๐“…๐“‰๐“ˆ. ๐’œ๐’ป๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ธ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“Š๐“‡๐’พ๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐’ธ๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐“…๐’พ๐“๐“๐’ถ๐‘”๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”, ๐’ถ๐’น๐‘’๐“…๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“ˆ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“‡๐’ธ๐‘’. ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐’ธ๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐“Š๐’พ๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“ƒโ€™๐“‰ ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐‘œ๐“… ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’พ๐“ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“Ž ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“…๐“‰๐“Š๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“‚.

๐’œ๐“๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž, ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“Ž ๐“‚๐‘’๐‘’๐“‰ ๐’ž๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐‘’; ๐’ถ ๐’ป๐’พ๐‘’๐“‡๐“Ž ๐’ท๐“‡๐“Š๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“‰๐“‰๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐’ธ๐“‡๐‘’๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐’ฅ๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐“Š๐’พ๐‘’ ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐‘”๐“ƒ๐‘’๐’น ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡. ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ท๐‘œ๐“Ž๐“ˆ’ ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐“๐’พ๐“€๐‘’๐“๐“Ž ๐’ป๐“‡๐’พ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“… ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“‰๐“Š๐“‡๐“ƒ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‡ ๐“‡๐“Š๐“ƒ-๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น-๐’ฝ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’ ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐‘”๐“Ž ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐’พ๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐‘’๐“๐“ˆ.

๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‡ ๐’ฟ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“Ž ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ป๐“‡๐’ถ๐“Š๐‘”๐’ฝ๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“๐“…๐‘’๐’ธ๐“‰๐‘’๐’น ๐’ธ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‰๐“Š๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ, ๐’ป๐“‡๐’พ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ, ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“Œ ๐’ถ๐“๐“๐’พ๐‘’๐“ˆ. ๐’œ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’ ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐“‰๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡๐“ƒ๐’ถ๐“‚๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’น๐“‡๐’ถ๐“€๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ, ๐’ฅ๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐“Š๐’พ๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“‰๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰๐‘’๐’น ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“Ž’๐“‹๐‘’ ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ท๐‘’๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’ท๐‘’๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡๐‘’. ๐’ž๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“Ž ๐’น๐‘’๐’ป๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“ˆ ๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“‰ ๐’ฟ๐“Š๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐“Š๐’พ๐‘’, ๐’ท๐“Š๐“‰ ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐“Ž ๐’ถ๐’น๐‘’๐“…๐“‰ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐ธ๐“๐’ถ๐’ท๐“‡๐’พ๐“Š๐“‚? ๐’ฒ๐’พ๐“๐“ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‡ ๐’ถ๐“๐“๐’พ๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‚ ๐’ถ๐‘”๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“‡๐’น๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐’ธ๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚, ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“ˆ๐‘’ ๐“‚๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“…๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“ˆ ๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“‰ ๐’ฟ๐“Š๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‚๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“๐“‹๐‘’๐“ˆ, ๐’ท๐“Š๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‡ ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“Œ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ป๐“‡๐’พ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“Œ๐‘’๐“๐“?

***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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๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐ต๐‘’๐“‰๐“Œ๐‘’๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’ท๐“Ž ๐’ฉ๐’ถ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“๐’พ๐‘’ ๐ต๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“€๐“ˆ

41-a1yMYSYL๐’ฏ๐“‡๐’ถ๐‘”๐‘’๐’น๐“Ž ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“‡๐’พ๐“€๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“๐’พ๐’ป๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ž๐“๐’ถ๐’พ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’Ÿ๐“Š๐’ซ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐“Š๐“ˆ๐’ท๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘’ ๐“Ž๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“€๐’พ๐“๐“๐‘’๐’น ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ ๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ธ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“€, ๐“๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‹๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ถ๐“๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐“‰๐“Œ๐‘œ ๐“ˆ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“๐“ ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“๐’น๐“‡๐‘’๐“ƒ. ๐’ช๐“ƒ๐‘’ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‡๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”, ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐“ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“ˆ ๐“๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡, ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“‚ ๐’ถ๐“๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ˆ๐‘’, ๐“๐’พ๐“€๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐’น ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ท๐‘’๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐‘’. ๐’ฒ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐’น ๐“ˆ๐“…๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“…๐’พ๐’ธ๐“€๐“ˆ ๐“Š๐“… ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“…๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“๐“Ž ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’น๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“‰๐“Š๐’ถ๐“๐“๐“Ž ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“‡๐‘’๐‘’ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“ˆ ๐’ท๐‘’๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ธ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐‘œ๐’ธ๐’ธ๐“Š๐“‡๐“‡๐‘’๐’น. ๐ต๐‘’๐“Œ๐’พ๐“๐’น๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’๐’น ๐’ท๐“Š๐“‰ ๐‘”๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐’ป๐“Š๐“, ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป๐’ป ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐’ถ ๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐“Ž ๐“‹๐’พ๐“‹๐’พ๐’น, ๐’ท๐’ถ๐’น ๐’น๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‚. ๐ต๐“Š๐“‰ ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’พ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐‘œ๐“ƒ, ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“๐’พ๐“๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“๐’น๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐‘’๐“๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“‰๐“๐“Ž ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“Ž ๐’น๐’พ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’น๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‚. ๐‘…๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ถ๐‘”๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’พ๐“‚๐‘’, ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’น๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“…๐‘’๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐“๐“Ž ๐“‰๐“‡๐’พ๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐‘”๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“‹๐’พ๐“‰๐’ถ๐’ท๐“๐‘’ ๐’ท๐“Š๐“‰ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“๐’ป ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“๐“…๐“๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐‘”๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“Ž๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”. ๐’ฐ๐“ƒ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“๐“๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐‘”๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐“Š๐“…, ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‹๐‘œ๐“Œ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐‘œ๐“… ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐“Š๐“ˆ๐’ท๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ท๐‘’๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“‰โ€™๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ๐‘œ ๐“๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’.



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

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 Peacefulย Book Worm

-Nichole

๐’Ÿ๐’พ๐“ˆ๐’ธ๐‘œ ๐’Ÿ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ๐“… & ๐’ข๐‘œ๐“๐’ป ๐’ž๐“Š๐“‡๐“ˆ๐‘’ ๐’ท๐“Ž ๐’ž๐’ถ๐“‚๐‘’๐“‡๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐‘…๐‘œ๐“Š๐’ท๐’พ๐“†๐“Š๐‘’

“๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ “



“๐•Ž๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ค๐•œ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ก๐•ค, ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– แ”•แ‘•แ–‡Eแ—ฉแ—ฐแ”• ๐•“๐•–๐•˜๐•š๐•Ÿ…”



แ—ชIแ”•แ‘•O แ—ชEแ—ฉTแ•ผTแ–‡แ—ฉแ‘ญ

downloadIt’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!



“๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž.”



๐”พ๐• ๐•๐•— โ„‚๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ค๐•–

download (1)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


“๐’๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค!”


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Petrifiedย Book Worm

-Nichole

Autumncrow by Cameron Chaney

“๐”ผ๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ช โ„•๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ ๐•š๐•ค โ„๐•’๐•๐•๐• ๐•จ๐•–๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•š๐•Ÿ…..๐”ธ๐•ฆ๐•ฅ๐•ฆ๐•ž๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•ฃ๐• ๐•จ”


๐“ฆ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ถ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ป๐“ธ๐”€ ๐“ฅ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฎ๐”‚, ๐”€๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐”‚ ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ๐“ฝ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“—๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต๐“ธ๐”€๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ท. ๐“”๐“ท๐“ณ๐“ธ๐”‚ ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐”‚! ๐“‘๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ฏ๐“ฒ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ฝ, ๐“ช ๐“ฏ๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐”€๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ผ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐”€๐“ช๐“ป๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ; ๐“ข๐“ฝ๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ฝ. ๐“๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ช๐“ฏ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ญ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ด. ๐“๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐“ทโ€™๐“ฝ ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ธ ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ญ๐“ธ๐”€๐“ผ…๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ถ๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ฝ ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐”€๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ. ๐“—๐“ช๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“ช ๐“น๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ. ๐“ฆ๐“ฎ ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“น๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ ๐”€๐“ธ๐“ทโ€™๐“ฝ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ฝโ€ฆ

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

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

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“๐™’๐™š๐™ก๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ข๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™‘๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฎ…. ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“œ๐“ž๐“๐“ข๐“ฃ๐“”๐“ก๐“ข ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ”

 


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 Trappedย Book Worm

-Nichole

 

Your Move by Michelle Young

๐˜–๐˜•๐˜Œ ๐˜‹๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜‹. ๐˜š๐˜๐˜Œ’๐˜š ๐˜•๐˜Œ๐˜Ÿ๐˜›.
๐˜ž๐˜๐˜– ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ๐˜• ๐˜š๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜›๐˜™๐˜œ๐˜š๐˜›?


๐˜พ๐™ก๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™œ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™. ๐™Ž๐™๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™› ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š. ๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™–๐™›๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™™๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™. ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง. ๐™’๐™๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ง? ๐™’๐™๐™ค ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ? ๐™๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ, ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™› ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ž๐™™๐™™๐™ก๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ช๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ. ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™–๐™›๐™š. ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™งโ€”๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ. ๐™Ž๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™, ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง, ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ฉ. ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™› ๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™—๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š.

*** 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.

thumbnail_IMG_3945Your 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 Courageousย Book Worm

-Nichole

Suggested Reading by Dave Connis

โ„‚๐•๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’ ๐”ผ๐•ง๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•š๐•ค ๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•—๐•š๐•–๐•• ๐•จ๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ค๐•™๐•– ๐••๐•š๐•ค๐•”๐• ๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•š๐•ก๐•’๐•โ€™๐•ค โ€œ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐• ๐•™๐•š๐•“๐•š๐•ฅ๐•–๐•• ๐•ž๐•–๐••๐•š๐•’โ€ ๐•™๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•๐•š๐•ค๐•ฅ. ๐•‹๐•™๐•– ๐•š๐•”๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•” ๐•“๐• ๐• ๐•œ๐•ค ๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•๐•š๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•™๐•’๐•ง๐•– ๐•“๐•–๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ก๐•ฆ๐•๐•๐•–๐•• ๐•—๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ž ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•๐•š๐•“๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ช ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•–๐•Ÿโ€™๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•๐•๐• ๐•จ๐•–๐•• ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ช๐•จ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ๐•– ๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ค๐•”๐•™๐• ๐• ๐•โ€™๐•ค ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ž๐•š๐•ค๐•–๐•ค. ๐•Š๐•ฅ๐•ฆ๐••๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•”๐•’๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ ๐•จ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•”๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•“๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•จ๐•š๐•๐• ๐•“๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•๐•ช ๐•ก๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•ค๐•™๐•–๐••.

๐•„๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ช ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ค๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•–๐•ค ๐•™๐•’๐•ง๐•– ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•–๐•• โ„‚๐•๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’โ€™๐•ค ๐•๐•š๐•—๐•–, ๐•ค๐•  ๐•ค๐•™๐•–โ€™๐•ค ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ ๐•˜๐• ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ค๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•“๐•’๐•”๐•œ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•จ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•”๐•™ ๐•จ๐•™๐•š๐•๐•– ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐••๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•š๐•ก๐•’๐• ๐•’๐•“๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค ๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐•ก๐• ๐•จ๐•–๐•ฃ. ๐•Š๐•™๐•–โ€™๐•ค ๐•˜๐• ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•œ๐•– ๐•“๐•’๐•”๐•œ.

๐•Š๐•  โ„‚๐•๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’ ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐••๐•–๐•ฃ๐•˜๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•๐•š๐•“๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ช ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•๐• ๐•”๐•œ๐•–๐•ฃ, ๐••๐• ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•’ ๐•ค๐•™๐•’๐••๐•ช ๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•’๐••๐•– ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•๐•–๐•ค ๐•๐•š๐•œ๐•– ๐•Š๐•ก๐•–๐•’๐•œ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•‹๐•™๐•– โ„‚๐•™๐• ๐•”๐• ๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•– ๐•Ž๐•’๐•ฃ. ๐”น๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•จ๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•“๐• ๐• ๐•œ๐•ค ๐•ค๐•™๐•– ๐•๐• ๐•ง๐•–๐•ค ๐•ž๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•”๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•”๐•ฅ๐•–๐•• ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•’ ๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•˜๐•–๐••๐•ช ๐•ค๐•™๐•– ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ค๐•’๐•จ ๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜, โ„‚๐•๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’โ€™๐•ค ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ๐•”๐•–๐•• ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•—๐•’๐•”๐•– ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ฃ๐• ๐•๐•– ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•š๐•ฅ.

๐•Ž๐•š๐•๐• ๐•ค๐•™๐•– ๐•“๐•– ๐•’๐•“๐•๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ž๐•’๐•œ๐•– ๐•ก๐•–๐•’๐•”๐•– ๐•จ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•”๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•—๐•๐•š๐•”๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•—๐•–๐•–๐•๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•ค, ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•—๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•“๐•๐•– ๐•”๐•’๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•– ๐•ฅ๐• ๐•  ๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™ ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•“๐•–๐•’๐•ฃ?

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca


Genre: Young Adult | Contemporary

4 out of 5 stars

What a fun read! Such a great concept!

A book about books. Something all of us bookworms can relate to and enjoy!

I found Suggested Readingย refreshing. With a well written plot and a character driven story it was a light-hearted read that touches on some heavy topics.thumbnail_IMG_3864

Clara’s passion for reading and her love for books was admirable. By starting the locker library she shared this love with others and impacted their lives greatly. What Clara may not have know was how much she was going to grow from this herself and the incredible friends she was going to make.

So many hidden messages within this text as well. Don’t judge people by how they look, the amount of money they have or the people they hang around with. You never know what’s going on inside peoples heads, they may surprise you. Also… never give up! When you have a passion fight for your beliefs whether you are right or succeed it’s all worth it.

Dave’s attention to detail with each book mentioned throughout Suggested Reading was impressive. You can see his time and dedication while writing his masterpiece. This only added to an already enjoyable read.

Suggested Reading also fits well with the “cancelled culture” currently circulating today.

All in all I did enjoy this book and would recommend you giving it a go. Besides I am sure you want to know just how Clara pulled this off…don’t you?



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

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

Release date: September 17, 2019


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Book Hoarding Book Worm

-Nichole

Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai

๐ผ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ถ๐“ ๐’น๐’ถ๐“Ž๐“ˆ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฑ๐’พแป‡๐“‰ ๐’ฉ๐’ถ๐“‚ ๐’ฒ๐’ถ๐“‡, ๐ปแบฑ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“๐’พ๐“‰๐“‰๐“๐‘’ ๐’ท๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡, ๐ฟ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ฝ, ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐’พ๐“‡๐“…๐‘œ๐“‡๐“‰, ๐’น๐‘’๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡๐“‚๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐’น ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ถ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐’ป๐‘’๐“‰๐“Ž ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’œ๐“‚๐‘’๐“‡๐’พ๐’ธ๐’ถ. ๐ผ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ ๐“ˆ๐“…๐“๐’พ๐“‰ ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐’น, ๐ฟ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ฝ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“‡๐’พ๐“…๐“…๐‘’๐’น ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐“‚๐“ˆโ€”๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐ปแบฑ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“๐‘’๐’ป๐“‰ ๐’ท๐‘’๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“‡-๐“‰๐‘œ๐“‡๐“ƒ ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“‡๐“Ž.

๐’ฎ๐’พ๐“ ๐“Ž๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ ๐“๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡, ๐ปแบฑ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“‚๐’ถ๐’น๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ท๐“‡๐“Š๐“‰๐’ถ๐“ ๐’ฟ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“Ž ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐’ฑ๐’พแป‡๐“‰ ๐’ฉ๐’ถ๐“‚ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ฏ๐‘’๐“๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐’ถ ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ป๐“Š๐‘”๐‘’๐‘’. ๐’ฎ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’น๐‘œ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ƒโ€™๐“‰ ๐“€๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“๐“ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“๐’พ๐“‰๐“‰๐“๐‘’ ๐’ท๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘œ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’พ๐“ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‚๐‘’๐‘’๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘…๐‘œ๐“Ž, ๐’ถ ๐’ธ๐’พ๐“‰๐“Ž ๐’ท๐‘œ๐“Ž ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’ท๐’พ๐‘” ๐“‡๐‘œ๐’น๐‘’๐‘œ ๐’น๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‚๐“ˆ, ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘œ ๐’น๐‘’๐’ธ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“๐“… ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡.

๐ปแบฑ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐’ฟ๐‘œ๐“Ž๐‘’๐’น ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‡๐‘’๐“Š๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“‰๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐ฟ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ฝ. ๐ต๐“Š๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“๐’พ๐“๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’น๐‘œ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ƒโ€™๐“‰ ๐“‡๐‘’๐“‚๐‘’๐“‚๐’ท๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡, ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‡ ๐’ป๐’ถ๐“‚๐’พ๐“๐“Ž, ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐’ฑ๐’พแป‡๐“‰ ๐’ฉ๐’ถ๐“‚, ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“‰ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ธ๐“‡๐“Š๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’น. ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Š๐‘”๐’ฝ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’น๐’พ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐’ท๐‘’๐“‰๐“Œ๐‘’๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‚ ๐’ป๐‘’๐‘’๐“๐“ˆ ๐‘”๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡, ๐ปแบฑ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐“ˆ๐‘œ ๐’ป๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“๐“ ๐’น๐‘œ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“Ž๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ท๐“‡๐’พ๐’น๐‘”๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐‘”๐’ถ๐“….

***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 thumbnail_IMG_3740raw 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 writingย  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

 

 

Kill River & Kill River 2 by Cameron Roubique

๐™†๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง & ๐™†๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง 2



ษชษด แด›สœแด‡ ๊œฑแดœแดแดแด‡ส€ แด๊œฐ 1983, แด›สœษชส€แด›แด‡แด‡ษด-สแด‡แด€ส€-แดสŸแด… แด„สษดแด…ษช แด€ษดแด… สœแด‡ส€ แด›สœส€แด‡แด‡ ษดแด‡แดก-๊œฐแดแดœษดแด… ๊œฐส€ษชแด‡ษดแด…๊œฑ, ๊œฑแด›แด€แด„ส, แดขแด€แด„แด‹, แด€ษดแด… ส™ส€แด€แด… แด…แด‡แด„ษชแด…แด‡ แด›แด ๊œฑษดแด‡แด€แด‹ แด€แดกแด€ส ๊œฐส€แดแด แด›สœแด‡ษชส€ ๊œฑแดœแดแดแด‡ส€ แด„แด€แดแด˜ ษชษด แด›สœแด‡ แดษชแด…แด…สŸแด‡ แด๊œฐ แด›สœแด‡ ษดษชษขสœแด› ส™ส ส€แด€๊œฐแด›ษชษดษข แด…แดแดกษด แด›สœแด‡ ษดแด‡แด€ส€ส™ส ส€ษชแด แด‡ส€๊œฑ. แด€๊œฐแด›แด‡ส€ ๊œฑแด˜แด‡ษดแด…ษชษดษข แด€ แด›แด‡ษด๊œฑแด‡ ษดษชษขสœแด› สŸแด๊œฑแด› ษชษด แด›สœแด‡ แดกแดแดแด…๊œฑ, แด›สœแด‡ ๊œฐแดแดœส€ แด›แด‡แด‡ษดแด€ษขแด‡ส€๊œฑ ๊œฑแด›แดœแดส™สŸแด‡ ษชษดแด›แด แด€ แดส๊œฑแด›แด‡ส€ษชแดแดœ๊œฑ แดกแด€แด›แด‡ส€ แด˜แด€ส€แด‹ แด›สœแด€แด› แด€แด˜แด˜แด‡แด€ส€๊œฑ แด›แด ส™แด‡ แด„แดแดแด˜สŸแด‡แด›แด‡สŸส แด‡แดแด˜แด›ส.

แด€แด› ๊œฐษชส€๊œฑแด› แด›สœแด‡ส แด€ส€แด‡ แด›สœส€ษชสŸสŸแด‡แด… แด›แด สœแด€แด แด‡ แด›สœแด‡ ส€ษชแด…แด‡๊œฑ แด€สŸสŸ แด›แด แด›สœแด‡แด๊œฑแด‡สŸแด แด‡๊œฑ, แด€แด› สŸแด‡แด€๊œฑแด› แดœษดแด›ษชสŸ แดษดแด‡ แด๊œฐ แด›สœแด‡แด แด…ษช๊œฑแด€แด˜แด˜แด‡แด€ส€๊œฑ. ๊œฑแดแดษด แด›สœแด‡ส แด…ษช๊œฑแด„แดแด แด‡ส€ แด›สœแด€แด› แด›สœแด‡ส แด€ส€แด‡ แด›ส€แด€แด˜แด˜แด‡แด… ษชษด แด›สœแด‡ แด˜แด€ส€แด‹, แด€ษดแด… แด€ แด…แด€ส€แด‹ ๊œฐษชษขแดœส€แด‡ ษช๊œฑ ๊œฑแด›แด€สŸแด‹ษชษดษข แด›สœแด‡แด ๊œฐส€แดแด แด›สœแด‡ ๊œฑสœแด€แด…แดแดก๊œฑ, แด˜ษชแด„แด‹ษชษดษข แด›สœแด‡แด แด๊œฐ๊œฐ แดษดแด‡ ส™ส แดษดแด‡. แดษดแด„แด‡ ษดษชษขสœแด› ๊œฐแด€สŸสŸ๊œฑ, แด„สษดแด…ษช แดกษชสŸสŸ สœแด€แด แด‡ แด›แด ๊œฐษชษขสœแด› แด›แด แด‡๊œฑแด„แด€แด˜แด‡ แด›สœแด‡ แด˜แด€ส€แด‹, แด€ แดแด€๊œฑแด‹แด‡แด… แดแด€ษดษชแด€แด„, แด€ษดแด… แด€ สŸษชแด ษชษดษข ษดษชษขสœแด›แดแด€ส€แด‡.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars – for both

Cameron has done it! He is a new favourite author of mine.

I honestly had never read a 80’s slasher horror read before. To be honest I never even realised anything such as this existed within sub genres in horror. Until I took part in the BookTube’s: Bloody Beach Readatlong. Thank goodness for this readalong held by incredible BookTubers because I have now found one of my favourite type of reads within horror.

Kill River and Kill River 2 read exactly as 80’s slasher films. The first half is a slower paced read. Giving the perfect moment to introduce the characters, get a feel for their personalities and what they were all about. The plot was described in such perfect detail. I could really envision the scenes and where the characters where in each moment. It also gave me time to pick and choose my favourite characters and not so favourite.

thumbnail_IMG_3674Iย  found myself even before the creepy moments started working around in my head who I thought was going to be killed first and potentially how they were going to die.

You know….just based on your typical slasher film rules. You know … those rules….If you don’t… than I don’t think you are a true slasher films lover!

Cameron’s description for both the characters and the settings were phenomenal and without being overly wordy. I felt as though I was seeing everything Cyndi and her friends where in the moment, right down to the beautifully landscaped water park decorated with the perfect wildflowers and other designs. Now this may become to hard for some to read when the murder scenes start. They did get extremely gruesome at times, so be sure you have a good strong stomach…. I can’t stress this enough.

These reads are not for everyone. But if you want to experience some of that 80’s slasher film nostalgic feels be sure to pick up both Kill River and its amazing sequel Kill River 2.


“๐•‚๐•š๐•๐• โ„๐•š๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•’ ๐•จ๐•š๐•๐•• ๐•จ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ก๐•’๐•ฃ๐•œ ๐•ฃ๐•š๐••๐•– ๐•—๐•š๐•๐•๐•–๐•• ๐•จ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•“๐•๐• ๐• ๐••, ๐•˜๐• ๐•ฃ๐•–, ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ‘๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ˜๐•ค ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•๐•˜๐•š๐•’. ๐•Š๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•—๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•›๐• ๐•š๐•”๐•–, ๐• ๐•๐•• ๐•ค๐•”๐•™๐• ๐• ๐• ๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•“๐•’๐•”๐•œ!”


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Gruesomeย Book Worm

-Nichole

 

 

Fat Camp by James Sabata

๐…๐€๐“ ๐‚๐€๐Œ๐


๐’๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ“, ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐–๐šลกรญฤ๐ฎ, ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐.๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐Œ๐œ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ; ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐ ๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž. ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š๐œ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐›๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ญโ€ฆ โ€ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ž.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars

The slasher horror read with a deep underlining story.

Fat Camp was brilliant.

Phillip had lost so much in his close family life. Decides its time to do better by himself, runs off to camp Wasicu to lose weight. Only to lose much more than what he signed up for. Yet the strength that builds within Phillip is inspiring. He himself is a force to be reckoned with.

thumbnail_IMG_3665The slasher moments within Fat Camp were well done. They reminded me of a true slasher film. Quick, unexpected and shocking. Also not over the top, quiet realistic which only added to the chill factor.

I know the focus for most while reading this book is the murder scenes but I couldn’t help but get pulled right into the character growth as well. Existing relationships that flourished and new relationships launched. All while getting your quench of shocking, gory moments.

Moral of the story with Fat Camp. Don’t mess around with others, be careful how you wrong people. You never know who will decide to get an awful revenge!

Fat Camp was the perfect edition to my summer reads! Thank goodness my son was back from his summer camp long before I read this.

I would highly recommend this read. Sneak it in before our summer is completely gone.



“๐”ฝ๐•š๐•๐•๐•–๐•• ๐•จ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•’๐•๐•๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•Š๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•—๐•š๐•๐•ž๐•ค ๐• ๐•— ๐•ช๐•–๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ช๐•–๐•’๐•ฃ, ๐”ฝ๐•’๐•ฅ โ„‚๐•’๐•ž๐•ก ๐••๐•–๐•๐•š๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค ๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฃ, ๐•™๐•ฆ๐•ž๐• ๐•ฃ, ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•’ ๐•๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ฅ๐•๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•“ ๐• ๐•— ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•๐•˜๐•š๐•’ ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ช๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐•จ๐•™๐•  ๐•˜๐•ฃ๐•–๐•จ ๐•ฆ๐•ก ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ค๐•๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ๐•๐•ช ๐•’๐•—๐•ฃ๐•’๐•š๐•• ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐••๐•’๐•ฃ๐•œ.”



And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Gory Book Worm

-Nichole