The Dark That Dwells by Matt Digman and Ryan Roddy

𝔸𝕟 𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟 𝕦𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥, 𝕤𝕖𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕤𝕔𝕚-𝕗𝕚 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕗𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕥.

𝕀𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕗𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕡𝕥 𝕦𝕡 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕘𝕣𝕚𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕕𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤, 𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕓𝕚𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕔.

ℝ𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣.

𝕎𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕣.

𝕋𝕪𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥.

𝔸𝕣𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥.

𝔸𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕨𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖, 𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕖, 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕚𝕡𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤: 𝕒 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

The Dark That Dwells: An exciting, action packed Space Opera that is coming July 10, 2020! Mark your calendars.

Genre: Adult | Science Fiction | Space Opera | Fantasy

4 out of 5 stars!

The Dark That Dwells is such a fascinating world. An action packed story filled with so many wonderful characters that were executed perfectly. I’m finding it hard to decide which are my favourites I may just need to come to terms and realize I enjoyed them all in their own way. Although I feel the most interesting character was the villain. This could simply be because I do love a good villain when they are done well, which in this case he definitely was. His back story truly shows why he is who he is and why he does what he does. In a lot of stories I read my connection usually lies with the main group and the villain is just in the background causing chaos. But when we have the inside story on the villain it makes me fall back on a quote I have heard (sorry I don’t remember where from and it may be paraphrasing) “Even if you’re the hero, your the villain in somebody else’s story.”

On top of great characters you have an extremely engaging story line full of powerful events. The beginning of this story started out with a mind blowing scene. Then the introduction to each of the 4 souls and a look into their history. Then a story filled with love, loss, hate, ruin, revenge and so much more it completely devours you as the reader.

Matt and Ryan are the most adorable couple and I can’t help but think they made such a great team writing this epic space opera. I can’t thank them enough for sending me a copy to read and review and I look forward to what they may have for us in the future.

Again be sure to mark your calendars for July 10th! and if you pick this read up I would love discussing it with you once you have completed it.

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: July 10, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your DARK Book Worm

-Nichole

Of Rioters & Royals (Swift Shadows Book 1) by M.L. Greye

“𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓮𝔂𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓻 𝓭𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓪𝓫𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓼?”

𝓞𝓯 𝓡𝓲𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 & 𝓡𝓸𝔂𝓪𝓵𝓼

𝐸𝓂𝓇𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 – 𝒶 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹. 𝒜𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝓀𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓈. 𝐻𝑒𝓇 𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝑔𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝑒𝓉𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝒻𝒶𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈’𝓈 𝒦𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓂, 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽, 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝓅𝓁𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈: 𝑅𝒾𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁𝓈. 𝐹𝒾𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈. 𝒲𝒶𝓇 𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹.
𝒟𝑒𝒸𝓁𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝑅𝒾𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓇. 𝒜𝓃 𝓊𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑒𝓇. 𝒜𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓉. 𝐻𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒥𝑒𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓈 – 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒾𝑔𝓃 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝐸𝓃𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒹. 𝒴𝑒𝓉, 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝓊𝓅 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑀𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈, 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝒾𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝒾𝓂. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈’𝓈 𝒦𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉. 𝐻𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓀, 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝐸𝓂𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒽𝑒’𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Young Adult | Fiction | Fantasy| Powers/Magic | Romance

4 out of 5 stars!

A great young adult fantasy with a unique concept.

Now a days it’s truly difficult for authors especially when writing in a heavily popular genre and reading age. Finding something unique to the story, something to keep the reader engaged and wanting to read on. Almost every story has been written; so what can an author do to set it aside from other fantasy reads, to make sure it’s not just a clone of the book it sits next to on the shelf. M.L. Greye found a way with Of Rioters & Royals.

At first I thought “Hm… eye color determines your abilities?….So blue is this and brown is that…?” Man was I wrong. M.L. went into a bit more detail than just one color. Even the flecks of different colors in your eyes can choose a mix of abilities .. all depending on how many colors you have blended into those eyes of yours. This concept pulled me right in! I couldn’t help but want to know the characters and what abilities they may have been blessed with.

The story started off with destruction; the world felt a lot like what we are dealing with in today’s life. Sickness, disease, isolation, rationing, desperation and more. The only tiny, slight problem I had with this read was the story started out with chaos and than slowed right down until we got closer to the ending where it started to pick up again.

Now I understand world building is crucial for an author! Introducing their readers to this world they have created (especially when its a series, not a stand alone) the first book or two is the authors chance to set the world up, introduce the characters and this can tend to slow the pace of the read down. This being said, it didn’t take away from the read or make it bad in any way. I just wanted a bit more buzz.

Emory and Declan are fantastic characters! I love how Declan is out to betray Emory but finds out that it may not be as easy as he planned and Emory may have an idea of exactly what is going on. Their connection in the story is something to cherish. As the story goes they become closer, more connected and in ways that they could never have expected. Of Rioters & Royals is pretty romance heavy and rightfully so. If romance is not your thing, you may not enjoy this read. Although I say it’s still worth giving it a go since there is so much more to the story and you may just devour it.

Thank you so very much to M.L. Greye for sending me an e-copy to read and review. I look forward to seeing where their story goes from here in book two.

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: January 17, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your GREEN EYED Book Worm

-Nichole

Moon Deeds (Star Children Saga Book 1) by Palmer Pickering

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𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬

“𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝒶𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓈, 𝓈𝑜 𝒾𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓋𝑜𝒾𝒹 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓈, 𝓎𝑜𝓊’𝓁𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔.”

𝐼𝓉’𝓈 𝟤𝟢𝟫𝟢: 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝑒𝒹𝑜𝓂 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝑜𝓃, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒹𝑒𝒻𝑒𝓃𝓈𝑒 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝑒𝒸𝒽𝓃𝑜𝓁𝑜𝑔𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓀𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃.

𝒯𝓌𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒹𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒯𝑜𝓇𝓇 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝐸𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒶 𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒽𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝑒𝓃𝑒𝓂𝓎 𝒶𝓉 𝒶 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝑒𝒸𝒽𝓃𝑜𝓁𝑜𝑔𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸. 𝑀𝑜𝑜𝓃 𝒟𝑒𝑒𝒹𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝓊𝓃𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈’ 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓈𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒶𝓁𝒶𝓍𝓎, 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃, 𝒸𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒾𝒸 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒶𝑔𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝒶𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓀𝒾𝓃𝒹.

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𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃 𝒮𝒶𝑔𝒶 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒹𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒯𝑜𝓇𝓇 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓈𝓁𝑜𝓌𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝓎 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓌𝒾𝓃 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃, 𝒷𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓊𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑒𝑒𝓇 𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓀: 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓃𝑒𝓉 𝒶𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓈𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒶𝓁𝒶𝓍𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒶 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝑒𝓁𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓀 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝓊𝓉 𝒶𝓉 𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓀 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒.

𝒞𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝓌𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓎-𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇-𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝓉𝓌𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒹𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒯𝑜𝓇𝓇, 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒾𝓃𝒽𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝒹𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝒸𝑒𝓁𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝑜𝓃. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝑜𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝒹𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝐸𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓈𝒸𝒶𝓅𝑒 𝒶 𝒷𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝒹𝒾𝒸𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝓁𝑜𝒸𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇𝓈.

𝒜 𝓇𝑜𝓁𝓁𝒾𝒸𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑒𝓉 𝓅𝑜𝒾𝑔𝓃𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝑜𝑜 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝒻𝓊𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒, 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝑜𝓃𝒾𝓏𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝑜𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓁𝓎 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝐸𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝒹𝒾𝒸𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅. 𝒪𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝑒, 𝓅𝓁𝓊𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝓊𝒸𝓀𝓎 𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝑒𝓈𝒸𝒶𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝑜𝓃.

𝒥𝑜𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒! 𝒜𝓃 𝒶𝒹𝒹𝒾𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓈𝓅𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒶, 𝓈𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒-𝒻𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓎 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult |Fiction | Scifi | Space Opera | Fantasy

4 out of 5 stars!

Fascinating read! Amazing world building.

Not to mention the cover is absolutely breathtaking but once you dive into the story you see just how vivid the true guts of this story is!

When Palmer Pickering reached out to me to see if I would review her book, as soon as I read the synopsis I was sold. Of course I would, then she mentioned to me that if I enjoyed Dune at all she thinks I would enjoy her read since Dune is one of her favourite books. Then I was REALLY REALLY sold!

Palmer doesn’t focus on any one particular item in this story. Every piece of it is done just right! From the story line to the characters it’s the perfect balance. You have the twins, you have their connection, you have the people and their loved ones around them and you have chaos running rampant throughout. Fear was placed upon their people and all hope was placed upon Cassidy and Torr. Moon Deeds is the perfect mix of relationships, friendships, romance and hardship. Such a magnificent world both on and off the Moon.

I would be lying if I didn’t say there weren’t times I was confused. There is so much going on in Moon Deeds and if you aren’t concentrating you may miss a vital piece of the story. This was not a slight against the writing itself. My confusion was 100% my own, I was picking the book up at the wrong times while too many things were happening around me and interruptions were unavoidable. So, if I could give any tip on how to truly soak up each bit of this incredible read it would be to make sure while reading that you are able to give every bit of your attention to this busy world you are about to dive into.

I can’t wait to read on with this saga and to sink further into Palmer’s deep, in-depth world! Thank you again Palmer for sending me a copy for review!

Publisher: Mythology Press

Release Date: May 25, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your BRIGHT Book Worm

-Nichole

The Slug Queen Chronicles by S.O. Thomas

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

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

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

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

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

5 out of 5 Stars!

A ᖴᗩIᖇY-TᗩᒪE ᗯOᑎᗪEᖇᒪᗩᑎᗪ!

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

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

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

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

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

Publisher: Ichigo Black Books

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

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Magical Book Worm

-Nichole

The Scrimshaw Worm by Daniel Dunkle

𝐼𝓉’𝓈 𝟣𝟪𝟧𝟣. 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒞𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝒶𝒾𝓁 𝑜𝓃 𝒶 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓋𝑜𝓎𝒶𝑔𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈, 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓈 𝒹𝑜𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝒱𝒾𝓇𝑔𝒾𝓁 𝒞𝑜𝒻𝒻𝒾𝓃. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓊𝓃𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓈. 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃, 𝒟𝑜𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝓎, 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒿𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝒹𝓇𝒾𝒻𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓁𝑒𝒷𝑜𝒶𝓉 𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝒷𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒾𝒷𝒶𝓁 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝒹𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒻𝓁𝑒𝓈𝒽. 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒’𝓈 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅… 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓅𝒾𝒸𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓌. 𝒪𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓋𝑜𝓎𝒶𝑔𝑒, 𝒾𝓉’𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓈𝓅𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝓀. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹, 𝓊𝓃𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒’𝓈 𝓃𝑜 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝐼𝒻 𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃, 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒶𝓀𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓇𝓈…

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Horror | Thriller

4 out of 5 stars!

A unique read!

I am a fan of odd, eerie, gruesome reads and The Scrimshaw Worm hit on those themes well.

Your main character, Will seems like a really good guy. He will protect those that just can’t or won’t protect themselves, he also has a soft spot in his heart for some in his life. After a harsh yet passionate act Will’s choices have forced him to serve as a doctor on a Whaling Voyage, even though he promised himself never again. During his journey on the ship they save a women who seems to be a damsel in distress from a dyer situation. Shortly after, crew members start to disappear, some are attacked, some are killed and left for the rest of the crew to find and yet no one knows what’s happening.

The Scrimshaw Worm leaves you antsy to know what or who is attacking the crew.

I enjoyed The Scrimshaw Worm and I am happy I picked it up.

I only have a couple very small reasons why I took a star off my rating and please keep in mind these are my own opinions and you may not feel the same when picking up this read for yourself. These reasons also don’t take away from the story line, characters, plot or Daniel’s writing.

I found the down time in-between the action, although short and not drawn out, was very slow. I wanted to rush through those moments in order to get back to the action. Again this is most likely just me and it may show that the book was well written because I obviously wanted more. Also the down time was not just filler, it was information that was crucial to the story so I had to slow myself down and take it all in. My only other reason was that you got such a strong glimpse of who Will was back on the mainland and a sneak peak into one relationship in particular he held and I found that I missed not having that closure at the end of the story to see how things were off the waters.

All in all I would recommend this read. I think it will be unlike any of the novels you have in your collection currently.

Be sure to check out Daniel’s website @ http://indiehorrorwriter.com/ or give him a follow on twitter @ https://twitter.com/IndieHorrorWri1

Publisher: Independently Published

Release date: May 6, 2018

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Gory 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

Beds Are For Flowers by R.K. Gold

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

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

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

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

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Middle Grade

Genre: Fantasy

5 out of 5 stars

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Colorful Book Worm

-Nichole

The Lightest Object In The Universe by Kimi Eisele

𝔸𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕪 𝕗𝕝𝕦 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥.

ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟’𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔼𝕒𝕤𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕤𝕥, 𝕚𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕩 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕒𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖.

𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕩 𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕎𝕖𝕤𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕤𝕥 ,𝕓𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕟𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤.

𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝟙𝟝 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝.

𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕩 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟?

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘹, 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴-𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴, 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

4 out of 5 stars

At first I wobbled between a 3.5 stars and a 4.

In the end this read struck me in a way and I knew it deserved the 4… and I will tell you why.

Kimi Eisele had a fantastic concept and she executed it perfectly.

This was unlike any post apocalyptic novel I have read before. Please keep in mind I am use to the fast pace, disease wiping out the world, zombies, evil humans struggling to survive and willing to do anything needed to do so….

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A perfect balance of both plot and character growth throughout this read. The relationships that existed prior to this angry flu and the relationships that grew during the story were memorable. You meet so many different characters, each one unique in their own way.

That being said, while reading this you need to be on the ball. Kimi introduces so many different side characters, while bouncing back and forth between Carson, Beatrix and also some moment glimpses into their lives prior to this epidemic. If you miss an important moment or a character introduction it may confuse you. So pay attention!

If you are a lover of any post apocalyptic, dystopian, science fiction reads than give The Lightest Object In The Universe a go. It may be different then what you are use to but I don’t think it will disappoint.

“𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜-𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜 𝔽𝕝𝕦”

Published by Algonquin Books, July 9, 2019

Thanks to Thomas Allen & Son for sending this powerful read my way for review.

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And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Bookworm

-Nichole

Aspiring by Astrid V.J.

𝒜 𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓌 𝒶 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒹𝑜𝓂. 𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓎.

𝒜𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇’𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽-𝒷𝑒𝒹, 𝐸𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓉𝒽 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇’𝓈 𝒾𝓁𝓁𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇. 𝐸𝓋𝒾𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓉𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒹𝑜𝓂 𝑜𝒻 𝒱𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒶𝓁𝑒. 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒, 𝓃𝒶𝒾𝓋𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹, 𝐸𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓉𝒽’𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇’𝓈 𝓂𝓊𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒. 𝒲𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝑅𝒾𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹’𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝒾𝓍𝑒𝒹 𝓂𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓈, 𝐸𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝒾𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝓂𝒷𝑜: 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒶 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝒹𝓊𝓁𝓉 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈. 𝑀𝑒𝒶𝓃𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈’ 𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓉 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝒶 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝓌𝑒𝒷 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇.

𝒞𝒶𝓃 𝐸𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓉𝒽 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒸𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒹𝒹𝓈?

* Synopsis copied from amazon.ca *

3 out of 5 stars

Aspiring’s premise is extremely intriguing. The moment I read the synopsis I was interested.

Astrid’s writing is very crisp, clean and flows smoothly. Making this a pleasant, easy read. The characters are described perfectly, well rounded and with great back stories. The amount of plot vs dialog is distributed perfectly throughout.

All around, well written

Unfortunately the execution of this story fell short for me.

After reading the synopsis which starts with “A coven of witches plots to over throw a kingdom” I was expecting an action pact read, with a splash of romance…which was not the case.

I found this story was almost confused on whether it was meant to be a fantasy story full of evil witches with one to stand in their way, or a full on light romance.

It started off great with Elisabeth finding out she has powers herself, while her mother was fighting for her life on her unfortunate death bed. Elizabeth knowing she is untrained and needs to learn how to use and control her powers. This had me fully invested as a reader! Until the part where she is receiving the proper training is grazed over and the story becomes her and her crush showing and admitting their lover for each other.

I personally was looking for that witchy adventure and excitement that the synopsis promised… not receiving the true thrill until the end of the book.

Now, that being said. I know this is not a stand alone novel. There will be a sequel and I am sure not only the characters but the plot will thicken as it goes. But with such a strong synopsis tied to this first novel I was expecting more from this story. Which could put off any reader from picking up the second books, expecting the lack-luster of action to be carried on to the sequel.

Please keep in mind these are my own opinions. I am not dragging this lovely author by any means. As mentioned, her all around writing was absolutely fantastic.

Where something may not have been what I was expecting, doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy it yourself.

I don’t know how many times I have read or seen a negative book review, still held interested, picked up the book and absolutely adored it.

Aspiring may be your perfect cup of tea!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

The Black Orchids by Ishita Goel

𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔰. ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯, 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔴𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔰𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔣𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔱.

𝔍𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔟𝔬𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔩, 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔨𝔢𝔢𝔭𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔣𝔞𝔯 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰. 𝔖𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔰𝔥 𝔣𝔬𝔯. 𝔅𝔲𝔱 𝔞 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔣𝔦𝔤𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔩𝔲𝔯𝔨𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔯. 𝔒𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔠𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔩, 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔠𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔭𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔭𝔞𝔱𝔥 –

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4 out of 5 stars

The Black Orchids is chilling, yet sweet.

Ellie’s past is haunting her! You can feel the terrifying memories radiating off the page. Yet her present is full of positive vibes, with new friends and a potential love.

I am honestly shocked that this is Ishita’s debut novel!

It was fantastic! Covering both your dark and eerie while having a light, fluffy side as well. The writing was crisp and smooth making it a delightfully easy read.

Keeping you on your toes. Wanting to know who or what the figure hiding in the shadows is!

I love supporting indie authors and would most definitely recommend this read!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Inspired Book Worm

-Nichole

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

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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.

“It is our nature… to surpass nature.”

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

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𝔸𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕪 𝕗𝕝𝕦 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥.

𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝟙𝟝 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝.

𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕩 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟?

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“𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜-𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜 𝔽𝕝𝕦”

𝒜 𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓌 𝒶 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒹𝑜𝓂. 𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓎.

𝒞𝒶𝓃 𝐸𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓉𝒽 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒸𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒹𝒹𝓈?

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