𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 Å𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧

𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘆-𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁, 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝗮 𝟰𝟭𝟰-𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 (𝟲𝟲𝟲 𝗸𝗺) 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗕𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗱, 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆. 𝗜𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱. 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝘀, 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄, 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝗜𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗮, 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁, 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

“𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒹𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒹…”

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Genre: Adult | Fiction | Dark | Horror | Psychological Horror

5 out of 5 stars!

A psychological horror done right!

Tom is struggling to keep his head above water! He’s on the verge of losing everything, his wife, his home, his whole life but Tom’s passion and love won’t let him give up just yet, he’s taking on a huge opportunity career wise.

This journey along one of the most secluded highways may be out of his comfort zone, he may not be prepared for what he’s about to face but it’s make or break for Tom! After a crazy accident, Tom finds himself roaming the terrifying Alaskan wilderness looking for his best friend, Presley, a five year old German Shepherd.

I love psychological horrors, they are some of my all time favourite reads and diving into Dalton Highway I had no idea what to expect, but I was in for a real treat!

Freddie has created this mind bending masterpiece! The characters are so relatable, his writing is smooth and descriptive yet the twists and turns create for an exciting, disorientated read.

From the very first sentence I was absolutely committed, better yet obsessed with finding out how the story ends. I don’t know if I have ever read a book that had so many potential outcomes.

I recently heard a friend of mine use the term “an unreliable narrator” this term explains Tom’s character perfectly and not in a bad way by any means. This character will leave you constantly thinking, doubting your own thoughts and conclusions.

Tom has taken the leap, was not prepared for what was to come, is now faced with some of the most terrifying moments of his life. Is there truly something aside from the Alaskan wildlife ready to attack or is Tom fighting his own inner demons.

Definitely one to pick up! I highly recommend!

Thank you so much Freddie for sending me a copy to read and review! I am officially a fan of your work and look forward to more from you in the future.

Publisher: Sharp Arrow Publishing

Release Date: September 1, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your MISSING Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

Buried with the Night : Stories by Syon Das

ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴀʀᴋɴᴇꜱꜱ, ᴄʀɪᴍᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴇʀʀᴏʀ ᴀᴡᴀɪᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ꜱʏᴏɴ ᴅᴀꜱ. ꜰᴏᴜʀ ᴘʀᴇᴠɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ʀᴇʟᴇᴀꜱᴇᴅ ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴᴇ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟᴇᴛᴛᴇ, ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴄᴏᴍᴘɪʟᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴀᴛɪꜱꜰʏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱɪɴɪꜱᴛᴇʀ ɴᴇᴇᴅꜱ. ꜰᴀɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴅɪꜱᴛᴜʀʙɪɴɢ ꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, ʜᴏʀʀᴏʀ ᴄɪɴᴇᴍᴀ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀꜱ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀʏᴘᴛ, ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴀᴛ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴘᴀɢᴇꜱ.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

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

4 out of 5 stars!

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It’s hard to review a collection of short stories without giving to many details away but man this collection by Syon was great!

Each and every one of these 5 stories were so different from the next and well written! Syon’s writing was detailed, smooth and had the perfect balance between storyline and character details.

Buried with the Night are those fast paced, mind bending, tricky stories that end off with a huge cliff hanger. Leaving you wanting more not only from those stories themselves but from Syon in general.

Although I can’t go into to much detail for each individual story. I can say I do believe my favorite was Curtis, which also happened to be the very first story in this collection. It was my perfect kind of messed up minds! (to read anyhow). I was instantly consumed after reading Curtis and looked forward to the rest!

I would highly recommend this collection and I can’t thank Syon enough for sending me a copy to read and review. I look forward to reading more of his work in the future!

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: May 20, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your BURIED Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

𝐖𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?: 𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐨

𝒞𝑅𝐸𝐸𝒫𝒴 𝒮𝐿𝒪𝒲 𝐵𝒰𝑅𝒩 𝒜𝒮𝐼𝒜𝒩 𝐻𝒪𝑅𝑅𝒪𝑅 𝐼𝒩 𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝒱𝐸𝐼𝒩 𝒪𝐹 “𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝑅𝐼𝒩𝒢”

𝒜 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓀 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝒜 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓁. 𝐿𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒷𝑒𝓎𝑜𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒. 𝒜 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈𝑒𝒹. 𝐿𝒾𝓂𝒷𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃.

𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝑔𝒽𝑜𝓈𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒, 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝑒𝒹, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓆𝓊𝒾𝓇𝓂 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒸𝑜𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝑜𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓃 𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝐼𝓃𝒹𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈𝒾𝒶. 𝑅𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒾𝓃 𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓉𝓊𝓇𝒶𝓁 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓉𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒜𝓈𝒾𝒶𝓃, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝑒𝓆𝓊𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓆𝓊𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑜𝑒𝓉𝒾𝒸, 𝒾𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁, 𝓊𝓃𝓊𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒶𝓁.

𝒟𝓇𝒶𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝓁𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓀 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓋𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒷𝒶𝓃𝓈𝒽𝑒𝑒𝓈, 𝒹𝓊𝓈𝓀-𝒹𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓂𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝒶𝒹, 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝒻𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓈𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝓅, 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒶𝒷𝓎𝓈𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓈: 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

4 out of 5 stars!

Interesting stories!

I enjoy Urban Legends! I find it fascinating to hear stories from all around the world, unique to that culture. Dimas did a great job sharing these stories with the world.

Who’s There is something I would call comfy, cozy horror.

I didn’t find these stories to be overwhelmingly terrifying, you know those reads that leave you crawling in your skin, keep you up at night and looking over your shoulder every where you go? I found these horror tales to be gentle yet very enjoyable and easily consumed . Perfect for a horror newbie, someone looking to dip their toes into the dark fiction world or someone looking to learn more about dark tales from around the world, such as myself.

Although these stories are not overly terrifying they will twist and play with your mind, keeping you on your toes.

Dimas Rio did provide me with an e-copy to read and review, however when I saw it was on audio-book I wanted to give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised with the audio version. The narrator did a great job of bringing the eerie feels of the stories together.

My question to you is …. Who’s There? Are you gutsy enough to find out?

Thank you so much Dimas for sending me an e-copy to read and review. I am intrigued and look forward to more of your work.

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: December 16, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your CREEPY Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝔻𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕊𝕨𝕒𝕟

𝕋ℍ𝔼ℝ𝔼 𝕀𝕊 ℕ𝕆 𝕊𝕋𝕆ℙℙ𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕀𝕋.

𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℂ𝕃𝕆𝕌𝔻 𝕀𝕊 𝔸ℝ𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔼𝔻𝔻𝕆ℕ, 𝕊𝕋𝔼𝔸𝕄ℝ𝕆𝕃𝕃𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕃𝔻 𝔸𝕋 𝔸 𝕎𝔸𝕃𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℙ𝔸ℂ𝔼.

𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝟘. 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕜𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕊𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕫𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕, 𝕒 𝕡𝕝𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕠𝕩𝕚𝕔 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕜𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕤𝕙 𝕡𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕜𝕪, 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤. 𝔸𝕤 𝔼𝕦𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕, 𝕒 𝕤𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕌𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕨𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖. 𝕍𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕕, 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕝 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕, 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕟𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕤, 𝕟𝕠 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕦𝕡, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖.

𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝟠𝟡. ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕗 𝕒 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔼𝕒𝕤𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕊. 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕦𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕝, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣. 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤, 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕋𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕗 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕦𝕟𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕤. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟’𝕥 𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕦𝕥. ℚ𝕦𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝔻ℕ𝔸. 𝕊𝕠 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕪, 𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕨𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕞𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕝𝕖—𝕒 𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕠𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕟𝕦𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕓𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕝. 𝔹𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞, 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝.

𝕀𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕖𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝 𝕄𝕆ℕ𝕊𝕋ℝ𝔼, 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣 𝔻𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕊𝕨𝕒𝕟 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕤 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕣𝕖-𝕓𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖, 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕗𝕒𝕣 𝕨𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕘𝕠 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕖.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

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Genre: Adult | Fiction | Apocalyptic | Science Fiction | Horror

5 out of 5 stars!

Black toxic smoke consuming the world one country at a time!

Evil lurking in the dark!

There’s no where to run, no where to hide…..

Monstre is truly the end of the world.

Duncan’s debut novel Monstre: Volume One was unbelievable! I am completely invested in this world and can’t wait for volume two.

I thoroughly enjoyed the format of Monstre. Jumping back and forth between day 0 when everything went down at the research facility to the future. Watching as people lose their minds doing absolutely anything they can to survive but honestly they have no idea what they will be truly facing when the smoke hits. Monstre is also told from multiple perspectives which only gives more depth to an already amazing read.

Dark, gruesome and incredibly detailed! I have read a lot of grim stories but the emotions, feelings and connections between the characters is what made this story much more gut-wrenching. The recognition, seeing your family, friends, neighbours people you cared for ripped apart or mangled so bad almost to the point where they blended in with earth itself! This is where the story will consume you.

I am absolutely impressed with Duncan’s talented story telling. There was not a single moment where I found myself bored while reading Monstre and just when the story starts to slow and you are ready to take that deep breath between the hard moments your beloved characters are blind sided with another horrid, life changing event.

Monstre will devour your mind and soul.

I was completely absorbed from the very first sentence. Not to mention Duncan keeps you questioning what these Monstre’s are in the dark and where they come from. Hoping to get more answers by the end… but do you?

One of my all time favourite reads of 2020 and I highly recommend it.

Thank you so much to Duncan for sending me a copy to read and review.

Publisher: Super Hoot Publishing

Release Date: September 15, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your MONSTRE Book Worm

-Nichole

You can check out my video review here:

The Colours of Denial by Arti Manani

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓼𝓪𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓱𝓾𝓻𝓽𝓼, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓮𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓴𝓲𝓵𝓵…

𝓢𝓸𝓹𝓱𝓲𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓷𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓻𝓾𝓷𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂. 𝓒𝓸𝓬𝓸𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓪 𝔀𝓮𝓫 𝓸𝓯 𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓼, 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓷𝓸 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽’𝓼 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵.

𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓮’𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓼 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻. 𝓢𝓱𝓮’𝓼 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓱𝓲𝓶 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓱𝓮’𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓪𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼.

𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮-𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓬𝓻𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓪𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮, 𝓢𝓸𝓹𝓱𝓲𝓪 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓫𝓮𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓽’𝓼 𝓽𝓸𝓸 𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮.

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓓𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓹𝓼𝔂𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓰𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵 𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓸𝓾𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵-𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓲𝓼𝓼𝓾𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝔁𝓲𝓮𝓽𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓽𝓱, 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓵, 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓹𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮.

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩”

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: 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:

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

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

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

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

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

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

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Genre: Young Adult | Fiction | Fantasy | Historical Fiction

4 out of 5 stars!

Phenomenal characters and outstanding world building!

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

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

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

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

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

Publisher: Independently published (M. A. Leon)

Release Date: January 19, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Warrior Book Worm

-Nichole

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BITE by Keelan Berry

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻. 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝘆. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀…” 𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟱-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘆. 𝗛𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗿. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁. 𝗔 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Young Adult | Fiction | Horror | Dark Fiction

3 out of 5 stars

Interesting werewolf twist!

Kevin is your typical teenager dealing with life, school, sports, friends and of course a girl! One day a couple wolves escape the local zoo and Kevin doesn’t think there is any chance he will come by them… until he does and one of them attacks!

Shortly after the attack Kevin starts to experience changes with his body. He becomes more aggressive, more agile, he has so much more strength and all of this contributes to being better in school sports. Kevin has an ideal of what is happening to his body but searches for more answers.

I enjoyed Keelan’s concept on werewolves and the angle he took with how they come to be. I also enjoyed the journal/documentation format Keelan put in place with Kevin’s best friend as well as a doctor Kevin comes into contact with later on in the story, discussing and leaning more about the changes his body’s going through. Keelan was extremely bold with the end of this read, this is where the blood and gore truly came out and Keelan was even willing to kill off some strong characters. This is not easy for an author to do because you don’t want to anger your readers but you also need to keep them on their toes and keep that excitement.

Although in the end I was searching for more of the horror aspect. I wanted more werewolf, more blood, gore… more screams! I found the lead up to this to be very long and the majority of the story was around Kevin and his feelings towards a girl he adores who doesn’t see him in that way and is dating other guys.

I wouldn’t say this book is amazing or mind blowing. It certainly has some neat ideas to it and the ending went out with some true intense crazy! However if this is a glimpse into Keelan’s writing from 4+ years ago than I am certainly intrigued to read more of Keelan’s work knowing he will have grown as an author and had a bit more experience with it all.

Keep up the great work Keelan!

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: August 12, 2016

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Howling Book Worm

-Nichole

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Eyes of A Runner by Skyler D’Vincent

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

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

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

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Dystopian

4 out of 5 stars!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: September 12, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your CORRUPTED Book Worm

-Nichole

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In The Beginning by Nick Girard

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

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

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Supernatural Thriller | Suspense

4 out of 5 stars!

What a unique read!

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

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

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

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

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

“The End

I love you Cake“

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: April 6, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your CAKE EATING Book Worm

-Nichole

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Scratches by Joshua Marsella

𝔸 𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡 𝕚𝕟𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕥 𝕒 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕒 𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖. 𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕕𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕒. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕒 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕪. ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙?

***Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction | Dark Fiction | Horror

5 out of 5 stars!

What an amazing debut novella!

Joshua Marsella is a new horror author in the book community and we all adore him so! He is such a fantastic guy!

Scratches is packed full of eerie goodness with a twisted, yet bitter, heart-wrenching story line!

Connor and his Mother may have a disconnected relationship and for very obvious reasons (as you learn throughout this read). Yet there are moments in this story where you will love what they have (although they are few). Connor has moved into this home not knowing the relative in a close personal way, he has no idea what their past was and what type of person they were. This shows to be truly terrifying when the evil is stirred.

I feel so many teenagers would find Connor relate-able and Scratches may remind us all about moments we may have experienced from our childhood. Moments where are minds truly mess with us but Connor was truly living it and how terrifying it was! I couldn’t imagine experiencing these horrifying moments, thinking you may be absolutely insane but yet it feels so real. Reaching out to your Mother or people around you subtly trying to seeing if you can get some answers and them shrugging it off telling you its all in your head. Although they may know that’s not true, they just don’t want to believe it’s happening, they don’t want to have to deal with such evil again.

Joshua’s writing is fantastic! Scratches is so fast pace and each page of this novella is packed full of dark goodness. Don’t get me wrong, although I said I feel Connor would be so relate-able to many teenagers, this is not a read for young! It would scare the pants right off them.

I am so happy I dived into this read! I was absolutely consumed and I can’t wait to see what else Joshua has in store for us. Call me a new dedicated fan!

“𝙏𝙃𝙐𝘿 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝘼𝘼𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙏𝙃𝙐𝘿 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝘼𝘼𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙏𝙃𝙐𝘿”

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: May 11, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your BASEMENT Book Worm

-Nichole

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