and then She rose by Lavender Rose

𝓟𝓸𝓮𝓽𝓻𝔂 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓘𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓶 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓽 𝓛𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮.𝓣𝓸𝓹𝓲𝓬𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭: 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴, 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷, 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽,𝓰𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓽𝓱, 𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓽𝓱 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯-𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮.”𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮,” 𝓲𝓼 𝓭𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓸 6 𝓰𝓵𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓵𝓪𝓻𝓰𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓼, 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓪𝓻𝓮: 1.𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓹𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 2.𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽, 3.𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼, 4.𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓵𝓾𝓼𝓽, 5.𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓪𝓾𝓬𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 6.𝓯𝓪𝓲𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓼. 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓥𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓼 𝓛𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻’𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓫𝓾𝓽, 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓿𝓾𝓵𝓷𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓫𝓵𝔂 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓬𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓽𝓻𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓫𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓱𝓾𝓻𝓽𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓷 “𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮” 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝔁𝓽 𝓮𝔁𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓾𝓶𝓹𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓹 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓳𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓮𝔂. 𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓛𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓼 𝓫𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓹𝓸𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓹𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝔁𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓹 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓳𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓮𝔂. 𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓥𝓪𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓻𝓪𝔀 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓾𝓷𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓭. “𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷… 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓭 𝓪 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓸𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰. 𝓑𝓸𝓽𝓱 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓵 𝓸𝓯 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓭𝓻𝓪𝔀𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓷. 𝓐𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶 𝓽𝓸 𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓹𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓪𝓼 𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓛𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻’𝓼 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓳𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓮𝔂. 𝓒𝓾𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓛𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓼 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓮𝓶𝓹𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓼, 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝔁𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂. 𝓐 𝓵𝓸𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓶𝓼, 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓾𝓹𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝔂𝓹𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓶𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓸𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓘𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓶 𝓹𝓪𝓰𝓮 @𝓵𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓶𝓼__𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻: 𝓛𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓫𝓸𝓻𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓷 𝓐𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓪 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓒𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓭𝓪 𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓸𝓯 14. 𝓘𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮, 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼; 𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓵𝓾𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓽 19, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓾𝓼𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓽 37 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓽𝔀𝓸 𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓷. 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓾𝓭𝓲𝓮𝓭 𝓟𝓼𝔂𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓰𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓔𝓷𝓰𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓤𝓷𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓦𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓼𝓸𝓻 𝓲𝓷 𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓷 𝓞𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓸. 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓳𝓸𝔂𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓭𝓸𝓸𝓻𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼. 𝓗𝓮𝓻 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓹𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓲𝓼 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓽𝓻𝔂. 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓳𝓸𝔂𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓾𝓫𝓳𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓼 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷, 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓽𝓱, 𝓭𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓵𝓸𝓹𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽, 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓼𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂. 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓯𝓪𝓷 𝓸𝓯 𝓡𝓾𝓹𝓲 𝓚𝓪𝓾𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓙.𝓶. 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓶 𝓪𝓶𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓴 𝓶𝓪𝔂 𝓮𝓶𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻𝓼. 𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓬𝓽 𝓹𝓲𝓮𝓬𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓽𝓻𝔂 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝔀𝓸 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓼 𝓫𝓸𝓽𝓱 𝓥𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 “𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮,” 𝓸𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓘𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓶 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓽 @𝓵𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓶𝓼

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Genre: Adult | Poetry

4 out of 5 stars!

A wonderful collection!

I honestly need to read more Poetry! Poetry is hard to share your opinions on. Poetry is subjective and so personal to each reader but honestly I truly believe that’s what makes it so magical.

and then She rose is filled with so much emotion and passion. From love, lose and fairy tales to anger and frustration, you will be consumed by this collection.

Lavender’s writing, as most poetry will enrich your soul and open your eyes to things you may have never imagined.

Poetry collections are great to discuss with others and see their take, see what they caught that you may have missed or interpreted differently. It’s also something you can go back on and read time and time again, reacting differently each time.

Thank you so much Lavender Rose for sending me a copy to read and review. I appreciate it very much!

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: March 9, 2020

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Graymatter: A Collection of Horror by Nicholas Gray

𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕤. 𝔸𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕦𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟. 𝔸 𝕄𝕒𝕟 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕪 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕟𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕤. 𝔸𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕒 𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕠 𝕥𝕒𝕡𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤 𝕘𝕠 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕜-𝕠𝕣-𝕋𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣!

𝔾𝕣𝕒𝕪𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕦𝕡 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖. 𝕊𝕠, 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 ℕ𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕤 𝔾𝕣𝕒𝕪 𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔾ℝ𝔸𝕐𝕄𝔸𝕋𝕋𝔼ℝ 𝕚𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕜𝕦𝕝𝕝!

Genre: Adult | Horror | Dark Fiction

4 out of 5 stars! (for the whole collection)

First off I have to start by saying how proud I am of Nick! Nick is a fellow BookTuber and it’s always exciting to see people whom I consider friends making their dreams become a reality. Now to all my readers out there, although Nick is a friend this will not stop me from providing an honest review.

Graymatter is a fun collection! and by that I mean dark, gruesome, spooky but loads of fun. Some great concepts here! These short stories are those type of stories narrated by the main character that end with a big cliffhanger….leaving you wanting more. Oh and I can’t forget each has a great moral to the story as well.

While reading this collection I felt as if I was chilling with Nick while he told me some truly eerie stories. Nick has a way of writing different characters and really bringing their personality traits forward. For example one story is about a dognapper, he makes a living taking other people dogs and than just hangs at home until the owner puts out a reward. Once they do he jumps on it claiming his prize. The guy is an honest dirt-bag and I was appalled the whole time I read this story! Honestly, if you can feel those emotions while reading that’s when you know the author did something right. These are things you just don’t forget even after finishing the read.

There is one tiny negative that pulled my star rating back on this horror collection. Although an editor was hired there seems to be a lot that was missed. Spelling mistakes, grammar, repetitiveness and some sentences weren’t even proper English. Although I can understand these mistakes as everyone is human and while the author is pouring their thoughts and passions out onto paper it takes a lot of time to make the story crisp and clean. Multiple read through’s alone, even before editing (if it’s an option, which isn’t the case for most indie authors). That being said even after taking these steps and even hiring an editor a lot was missed. Although I am not one to talk negative about others or tell them how to do their job, I really feel whoever did edit this collection for Nick did not provide the service he paid for and I hope this won’t deter people from picking it up. Editing can really hurt an author! Some people won’t even finish a read or give it an awful review solely on the editing.

All in all honestly this collection was great! Again, Nick had great concepts, awesome characters and not to forget your mind and emotions will be stirred. I say it’s totally worth giving it a go. Also if you would like to check out my video review on my BookTube channel that would be awesome!

Thank you so much Nick for sending me a copy to read and review. I am so proud to own a physical copy and to have it sitting on my shelves. I can’t wait to see what else you have for us in the future.

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: April 19, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your PROUD Book Worm

-Nichole

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

Divan of Shah by Shah Asad Rizvi

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒟𝒾𝓋𝒶𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝒮𝒽𝒶𝒽 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒸𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓊𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓂 𝑜𝒻 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈. 𝐻𝑒 𝒶𝓈𝒸𝓇𝒾𝒷𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝑜𝑒𝓉𝓇𝓎. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓅𝑜𝑒𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒, 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝒹𝑒𝒶 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝓇𝑒𝒻𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓃𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑒𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝑜𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑜𝒹𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒻𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒻𝑒𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒𝓈 𝓅𝑜𝑒𝓂𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓆𝓊𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒, 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

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“𝓜𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓶𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓴𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓱”

Genre: Adult| Poetry

4 out of 5 stars!

Poetry is something I really need to strive to read more of!

Even the most simplest poetry pieces can find a way to enrich our lives. Poetry can have the most powerful, hard hitting words. Divan of Shah is no exception! Shah has created this flow of emotions and uses some brilliant examples throughout his collection. Helping the reader to truly connect with what is being said.

Poetry is incredibly intimate! Each reader will consume the pieces different and find a way to relate it with their own personal lives.

Poetry is something we can come back to time and time again. It can be that pallet cleanser in between reads, the uplifting words needed during hard times or even that warm hug we may need. Poetry adapts to what we may need in that very moment.

Divan of Shah is full of love, lose, pain, life and will truly warm the heart.

Whether poetry is your jam or not I say pick it up! You may be presently surprised on how much it can touch your heart.

Publisher: Independently published

Release Date: October 31, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading

Your MOVED 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

Wildcat: Book 1 in The Caledon Saga by JP Harker

ℜ𝔥𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔴𝔶𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔫 𝔦𝔰 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔣𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔲𝔭 𝔞 𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔯’𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔞 𝔴𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔥𝔲𝔰𝔟𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔰 𝔢𝔫𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔱𝔬 𝔞𝔱 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔱. ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯, 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔊𝔞𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔰 𝔪𝔬𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔥𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞 𝔭𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔣𝔲𝔩 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔶 𝔫𝔬 𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 𝔟𝔢 𝔞𝔫 𝔬𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫, 𝔣𝔬𝔯 ℜ𝔥𝔦𝔞 𝔬𝔯 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔭𝔢𝔬𝔭𝔩𝔢. 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔯𝔦𝔳𝔞𝔩 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢𝔰, 𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔰𝔲𝔦𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔰, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔊𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔏𝔢𝔭𝔦𝔡𝔲𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥, ℜ𝔥𝔦𝔞 𝔰𝔬𝔬𝔫 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔣𝔞𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔶 𝔦𝔫 𝔲𝔫𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔡𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔦𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔪𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔟𝔢 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣…

*** Synopsis copied from amazon. ca

“Perhaps so. I prefer his chances of it to those of a dancing kitten.”

Genre: Adult | Fantasy

5 out of 5 stars!

Brilliant world building!

I’ll be upfront and say I have not read many books written in a medieval setting and I now know I need to read more! JP Harker’s exciting read Wildcat has brought this to my attention.

Right from the first page I was sucked into this exciting world filled with powerful characters. Wildcat gives you a little taste of everything… from vicious, life sucking battles to love and deceit you never know what will come next. You may even find some taking the lives of their very own loved ones.

JP Harker’s writing is captivating! The battle scenes are so detailed and vivid it really sets the picture in your mind. His characters are so engaging you can’t help but love them all and I’m not just talking about the protagonists, the supporting characters are also intriguing.

Rhia’s story line has a connection to the modern day. She struggles wanting to be fighting along side her people but also with wanting to start a family of her own and keeping her children safe. I saw this as today’s working Mom’s who love the idea of being home with their kids all day but have that urge, that want to be out in the working world. Rhia’s challenged throughout the whole story, she’s put through tick and thin and still she pulls through somehow. Memories and people linger with her, impacting so many of her future life decisions. She truly is a stunning character.

I can’t wait to get my hands on the next two completed books in the saga (#2 Leaping Wolf, #3 Lion Cub). Book #4 is currently in the works!

If you are a fan of medieval type reads with a mix of romance among many other things. I would highly recommend picking up book 1: Wildcat, see what you think.

Thank you very much to JP Harker for sending me a copy to read and review. I am now a new dedicated fan to his work and I am excited to see what else he comes out with in the future.

Publisher: JPH

Release Date: September 4, 2016

And of course thank you all for reading

Your MIGHTY Book Worm

-Nichole

Author Review: Rob Shepherd

Today’s bookish post is going to be a bit different. Normally when talking about an authors work I review the work itself. Today we will be reviewing the author himself!

A while back Rob Shepherd reached out to me asking if I would be willing to read some of his work. Of course I said yes and he was so kind to send over 5 e-copies, a good variety. Now Rob never once asked me to review any of what he sent over, he was just happy to have another reader interested in checking it out. BUT… I am a blogger, so of COURSE I am going to review it.

I read one peace closer to the end of 2019 and really enjoyed it, jump ahead into 2020 and I still had not finished the other 4 pieces. I knew this was not fair of me and I needed to work hard to get some reviews out for him. So…..in the month of April I went on a bit of a Rob Shepherd reading binge. While reading through I thought instead of doing an individual review of each read separately, why not review them and the author all together.

I have had the privilege of getting to know Rob over the last year or so and honestly he is so very laid back, chilled and easy going. He also loves getting to chat with his readers and just getting to know them in general.

Now Rob’s writing style may not be for everyone. He really loves those odd, eerie, gruesome, horror-esk type reads but I myself love them. Also a lot of Rob’s work is short stories or novellas but honestly they are packed FULL of creepy goodness! Each of the 5 stories I read from him got a 4 or 5 star out of 5 stars!

On to the books I read and my individual star rating for each.

My Name is Human: 4 out of 5 stars

𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕠𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕠𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝? 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕙? 𝕊𝕔𝕚-𝔽𝕚 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕕𝕖𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟. 𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕔 𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕣. 𝕀𝕤 𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕥? 𝕆𝕣 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕? ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕒 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝?

The Caretaker: 4 out of 5 stars

𝔸 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 ℍ𝕚-ℝ𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕜, 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕠 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕤 𝕒 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥; 𝔸 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕪𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕔𝕜 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡?

Friends Like Us: 4 out of 5 stars

𝔸 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕠𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 𝕒𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕆𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕟. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕕𝕘𝕖, 𝕆𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕓𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥. 𝕀𝕟 𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕔 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟. ℕ𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕣𝕖. 𝕎𝕙𝕠 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣?

Dark Worlds: 5 out of 5 stars

𝔸 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝟞 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤. 𝔼𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕓𝕠𝕣𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣. 𝔽𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟, 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕠𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝔼𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕝𝕚𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕣𝕖. 𝔼𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕒 𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪. 𝔼𝕒𝕔𝕙, 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜.

Semianimus: 5 out of 5 stars

𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕒𝕝𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖. 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙, 𝕡𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕙𝕒𝕓, 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝. 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. ℍ𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣, 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕨𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕕. 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕦𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕, 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥, 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟, 𝕚𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕕, 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩. ℕ𝕠𝕨 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕘𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙, 𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕘𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕖𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣. ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥, 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪, 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕪. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣. ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖, 𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕦𝕡 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟. 𝕆𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝, 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝?

I thoroughly enjoy Rob’s work! His imagination is so dark and unique. I can’t wait to get my hands on more and I feel if those unusual, chilling reads are your thing than you may also enjoy reading Rob’s stories.

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In The Hills Above The Gristmill by Kalvin Ellis

In The Hills…. Above The Gristmill

𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳-𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺-𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳-𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩. 𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘣 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥.

𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧, 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘭𝘥-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘹 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯’𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars!

Fanfreakingtastic!

In The Hills Above The Gristmill is one intense book.

Kalvin has shown his true talents as an author with this read. Which might I add is book one in a series I am now obviously VERY excited for. On top of this my mind is truly boggled knowing this is Kalvin’s debut novel!

The main character Paisley is absolutely fearless, she’s your ideal modern day paranormal investigator. At the request of the towns beloved preacher Hollis Grim, Paisley rushes to the very small, incredibly odd, extremely unusual town of Grey Water Ridge.

I was devoted to this read from the very first page…. Kalvin’s writing is immaculate. Each character introduced is so unique and different from the next. The story is eerie and the setting is purely chilling. I don’t think I have ever read a book where I was suspicious about so many characters all at once. Not once did I know for absolutely certain who was the true evil in this story….. Well maybe aside from one scene, but I guess you would have to read it for yourself to know what part I am talking about.

Never a bored moment in this book, the story never falls flat. Even while Kalvin provided some history on the town of Grey Water Ridge I was intrigued. Usually (for myself anyhow) when an author is trying to add that extra knowledge and incite into the plot I find it drags a bit. More like excess filler that doesn’t really need to be there and may create the reader to lose interest. That was not the case with In The Hills Above The Gristmill. The history added to the story, rivalries were present even back when and horrible things happened. This information only helps you understand this town and the people in it even more. I also enjoyed the direction Kalvin took while writing this into the story.

Highly recommend this read. I can’t wait for book two in the series….. Kalvin, if you’re reading this.. hurry up! ha..ha. I guess you can call me a big fan of his work!

Publisher: Infinite Key Media

Release Date: January 9, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your FEARLESS Book Worm

-Nichole

Heir of Lies and Queen to Ashes by Mallory McCartney

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“𝐵𝓎 𝐹𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐹𝓁𝒶𝓂𝑒”

Black Dawn Trilogy – Book One: Heir of Lies

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

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

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

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

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Young Adult | Fiction | Fantasy | Romance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Publisher: MM Books

Release Date: April 21, 2020

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Corrupted Book Worm

-Nichole

Magna-Blade by Evan Aitchison

Magna-Blade

𝕀𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝟚𝟛𝟙𝟙, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕒𝕣 𝕕𝕦𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕄𝕒𝕘𝕟𝕒-𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕤, 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕥. ℕ𝕠𝕨 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪. 𝔸 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕒𝕟, 𝕂𝕒𝕕𝕠, 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕔𝕜 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕓𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕦𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕓𝕚𝕒𝕤, 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕙𝕠𝕝. 𝕌𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕔𝕚𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕞𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖’𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕪𝕖. 𝕂𝕒𝕕𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕕𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕔 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕦𝕟𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕦𝕟𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕥.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Sci-fi | Dystopian| Fiction

4 out of 5 stars!

Take a look at the cover! If that doesn’t pull you in enough the moment you read the synopsis you will be hooked.

I have been craving sci-fi recently and Magna-Blade was exactly what I needed. Even more of a treat when I found out it was set in a well known city in Canada!

People have survived a life changing war with some of the most dangerous weapons around – Magna-Blades. But no-ones safe just yet!….Someone knows more is coming and they are working tirelessly to stop it! Question’s are …Will they succeed?…Can they do it alone, or will they need help?

Evan has created this revolutionary setting! You still have your high, middle and lower class, people are suffering, hunger, drugs and crime are still present and a form of law enforcement is in place. It reads as if you are in today’s setting with a futuristic twist. This was a huge yes for me! I enjoy stepping out of the real world while reading but really appreciate when there is still be a relate-able feel to it. Helps to really grasp the idea and makes for an engaging read!

The characters are perfectly placed in this world. I try very hard not give any spoilers away while reviewing so I won’t give any names or details. But I will say I really connected with a few of the stronger, main characters. When they were faced with hardships or tough situations it hit hard! Evan’s characters are extremely memorable. I thoroughly enjoy a read where there is a perfect balance between the story line and the characters and I found that was exactly what Magna-Blade did. The perfect amount of detail throughout.

Now you may be wondering why I gave this read a 4 stars when I obviously enjoyed it so much. The one reason I removed a star from my rating is…. the beginning of the story is very fast paced. Almost as something you would see in a immediate scene at the beginning of a movie, to get you quickly up to date on what’s going down. Although this is fine and a lot of reads do this to give the reader some details before they really dive into the story. What got me was there were parts that had me lost or confused. I felt like I was missing a bit of the story that was critical to understanding things as you went on, perhaps details that are important and were glazed over a bit too quickly. Don’t get me wrong! As you go you will understand what is happening and you will get a glimpse of the past. I just feel some bits could have been touched on more.

All of this being said. I obviously really enjoyed this read and gave it a high rating. What makes me very excited about how this read ended off is I felt as if the story was left a bit open but also with enough conclusion at the same time. Which I really appreciate because I don’t feel like I am needing more…. yet if a sequel came of this I most definitely would be jumping at the chance to get my hands on it!

Of course I would recommend this read especially if you are a sci-fi fan. You can never go wrong with such a strong, vivid world like this!

Publisher: Independently through lulu.com

Release date: December 3, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Futuristic Book Worm

-Nichole