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The Silhouette by William Ray Middleton

Jack’s life couldn’t be more ideal. Great job, new home and the perfect fiance.Β 

Anastasia’s been flushed to the dark, hiding from the world in the shadows, after a ghastly accident.Β 

What would happen if these two connected?

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π’ͺ𝓃 𝒢 𝓁𝒢𝓉𝑒 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 π“ˆπ“‰π“‡π‘œπ“π“ π“‰π‘œ 𝒢 π“ˆπ“Œπ’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” π“ˆπ‘’π“‰ 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π“Œπ‘œπ‘œπ’Ήπ“ˆ, π’₯𝒢𝒸𝓀 𝒒𝓇𝒢𝓃𝓉 π“‚π‘’π‘’π“‰π“ˆ π’œπ“ƒπ’Άπ“ˆπ“‰π’Άπ“ˆπ’Ύπ’Ά. π’œ 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 π“Œπ’½π‘œ π“π’Ύπ“‹π‘’π“ˆ 𝒢 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓂𝒢𝓇𝑒, π“Œπ’½π’Ύπ“π‘’ 𝒽𝑒 π’Ύπ“ˆ 𝓅𝓁𝒢𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 π‘œπ“ƒ π“‚π’Άπ“‡π“‡π“Žπ’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 π‘œπ’» π’½π’Ύπ“ˆ π’Ήπ“‡π‘’π’Άπ“‚π“ˆ. π’œπ’»π“‰π‘’π“‡ 𝒢𝓃 𝒢𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 π“ˆπ‘’π“‹π‘’π“‡π‘’π“π“Ž π’Ύπ“ƒπ’Ώπ“Šπ“‡π‘’π’Ή, π’œπ“ƒπ’Άπ“ˆπ“‰π’Άπ“ˆπ’Ύπ’Ά π“π’Ύπ“‹π‘’π“ˆ 𝒾𝓃 π“ˆπ‘’π’Έπ“π“Šπ“ˆπ’Ύπ‘œπ“ƒ, π’Άπ“Œπ’Άπ“Ž π’»π“‡π‘œπ“‚ 𝒢 π“ˆπ‘œπ’Έπ’Ύπ‘’π“‰π“Ž 𝓉𝒽𝒢𝓉 π“‚π‘œπ’Έπ“€π“ˆ 𝒽𝑒𝓇. π’ͺ𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒢𝓃 π’Άπ“ˆπ“…π’Ύπ“‡π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” 𝓉𝑒𝒢𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓇 π‘œπ’» π‘”π“Žπ“‚π“ƒπ’Άπ“ˆπ“‰π’Ύπ’Έπ“ˆ, π“ˆπ’½π‘’ π’Ύπ“ˆ π“ƒπ‘œπ“Œ 𝒢 π“ˆπ’½π‘’π“π“ π‘œπ’» 𝒢 π“…π‘’π“‡π“ˆπ‘œπ“ƒ 𝒾𝓃 π’Έπ‘œπ“ƒπ“ˆπ“‰π’Άπ“ƒπ“‰ 𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒢𝓁 𝒢𝓃𝒹 π“…π’½π“Žπ“ˆπ’Ύπ’Έπ’Άπ“ π“ˆπ“Šπ’»π’»π‘’π“‡π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘”.

π’œπ“ˆ π’₯𝒢𝒸𝓀 π’·π‘’π’»π“‡π’Ύπ‘’π“ƒπ’Ήπ“ˆ 𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝒽𝑒 π’»π’Ύπ“ƒπ’Ήπ“ˆ π’½π’Ύπ“‚π“ˆπ‘’π“π’» π“†π“Šπ‘’π“ˆπ“‰π’Ύπ‘œπ“ƒπ’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝒢𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 π‘œπ’» π’·π‘’π’Άπ“Šπ“‰π“Ž π’Άπ“ˆ π“Œπ‘’π“π“ π’Άπ“ˆ 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝒢𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 π‘œπ’» π“π‘œπ“‹π‘’. 𝐼𝓃 𝒢𝓃 𝒢𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓂𝓅𝓉 π“‰π‘œ 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝒢𝒾𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π“Šπ“ƒ-𝓇𝑒𝓅𝒢𝒾𝓇𝒢𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒽𝑒 π’»π’Ύπ“ƒπ’Ήπ“ˆ π’½π’Ύπ“‚π“ˆπ‘’π“π’» π’Άπ“‚π’Ύπ’Ήπ“ˆπ“‰ π’½π’Ύπ“ˆ π‘œπ“Œπ“ƒ π“‰π’Άπ’Ύπ“π“ˆπ“…π’Ύπ“ƒ π’Άπ“ˆ 𝒽𝑒 π’»π’Ύπ“ƒπ’Ήπ“ˆ π“ˆπ’Άπ“π“‹π’Άπ“‰π’Ύπ‘œπ“ƒ 𝒾𝓃 𝒢𝓃 π“Šπ“ƒπ“π’Ύπ“€π‘’π“π“Ž π“ˆπ’Άπ“‹π’Ύπ‘œπ“‡.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca***

5 out of 5 stars

The Silhouette has a Phantom of the Opera vibe, which of course I was completely digging.

This Lovecraftian romance will pull you in.

Jack is such a kind-hearted soul. Obviously why he is living his best life possible.

Anastasia was dealt such an unfair hand in life. Again, she has such a soft, loving soul. Seeing her feel the need to hide from the world is heart breaking.

Jack was meant to meet Anastasia. He wouldn’t stop caring, he wouldn’t give up on her. He knows Anastasia needs to stop hiding and start living her life again. The relationship these characters develop is extraordinary and truly inspiring.

The meaning of beauty truly runs deeper then skin.Β 

The Silhouette is a fast, easy read. Packed with love able characters… and some so not love able.Β 

William’s writing is exceptional, you won’t be able to stop reading.

The Silhouette will become a craving. Needing to know exactly what happened to Anastasia and how extensive her injuries are.

Another incredible masterpiece by an indie author.Β 

Looking forward to future work by William Ray Middleton!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Inspired Book Worm

-Nichole

All Men Are Assholes (…And All Women Are Crazy) by Jordan West

“𝔸 π•ƒπ•–π•€π•€π• π•Ÿ π•šπ•Ÿ 𝕙𝕠𝕨 π•₯𝕠 π•—π•šπ•Ÿπ•• 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 π•¨π•™π•–π•Ÿ 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣π•ͺπ• π•Ÿπ•– π•šπ•€ 𝕒𝕨𝕗𝕦𝕝”

Don’t let the title fool you! This book is so much more than just some comical dating advice.

Perhaps you currently have an awful dating life, are in a dying relationship or are past those days and just want to know you are not the only one that had to endure these moments in your love life.

From advice to research to even an asshole and crazy scale, you also get a walk through of Jordan’s own personal love life.

“𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕝π•₯π•šπ•žπ•’π•₯𝕖 π•˜π• π•’π• 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒 π•žπ•’π•Ÿ π•šπ•€ π•₯𝕠 π•—π•šπ•Ÿπ•• π•₯𝕙𝕒π•₯ 𝕝𝕠𝕨-𝕝𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕝 π•π•¦π•Ÿπ•’π•₯π•šπ•” 𝕙𝕖 π•”π•’π•Ÿ π•π•–π•’π•£π•Ÿ π•₯𝕠 π•π•šπ•§π•– π•¨π•šπ•₯𝕙, π•₯𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕝π•₯π•šπ•žπ•’π•₯𝕖 π•˜π• π•’π• 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒 π•¨π• π•žπ•–π•Ÿ π•šπ•€ π•₯𝕠 π•—π•šπ•Ÿπ•• π•₯𝕙𝕒π•₯ π• π•Ÿπ•– π•€π•‘π•–π•”π•šπ•’π• 𝕒𝕀𝕀𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 π•₯𝕙𝕒π•₯ π••π• π•–π•€π•Ÿ’π•₯ π•žπ•’π•œπ•– 𝕙𝕖𝕣 π•’π•Ÿπ•ͺ π•”π•£π•’π•«π•šπ•–π•£ π•₯π•™π•’π•Ÿ 𝕀𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕π•ͺ π•šπ•€.”

4.5 Stars out of 5

I love that this novel is not bias towards either sex! Us Women can be just as much of the problem as men, even if we don’t want to believe it.

All Men Are Assholes (… And All Women Are Crazy) is a heart wrenching, raw, intense read with a burst of humour throughout. Jordan truly has a way with words.

I found this book to be very relatable to the majority of my relationships in my younger years. But Jordan’s were on a much deeper scale then my own, some of the things Jordan had to endure is angering…. or perhaps that is just the crazy in me.

Truly a strong, impressive women to go through all and come out the other side laughing at her past and ready to share it with the world.

“π•ƒπ•šπ•—π•– π•šπ•€ 𝕒 π•—π•šπ•”π•œπ•π•– π•“π•šπ•₯𝕔𝕙.”

Thank you so much Jordan for sending me a copy of your immensely accurate read! I enjoyed it incredibly much. This truly is a read for everyone to enjoy

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And of course thank you all for reading

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

π™±πš•πšŠπšŒπš” π™³πšŠπš πš— πš‹πš’ π™ΌπšŠπš•πš•πš˜πš›πš’ π™ΌπšŒπ™²πšŠπš›πšπš—πšŽπš’

𝔗π”₯𝔒 𝔒𝔫𝔑 𝔬𝔣 π”žπ”« π”ˆπ”ͺ𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔒, 𝔗π”₯𝔒 𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔒 𝔬𝔣 π”ž 𝔔𝔲𝔒𝔒𝔫

Emory Fae enjoys leading a quiet, normal life. That is until two mysterious, and handsome soldiers show up at her apartment, and the life she knew is instantly whisked away. Memphis Carter and Brokk Foster come from the magical and war ridden world of Kiero, and upon Emory’s arrival she will discover she is the long-lost heir to the Royal Line and is thrown into the Black Dawn Rebellion with a dynamic role to ignite the rebels and reclaim her throne.Β 

With both men being darkly woven in her past Emory uncovers hidden secrets, a power held long dormant, and will soon realize there are worse things than supernatural humans, love, loss, betrayal, and a Mad King.

Some things are better left in the shadows.

*Synopsis copied from Amazon.ca*

“π΅π“Ž 𝐹𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝒢𝓃𝒹 𝐹𝓁𝒢𝓂𝑒”

4.5 Stars out of 5

I couldn’t help myself. I had to copy the synopsis right from Amazon, my own description would not do it justice!

It took me WAY to long to finish reading this book and I am so ashamed!…

Now let me make it clear, it was not because it was a disappointing read in any way. I mean clearly you can see that, based on the rating I gave it.Β 

This was such an exciting, stimulating, breathtaking read!

Between the fights, betrayal, bloodshed, trickery and some of the most uniqueΒ characters I have ever followed in a novel, you are completely sucked into the world Mallory has created.

This world.. These characters will earn your affection and leave you wanting more.

Which is great! Since Mallory also has:

Renegade (set 6 years before Black Dawn)

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and just released Queen To Ashes the sequel to Black Dawn on February 19, 2019

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(Can we stop for a moment and just low key obsess over these covers!)

Oh and also, I am also so extremely proud to say…. Mallory is Canadian!

Thank you Mallory for sharing your masterpieces with us bookworms and for becoming one of my top favourite Canadian authors.

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

Sculpt Yourself by SAVY

“𝒲𝑒‘𝓇𝑒 π’œπ“π“ π’₯π“Šπ“ˆπ“‰ π’²π‘œπ“‡π“€π“ˆ π’ͺ𝒻 π’œπ“‡π“‰“

 

Ever wish there was a way to change a certain part of your body? … Perhaps a way that wasn’t as permanent as cosmetic surgery?

Imagine … 1 pill that could do just that.

All you have to do is take one, then you can start manipulating any extra fat you have on your body.

Move it to other areas…maybe give yourself a little more va voom!

Lipamorph: The drug that lets you sculpt yourself.

Amber is a 24-year-old tech support worker by day, gay feminist blogger (and bad-sitcom aficionado) by night. She’s been vocal about her disapproval of Lipamorph from the beginning, seeing it as another tool to reinforce patriarchal beauty standards; but as Lipamorph becomes more common, Amber’s dissenting voice starts to matter less and less.

Judie is Amber’s younger sister, and seemingly her complete opposite; she loves pop music, pretty latte art and dating men. After struggling with hating her body for most of her life, Judie has become borderline reliant on Lipamorph for self-confidence, much to Amber’s dismay.

Β KellyΒ is an artist currently working for the marketing firm on the floor above Amber’s office. She’s whip-smart, proudly bisexual and strikingly beautiful…. and she’s the women Amber’s fallen in love with.

*** Character descriptions are not my own words. Taken from back of book itself….Β  this is one book that my words were not doing it justice**

“Sculpt Yourself tackles body image, LGBT+ topics and what it means to be a feminist in the 21st century”.

5 out of 5 stars

Sculpt yourself is so unique.

I savoured ever bit of this story. This is one that you don’t want to put down, yet don’t want it to end.

I thoroughly enjoyed that it was written from three different perspectives. I love multi perspective reads! It gives you a chance to really know each main character on more of a personal level. Which then helps you follow their story much more closely and really connect with each differently.

Savy truly created some of the most incredible characters. All such powerful women, yet they all have some type of insecurity. ….. I means who doesn’t in the real world?

Amber is passionate, outspoken and yet she can be very stubborn. Her love for the peopleΒ close in her life is very admirable. I also love her laid back, easy-going style.

Judie is quirky, fun, softhearted but knows that she has her insecurities and knows what she needs in her life to help her get through those insecurities.

Kelly is intelligent, artistic and independent but scared of some choices she made in her past and tends to hide them. While she grows during the story she learns that this is something she needs to change and honesty truly is the best policy.

I couldn’t recommend Sculpt Yourself enough! It has a little bit for everyone.

“Beauty has gone from an ideal to an expectation.”

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Now that I have shared my love for the story. I have to share my love for the author herself.

Savy is incredibly creative in so many ways and her success shines through. Her passions truly flood through her words. Whether it be by a piece she wrote or even while watching one of her BookTube videos! That’s right! You heard me right! Savy is an indie author that shares many of her passions along with writing with the book community.

Truly one of a kind, hard-working women that deserves so much love and support for everything she does.

Check her page out:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9WShNx2HsXRGjj9F593HzA

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

The Water Is Wide and The Canary’s Song by Natalie Banks

The Water Is Wide:

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Sarah is slowly piecing herself back together, after the tragic loss of her husband who drown 14 years earlier.

Thomas was and still is the love of her life, making this the hardest thing she has ever had to do. Just as she starts to get the hang of things and is slowly feeling more comfortable in her skin. Sarah has the shock of a lifetime when she sees a man who is a spitting image of her husband, just having aged 14 years.

Only to learn this man is not her late husband Thomas, but a man named Collin.

Collin is new to the area and Sarah cant help but feel drawn to him. Feelings start to flourish between them and a steamy relationship begins. But Sarah cant help but wonder if her feelings for this man are legitimate, or is it just how much Collin reminds her of Thomas and what she had in the past.

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4.5 out of 5 stars

This read is full of every emotion you could think possible. You watch this immense amount of strength grow within Sarah as she has to put her life back together after losing Thomas. Then jumping to her reflecting any negativity she receives from friends and family who don’t approve of this new relationship with Collin. All while she fights her own thoughts and questions as to how this man can look so much like her husband and is this relationship genuine, or just a form of comfort for her.

An-all-outΒ phenomenal read. This book will not disappoint. It will have you yearning for more.

The Canary’s Song:

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The tragic loss of her son has completely destroyed Juliette. Mourning him is slowly taking over everything she touches. It has caused too much stress on her marriage and now she can see Liam slowly slipping out from her finger tips.

In a desperate attempt to reconnect, and keep her family together, especially for her daughter’s sake. Juliette plans a romantic get away at a secluded cabin in the mountains.

Liam is hesitant to go, in his mind he has already come to a finalized decision that he is leaving Juliette and nothing can change that. But with a heavy heart and for her sake he agrees.

The weekend starts off rocky, but slowly feelings are rekindled. You can feel the warmth of their old spark lingering. When something awful and unexpected happens and the journey for both Juliette and Liam to get home safe and sound to their daughter brings them even closer.

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5 out of 5 stars

I had the privileged of being part of an early readers group for The Canary’s Song. I couldn’t be more honoured.

This book will forever be near and dear to my heart. The connection between Juliette and Liam is so stunning. To see these characters go through such tortureΒ with losing their son, shattering their marriage. Yet such a simple gesture being made and everything starts to make sense again. Only for them to be tested again in a life and death situation. Juliette and Liam can only become the strongest, most powerful team.

This read was truly breath-taking. A must read!

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Natalie Banks also has a novel called The Dark Room. A psychological thriller that I can’t wait to get my hands on.

-Nichole