The Beast of Bodmin by Mark Edmondson

๐•„๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•“๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ?


thumbnail_IMG_4845๐‰๐จ ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‰๐จ, ๐Ž๐‚๐ƒ-๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐•๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ค ๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐จ๐ซ.

๐‰๐จ, ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž, ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ. ๐’๐ก๐ž’๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐š ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž. ๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž’๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž.

๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž, ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐จ๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ค’๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž.

๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐š๐ญ.

๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐›๐ข๐  ๐œ๐š๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž?

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

“๐“ข๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฏ๐”‚๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐”‚๐“ฝ๐“ฑ”


 

Genre: Adult | Psychological Thriller | Mystery | Thriller| Fiction

5 out of 5 stars!

The Beast of Bodmin was absolutely hair-raising!

Edmondson had me hooked from the very first page.

Thrillers are my jam!… but putting a spin on it like this, man or beast? What a ride! Knowing a murderer was on the loose was nerve wrecking enough. Not knowing if it was human or some hungry animal had you at the edge of your seat.

Not only is Mark’s writing so easily devoured but the story and characters were executed perfectly. Your main character, Jo had already been through so much which only made her stronger, while also showing her vulnerable side. Although Jo is about to go through SO much more! This creates the perfect protagonist for the reader. Someone you can truly relate with and start to gain some type of emotions for, causing you to become a bit anxious to see if Jo survives in the end.

The characters that surrounded and supported Jo were also so lovely. This novel is truly character driven in the best way possible.

I found myself constantly trying to crack the case while reading, getting into the true mindset of a detective. At times I truly felt I had figured out exactly who or what was committing these murders. Just as I got to that point there was a large plot twist! This was the real gem of this story! … The Beast of Bodmin never got boring!

This will be a favourite of mine for years to come.

 


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Thank you so much Mark for sending me a copy.

Mark did not request that I review his book but of course I wanted to! So many great things to say.

Can’t wait to see what Mark Edmondson comes up with next!


Publisher: The Conrad Press

Release date: September 18, 2018


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Impressedย Book Worm

-Nichole

Cold Storage by David Koepp

แดกสœแด‡ษด แด˜แด‡ษดแด›แด€ษขแดษด ส™ษชแดแด›แด‡ส€ส€แดส€ แดแด˜แด‡ส€แด€แด›ษชแด แด‡ ส€แดส™แด‡ส€แด›แด แด…ษชแด€แดข แดกแด€๊œฑ ๊œฑแด‡ษดแด› แด›แด ษชษดแด แด‡๊œฑแด›ษชษขแด€แด›แด‡ แด€ ๊œฑแดœ๊œฑแด˜แด‡แด„แด›แด‡แด… ส™ษชแดแด„สœแด‡แดษชแด„แด€สŸ แด€แด›แด›แด€แด„แด‹, สœแด‡ ๊œฐแดแดœษดแด… ๊œฑแดแดแด‡แด›สœษชษดษข ๊œฐแด€ส€ แดกแดส€๊œฑแด‡: แด€ สœษชษขสœสŸส แดแดœแด›แด€แด›ษชแด แด‡ แดส€ษขแด€ษดษช๊œฑแด แด„แด€แด˜แด€ส™สŸแด‡ แด๊œฐ แด‡xแด›ษชษดแด„แด›ษชแดษด-สŸแด‡แด แด‡สŸ แด…แด‡๊œฑแด›ส€แดœแด„แด›ษชแดษด. สœแด‡ แด„แดษดแด›แด€ษชษดแด‡แด… ษชแด› แด€ษดแด… ส™แดœส€ษชแด‡แด… ษชแด› ษชษด 41U-fNNw6mLแด„แดสŸแด… ๊œฑแด›แดส€แด€ษขแด‡ แด…แด‡แด‡แด˜ ส™แด‡ษดแด‡แด€แด›สœ แด€ สŸษชแด›แด›สŸแด‡-แดœ๊œฑแด‡แด… แดษชสŸษชแด›แด€ส€ส ส€แด‡แด˜แด๊œฑษชแด›แดส€ส.

ษดแดแดก, แด€๊œฐแด›แด‡ส€ แด…แด‡แด„แด€แด…แด‡๊œฑ แด๊œฐ ๊œฐแด‡๊œฑแด›แด‡ส€ษชษดษข ษชษด แด€ ๊œฐแดส€ษขแดแด›แด›แด‡ษด ๊œฑแดœส™-ส™แด€๊œฑแด‡แดแด‡ษดแด›, แด›สœแด‡ ๊œฑแด˜แด‡แด„ษชแดแด‡ษด สœแด€๊œฑ ๊œฐแดแดœษดแด… ษชแด›๊œฑ แดกแด€ส แดแดœแด› แด€ษดแด… ษช๊œฑ แดษด แด€ สŸแด‡แด›สœแด€สŸ ๊œฐแด‡แด‡แด…ษชษดษข ๊œฐส€แด‡ษดแดขส. แดษดสŸส แด…ษชแด€แดข แด‹ษดแดแดก๊œฑ สœแดแดก แด›แด ๊œฑแด›แดแด˜ ษชแด›.


4 out of 5 stars

If you know anything about David Koepp or have read up on him. Koepp is an American screenwriter and director. Best known for his work on Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Panic Room and War of Worlds.

I could completely see Cold Storage being adapted into film. It absolutely read like a movie setting.

You start off with your flash back into 1987, where you are introduced to the organism and find out just how much destruction it can cause.

Flash forward into the modern day and in comes new characters that are completely in the dark and have no idea what exactly is in the sub-level of this building or the awful things that happened decades ago.

Until the story takes a harsh turn, bringing the experienced together with the inexperienced in a rush to save humanity.

The reason for me knocking 1 star from my rating was how slow the plot and character growth was, at least after the original impressive flash back in 1987. The next few chapters seem to drag on a bit. Also some content in my opinion felt like unneeded story filler. But I tell you, once you get through the slow gap in the first half of the book it really starts picking up.

thumbnail_IMG_3406Cold Storage becomes chilling. I felt I couldn’t put the book down until I knew exactly what happened and if the trio was successful.

The outcome was exactly what I was hoping for and that is not always the case when reading a book. This was very refreshing.

If you are a lover of scifi, horror, mystery, thriller. I think you will devour Cold Storage.

I would love to see Cold Storage on the big screen one day.


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

Publisher: Ecco

Release date: September 3, 2019

Only a couple weeks away! Mark your calendars. You don’t want to miss out on Cold Storage.


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Terrifed Book Worm

-Nichole

The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan

๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ท๐‘’๐“๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’๐’น ๐“ƒ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“ƒ๐“Ž, ๐ป๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“ƒ๐’ถ๐’ฝ, ๐“๐‘’๐’ป๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‰ ๐’ถ ๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“ˆ๐“Š๐“‚๐“‚๐‘’๐“‡ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿช๐Ÿช, ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“ƒ-๐“Ž๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡-๐‘œ๐“๐’น ๐’ฅ๐‘œ๐’ธ๐‘’๐“๐“Ž๐“ƒ ๐ป๐‘œ๐“๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐’น๐‘’๐“‹๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐’น. ๐ป๐’ถ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐“‰๐‘’๐’น ๐’ท๐“Ž ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“๐‘œ๐“ˆ๐“ˆ, ๐’ฅ๐‘œ ๐‘”๐“‡๐‘’๐“Œ ๐“Š๐“… ๐’ท๐’พ๐“‰๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’น๐’พ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“‰, ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“Š๐’ถ๐“๐“๐“Ž ๐“๐‘’๐’ป๐“‰ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“…๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐ฟ๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’ ๐ป๐’ถ๐“๐“, ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‡ ๐’ป๐’ถ๐’น๐‘’๐’น ๐’ถ๐“‡๐’พ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐‘œ๐’ธ๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‰๐’พ๐’ธ ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’, ๐’ท๐‘’๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น.

๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“‡๐“‰๐“Ž ๐“Ž๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ ๐“๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡, ๐’ฅ๐‘œ ๐“‡๐‘’๐“‰๐“Š๐“‡๐“ƒ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ˆ๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡๐’ธ๐‘’๐’น ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“‰๐“‡๐‘œ๐“Š๐’ท๐“๐‘’๐’น ๐“‡๐‘’๐“๐’ถ๐“‰๐’พ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“… ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡. ๐ต๐“Š๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’ฝ๐“Š๐“‚๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐“‡๐‘’๐“‚๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ธ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“๐“๐“Ž ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’๐’น ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ ๐“๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’, ๐’ฅ๐‘œ ๐’ท๐‘’๐‘”๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“†๐“Š๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’พ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐“Ž๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Š๐‘”๐’ฝ๐“‰ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“€๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“Œ.

๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“๐“…๐‘’๐’ธ๐“‰๐‘’๐’น ๐“‹๐’พ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐“‰๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“€๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐’ธ๐“€๐“ˆ ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’น๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ฅ๐‘œโ€™๐“ˆ ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’น๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“‡๐‘œ๐“Ž๐‘’๐’น ๐’ถ๐‘”๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ƒ. ๐’Ÿ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“…๐‘’๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“…๐’พ๐‘’๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐“‰๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐‘”๐’ถ๐“…๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“‚๐‘’๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‡๐“Ž, ๐’ฅ๐‘œ ๐“‚๐“Š๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘œ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“ƒ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“ƒ๐“Ž ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“๐“๐“Ž ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“ˆ, ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐“Ž ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“๐‘’๐’ป๐“‰, ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’พ๐’ป ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐“‡๐“Š๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐‘œ๐“Œ๐“ƒ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡โ€ฆ

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca


4 out of 5 stars

I was hooked from the very first sentence!

I have heard so many amazing things about Gilly’s writing.ย Personally this was my first read by her. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will for sure be check out more of her work in the near future.

Gilly had a fascinating concept, executed it perfectly and brought it to life.

thumbnail_IMG_3295Both the plot and character growth was brilliant throughout. Gilly knows exactly how to set an eerie vibe while keeping the characters completely relate-able. The moment I figured I knew exactly what was happening and who was to blame there was a shift causing me to question all of my original thoughts.

I found The Nanny extremely consumable, itching to know who the criminal was.

Now you may be wondering how I could love it so much but only have given it a 4 out of 5 stars. The Nanny was written from multiple perspectives and although I love reading novels written in this form. Moments within someones story line it would jump back and forth between the current time and the past, with a choppy transition. Not wanting to be confused, this caused me to go back and re-read a few times. Or I would keep reading in hopes that things would start to piece together, which of course it did and I was not disappointed.

A psychological thriller at its best!



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

Published by: William Morrow

Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers CA

The Nanny is set to release September 10, 2019. Mark your calendars, this is one you won’t want to miss out on.



And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Clever Book Worm

-Nichole

 

Book Cover Buys

I know every book lover has heard the term “don’t judge a book by its cover”.. right?

Can you honestly sit there and say you have never done it?

We all have, I am pretty sure of that. How can you not, some covers just pull you in with their beauty. Isn’t that what the cover is there for, to give some sort of preview of what’s on the inside.

Although I don’t always believe judging a book by its cover is a bad thing. A lot of books I picked up just for their beautiful covers became some of my all time favourite reads. I have also found new favourite authors this way as well.

I will sayย  there are some types of covers that turn me away from the book, causing me not to pick it up. This I need to get over, who knows what amazing adventures I may be missing out on.

What are some cover buys you picked up? I would love to know, maybe I need to add them to my never-ending… slowly taking over the world list.

And of course thanks for reading

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

The Current by Tim Johnston + Giveaway

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Audrey Sutter’s life was stretched thin after her good friend and her were pulled from the icy grips of Black Root River.

Only unlike Audrey, her friend was not so lucky to come out alive.

Finding out what happened was no accident has the whole town buzzing with memories. Just ten years earlier another young women had lost her life in that same river.

Knowing that her killer is still loose, living among them. Audrey feels strongly connected to this young girl and becomes obsessed on finding out what truly happened all those years ago. While also wanting to know the truth to her own story.


4.5 Stars out of 5

Strictly my individual opinion.

I found The Current had some strong pros to it but also some very, very minor cons to it. Which lead to my 4.5 star rate out of 5. Which is still a top-notch rating in my eyes and should not discourage anyone from reading this novel! As I still highly recommend this read!

I am going to do my absolute best to share this with no spoilers! As I am not a fan of spoilers. This could leave parts of my review very vague as this is a hard story to explain while not giving anything away.


Pros first!

Tim Johnston’s writing is incredible. Pulling you into the story.

The Current is fast, exciting, thrilling. Keeps you on the edge of your seat want to know more and more. One of those hard to put down reads!

A handful of characters will steal your heart and you will find yourself rooting for them through the whole story. Perhaps even finding yourself defending them in situations they find themselves in. Which again leaves you wanting more just on those characters alone.

I also adore the relationships that exist in this book. Some are so heart warming and others were just starting and growing on you by the end of the book.


Now for the MINOR cons. And I can’t stress enough on the minor!

The Current starting right off with such an extreme fast pace, jumping from character to character and at times with very little information on the person or detail of the setting. This could become confusing at times. I found myself having to go back and re-read sections to be sure I didn’t miss anything crucial, or that I was understanding everything correctly. Each character was critical to the story and had huge meaning as it set the story up for what you would find out down the road.

I also found that some characters stories were lost and not completed by the end of the book. Nor did I feel that Audrey’s personal situation was completely fulfilled. But now that being said! To my knowledge this is a stand-alone read. Perhaps though it was being set up in a way that more could be added on in the future. I mean I could only hope for that as closing the book up had my brain going a million miles a minute, craving more.



As mentioned above, I do highly recommend this read. I feel any book lover that shows even a slight interest in the synopsis of this novel needs to run out and pick it up on release day!

Be sure to have your game face on when you jump in, as you will find yourself consumed and intertwined with the story!


ย Now for the GIVEAWAY:

Thomas Allen & Son has been so gracious to host a giveaway for this new release. Enter to win a hardback copy of The Current.

Giveaway Details:

* Canada Only (excl. Quebecโ€”full rules found in the T&C on Rafflecopter)

* Giveaway begins on January 21st and ends on February 4th at 11:59 pm EST

* Winner will be chosen randomly

Click the rafflecopter link under photo below to enter!ย 

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Check out the rest of the blog tour, they are all so incredible:

Jan. 21 โ€“ย Literary Treats
Jan. 22 โ€“ย Mickey Reads
Jan. 23 โ€“ย Fab Book Reviews
Jan. 24 โ€“ย nichi.i_readpastmybedtime
Jan. 25 โ€“ย Novelties

 


Thank you so incredibly much to Thomas Allen & Son for sending this grippingย read my way, and for hosting such a generous giveaway.ย 

Publisher: Algonquin Books

Release Date: January 22, 2019


And of course thank you all for reading!

Your Fellow Book Worm

– Nichole

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Daughters Of The Lake by Wendy Webb

“The clues to a century-old murder lie in one woman’s dreams.”


Kate Granger’s marriage has fallen apart.

In desperate need to get away and piece herself back together, she fleas to her parents home on Lake Superior.

Only things don’t get easier for Kate while she’s back home.

Shortly after she gets settled in, a body of a murdered women washes up into the shallows and she’s not alone. Wrapped up in her vintage gown is a baby, just as calm and at peace as her mother.

No one can identify this women and her child. Expect for Kate, to scared to tell anyone. But she has seen her before!…ย In her dreams…


“The ghosts of the past come calling in a spellbinding heart-stopper from the “Queen of Northern Gothic.”


5 out of 5 stars

Wow! What a way to end my 2018!

Honestly that’s all I feel I need to say! I think saying that speaks for itself. But the passion I now have for this book…. I won’t be able to stop talking about it for years to come.

Daughters Of The Lake was incredible and impossible to put down. Truly one of a kind.

I feel embarrassed to admit I have never read anything by Wendy Webb before, but she has now gained a new dedicated fan. Her writing is absolutely brilliant and needs to be on everyone’s shelves.

Throughout reading Daughters Of The Lake I felt as if it was based on a true story. It is just way to descriptive not to feel real. This all made sense while reading the acknowledgements. Wendy mentions how often people ask if her books are based on real life people. She goes on to say that the answer is no, not entirely. She uses snippets of conversations or a description here and there. But that at times she can identify one of her characters as being exactly like someone she knows.

I can sense Wendy’s warmth and passion for writing, truly stunning.

Highly recommend. If you are a book lover this is definitely one to add to your list to pick up this year.


Thank you so incredibly much to Thomas Allen Ltd. for sending this fascinating read my way.

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

Release Date: November 1, 2018


And of course thank you all for reading!

Your Fellow Book Worm

– Nichole

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