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

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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!

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“𝙏𝙃𝙐𝘿 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝘼𝘼𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙏𝙃𝙐𝘿 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝘼𝘼𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙏𝙃𝙐𝘿”

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Publisher:  Independently published

Release Date: May 11, 2020

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And of course thank you all for reading

Your BASEMENT Book Worm

-Nichole

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