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…”


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:

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:

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


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

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

The Beast of Bodmin by Mark Edmondson

𝕄𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥?


thumbnail_IMG_4845𝐉𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨, 𝐎𝐂𝐃-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐤 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫.

𝐉𝐨, 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞.

𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫, 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐤’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞.

𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞?

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

“𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓯𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝔂𝓽𝓱”


 

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 Impressed Book Worm

-Nichole

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝐵𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝓎 𝒩𝒶𝓉𝒶𝓁𝒾𝑒 𝐵𝒶𝓃𝓀𝓈

41-a1yMYSYL𝒯𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒𝒹𝓎 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒞𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝒟𝓊𝒫𝑜𝓃𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝓊𝓈𝒷𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀, 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃. 𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝓈𝒾𝓍 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒, 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝑔𝑜𝓃𝑒. 𝒲𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒾𝒸𝓀𝓈 𝓊𝓅 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝒽𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒸𝒸𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝒹. 𝐵𝑒𝓌𝒾𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓉 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓋𝒾𝓋𝒾𝒹, 𝒷𝒶𝒹 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝓃, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓏𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓁𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑒𝓍𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒹𝒾𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂. 𝑅𝒶𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓉𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝒰𝓃𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓊𝓅, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓋𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝒶𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝓊𝓈𝒷𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓉’𝓈 𝓉𝑜𝑜 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒.



Genre: Adult | Psychological Thriller | Romantic Suspense | Fiction | 

10 out of 5 stars! (Yes it’s that good)

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!

The Moments Between is positively memorising!

Let me start by saying I have been an enormous fan of Natalie’s work for a couple years now. I have read nearly all of her published pieces and dare I say…I think this is her best yet. That comment alone says it all.

The Moments Between is an incredible concept and Natalie executed it perfectly. Truly gripping, yet notably warming. This is a novel you won’t want to put down but will also be terrified to see how it ends.

We’ve all experienced nightmares before but Claire’s nightmare goes beyond a sleepless night! Claire is constantly living in panic, desperate to find a way to keep her husband alive. This would be torment for anyone, let alone a mom of young kids. You will experience a explosion of multiple emotions throughout. One moment you will be in awe of the charming, incredibly relatable characters and the wonderful life they live. Next you will be holding your breath, pleading that everyone is safe.

If reading about this extraordinary family wasn’t enough, this story is packed full of strong underlining messages. For example; Claire and her sister are extremely different women, one is constantly infuriated by the other while also admiring her beauty. While the other is flat out jealous of the others life in a whole. This is where the message of “the grass is always greener on the other side” comes in. As they work through their differences it creates a stronger bond between the two that is so enjoyable. Claire also experiences such gut wrenching fears that leads her to ask a question that I am sure so many of us had wondered before “if God exists, why does he allow bad things to happen?”

I can’t help but feel that the positive moments throughout this read may be a tiny sneak peak into Natalie’s true life story.

Honestly I could go on and on with my thoughts of this book. You just need to read it! Perhaps this is the perfect read to end 2019 off with.


Thank you so much Natalie for sending me a e-copy to review. I cant help but devour everything you write. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next.

Publisher: Champion Books

Release date: December 6, 2019


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Peaceful Book Worm

-Nichole

Your Move by Michelle Young

𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘋𝘌𝘈𝘋. 𝘚𝘏𝘌’𝘚 𝘕𝘌𝘟𝘛.
𝘞𝘏𝘖 𝘊𝘈𝘕 𝘚𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘚𝘛?


𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙎𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧. 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧? 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩? 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣, 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩. 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚. 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧—𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙, 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙞𝙩. 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca


Genre: Adult | Psychological Thriller

5 out of 5 stars

A psychological thriller at its best!

Your Move is intense.

It will have you on the end of your seat and your heart pumping.

Michelle blew me away with her writing style, she did so many things right. Not only did she dedicate the perfect amount of time to the plot, really building the perfect layout for the story line but Your Move is also extremely character driven. It’s not easy to get that perfect delicate balance of both worlds but Michelle nailed it.

thumbnail_IMG_3945Your Move will keep you completely engrossed throughout the whole read. Just as you are getting comfortable and really feel you know where the story is going, Michelle throws you for a complete spiral.

Claire will experience memories of her past or the story may jump from present to the future, yet you don’t get a full view into Claire’s history and why she’s hiding. You get that perfect tidbit here and there… Just enough to keep you gripping on… wanting more.

I admired Claire’s strength! I also adored some of the relationships that started throughout this novel, so heart warming and a large piece of the story you will want to cling onto.

Your Move is everything I could ask for in a psychological thriller. It will really mess with your mind. Be prepared!



Thank you so much to Michelle Young for sending me this copy for review.

Michelle is a Canadian author of two poetry books, Salt & Light (2017) and Without Fear (2019). Your Move is her debut novel.

Published: September 5, 2019



And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Courageous Book Worm

-Nichole

The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan

𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝓃𝒶𝓃𝓃𝓎, 𝐻𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒶𝒽, 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝟣𝟫𝟪𝟪, 𝓈𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃-𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇-𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒥𝑜𝒸𝑒𝓁𝓎𝓃 𝐻𝑜𝓁𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹. 𝐻𝒶𝓊𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓈, 𝒥𝑜 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝓊𝓅 𝒷𝒾𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐿𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝐻𝒶𝓁𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑜𝒸𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒, 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹.

𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓇𝓉𝓎 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝒥𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓊𝒷𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓁𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒, 𝒥𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓌.

𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝓊𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝒸𝓀𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒥𝑜’𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓎𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃. 𝒟𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝒾𝑒𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒶𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓎, 𝒥𝑜 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓃𝒶𝓃𝓃𝓎 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓈, 𝓌𝒽𝓎 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝒻 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇…

***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. 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

 

Red: A Short Story by Kelly Charron

ᗩᗷIGᗩIᒪ Iᔕ ᑎOT ᗩᒪᒪOᗯEᗪ TO ᒪEᗩᐯE TᕼE ᗰOTEᒪ GᖇOᑌᑎᗪᔕ E᙭ᑕEᑭT ᖴOᖇ ᑕᕼᑌᖇᑕᕼ Oᑎ ᔕᑌᑎᗪᗩYᔕ ᗩᑎᗪ TᕼE OᑕᑕᗩᔕIOᑎᗩᒪ ᖇᑌᑎ TO TᕼE ᗰᗩᖇKET. ᒪIᐯIᑎG Iᑎ TᕼE ᗰIᗪᗪᒪE Oᖴ ᑎOᗯᕼEᖇE ᗯᕼEᖇE ᔕᕼE ᖇᑌᑎᔕ ᗩ ᔕᕼᗩᗷᗷY ᗰOTEᒪ Iᔕ ᑎOT TᕼE ᒪIᖴE ᔕᕼE IᗰᗩGIᑎEᗪ. ᕼEᖇ OᑎᒪY ᔕOᑌᖇᑕE Oᖴ E᙭ᑕITEᗰEᑎT Iᔕ ᗯᗩITIᑎG ᖴOᖇ TᕼE Oᗪᗪ ᑕᗩᖇ TO Tᑌᖇᑎ ᑌᑭ EᐯEᖇY ᖴEᗯ ᗯEEKᔕ. ᗩᑎᗪ ᗩᗷIGᗩIᒪ ᑕOᑌᑎTᔕ Oᑎ TᕼEᔕE ᐯIᔕITOᖇᔕ.

TᕼE ᑕOᑌᑭᒪEᔕ, TᕼE ᖴᗩᗰIᒪIEᔕ, ᗩᑎᗪ TᕼE ᗯOᗰEᑎ GET TO ᒪEᗩᐯE.

TᕼE ᔕIᑎGᒪE ᗰEᑎ ᗩᖇEᑎ’T TᕼᗩT ᒪᑌᑕKY.

***Synopsis copied from Amazon.ca***

5 out or 5 stars

Starting Red I immediately started to feel my anxiety raise. Abigail gave me such an over whelming feeling of unease. That feeling quickly increased to panic and terror. When reading you can’t just simply cover your eyes during a scary part like you can during a movie. I found myself terrified to go on but yet needing to know how it ends.

Red kept me on the edge of me set and my heart pounding so hard, as if it was trying to leap right out of my chest.

Red certainly packs a haunting punch and will leave you completely filled with jitters. How it is even possible to deliver this much horror in a merely 51 pages is astounding!

Kelly’s writing will inject your brain with all sorts of new fears!

If your love is psychological thrillers, Kelly will easily become a new favourite.

A perfect read for around the Halloween season especially, if you are into that seasonal reading.

Enjoy!


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Terrified Book Worm

-Nichole

 

And Then You Were Gone by R.J. Jacobs

Advanced Readers Copy 

“How can you save someone else if you can’t save yourself…”

Emily Firestone finally has a handle on her future. Struggling for years with her bipolar disorder, she is now in control and dominating every aspect of her life. A great job, a place to call her own, and an incredible boyfriend, Paolo.

When Paolo wants to whisk Emily away on a weekend sailing trip. The perfect get away in his eyes. Just the two of them… on the water. Emily accepts, who could resist this marvellous mini vacation.

The weekend starts off perfect. Until the next morning when Emily wakes all alone. Paolo is nowhere to be found. Emily doesn’t understand, he is an amazing swimmer. There is no way he could have drown.

Once Emily’s feet are back on dry land her desperate search for Paolo is well underway.

Days pass and he is still missing. Emily finds herself starting to slip back into her old ways. Depression slowly taking its tight grip all over again.

Until some evidence comes to light that Paolo may not have drown but murdered.

Now Emily is not only fighting her own mania but trying to clear her name, as she is the number one suspect in the disappearance of her boyfriend.

What will happen next? Will Emily lose all she has worked so hard for?

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4 out of 5 stars

And Then You Were Gone is a heart pounding, teeth clenching, psychological thriller.

With so many thrilling twists and turns you can’t possibly have an idea what is going to happen next. It will have you gripping to the edge of your seat.

R.J. Jacobs is a psychologist in clinical practise. He also performs PTSD evaluations for veterans. Have you ever heard the term “Write what you know?” That is exactly what he has done, and it couldn’t be more brilliant.

If you are a thriller lover this novel is for you.

Absolutely sensational.

“Being bipolar just means I get a lot done.”

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Thank you so incredibly much to HarperCollins Canada for sending this fascinating read my way.

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: March 12, 2019

 

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