Category: Book Reviews
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Maybe the Best Yet from C.C. Adams || Where the Roaches Are || Book Review

A healthy diet. Exercise. Sleep. Things to arm yourself with to promote good health and longevity. But no one goes through life unscathed when accidents, sickness and disease can happen. Still, you have the chance to fight back with treatment, medicine and rest. And with these things on your side, the odds of winning are…
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Exccuuuuse Me?! || Little Red Death – by A. K. Benedict || Book Review

ONCE UPON A TIME LIKE YOU’VE NEVER READ IT BEFORE… DI Lyla Rondell is on the case of a lifetime. Tasked with investigating a series of perplexing deaths, the only lead she has is that each appears to be based on a different classic fairy tale. Far from the stuff of bedtime stories, the press…
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It Looks SPECTACULAR! || Without Walls – by Tim Lebbon and Daniele Serra || Book Review

Jasmine lives alone in the house. It’s her whole world. It caters for her every need. The doors are locked, but that doesn’t matter, because there’s nothing outside. One day, on the staircase, she meets another little girl who thinks the same. And Cassia will change her life forever. A haunted house . . .…
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Why Didn’t You Tell Me About This Book??!! || Boys in the Valley – by Philip Fracassi || Book Review

The Exorcist meets Lord of the Flies, by way of Midnight Mass, Boys in the Valley is a chilling folk horror set in a remote orphanage in turn of the century Pennsylvania. St. Vincent’s Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Here, under the watchful eyes of several priests, thirty boys work, learn, and…
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Adrian Baldwin is Unique || Stanley McLoud Must Die! || Book Review

Death can be a real downer. Just ask Stanley McCloud. The ancient and inveterate gambler has just found out he hasn’t long to live. Refusing to believe his prognosis, though, Stan places a massive bet that he will reach his next birthday. Surely, his run of bad luck can’t last! Unfortunately for Stan the independent…
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I Am SO Entertained || Book Review || Trad Wife – by Saratoga Schaefer

Every trad wife needs a baby. Camille will get one – no matter the cost. Camille lives to embody the perfect traditional wife―cooking, cleaning, homesteading, and documenting it all for her followers. But without a baby, her image―and her following―feels incomplete. As Camille’s husband begins to withdraw and his attention in her waning, Camille’s desperation…
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The Keeper – by Sarah Langan || Book Review || (Don’t fall asleep!)

She lives in their dreams. They die in hers. Nothing good can grow in the forgotten town of Bedford. After the closure of the paper mill, the town has become a wasteland. A decade of layoffs has caused a collective bitterness, leading many inhabitants to alcoholism, crime and abuse. The worst symptom, however, is the…
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I Knew I Was Right to Hate Sprouts || Book Review || Day of the Killer Sprouts – by Kelvin V.A Allison

You SHOULD have eaten them when you had the chance!!! – Sixteen scouts and their pair of deviant leaders…– Bickering 8 year old twins and their infant brother…– A pair of hillbilly brothers enjoying date night…– Two deputy’s from the Ulster Sheriff’s Department…– A pair of rangers from the New York Department of Environment and…
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New Horrors Coming Our Way! || Of Beasts and Bones || Book Review

Creatures. Grotesqueries. Aliens. Cryptids. Ghosts. These are just a few of the anomalies we’ve unearthed.Join us as we pursue monstrosities, unwittingly stumble upon unspeakable horrors, and bring terrifying abominations to life. They’re all waiting for you—the monsters from your nightmares, the noises you ignored as a child, the shadows hiding atrocities you can’t fathom. They’re…
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Worse Than Tinnitus || Advance Book Review || Drone – by Dan Howarth

Gallagher’s life on the island should be idyllic. Yet his scenic, remote farm turns a meagre profit and provides little distraction from his vices. When a strange noise infects the island’s inhabitants, Gallagher’s rural life is infiltrated by tension and unease. His neighbours become unpredictable and dangerous, threatening the fabric of island life beyond anything…