Category: Book Reviews
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A Dream of Demons (Guy Fawkes: Demon Hunter 2) – by Benjamin Langley – Book Review
Hi Kids! I know we said we’re only reviewing novellas during Novella November, but I told a wee fib. It’s Nov 5th – Bonfire Night in the UK – so what better day to release our review of a Guy Fawkes novel?… and on this… the day of its release, no less. A Dream of…
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The Eater of Gods – by Dan Franklin – Book Review
Hi fellow 9th circle dwellers. I’ll be as vague as I can with the particulars, but there will be light spoilers ahead. Book TW: Rape (mentioned, not depicted) Nothing really dies if it’s remembered, his wife had told him. In the dying village of Al Tarfuk, lost among the war-stained dunes of eastern Libya, professor…
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We Haunt These Woods – by Holley Cornetto – Book Review (novella)
Hey everyone! This is a non-spoiler review. Book TW: self-harm, suicide Nate Holbrook had put his past behind him. When his friends went missing all those years ago at Lake Swart, it had been nothing more than a tragic mystery. No matter what stories they’d told each other about the “Forest Man,” there was no…
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The Last Storm – by Tim Lebbon – Book Review
This is a non-spoiler review. The author didn’t request a review, but I had to squeeze a mini-post in about it anyway because it’s a wonderful book. Struck by famine and drought, large swathes of North America are now known as the Desert. Set against this mythic and vast backdrop, The Last Storm is a…
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Comic Book Review – SICK ‘N TWISTED by Fright Unseen
The first thing I want to say about this comic is…. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. All three of us read it, and I’m the one who volunteered to review it because Goat Leader said, and I quote, “it’s not really my cup of tea”, and Jolly Goat was so offended by this comic that they’re actually angry. Jolly…
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The Exeter Incident – by David Watkins – Book Review
This is a non-spoiler review, so frolic freely. A CITY IN THE GRIP OF TERRORAs a series of gruesome murders are discovered in Exeter. Detective Inspectors Danni Brent and John Carter begin to suspect the killer may not be human. Their investigation is only a few hours old when they also realise the murderer can’t…
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Worse Than Dead – by Cal Brett – Book Review
Fair warning – spoilers ahead. Trigger warning: the story contains sexual assualt (including R), and will be discussed in this review. WORSE THAN DEAD is a zombie apocalypse tale about Kelly and her brother-in-law, Robbie, trying to survive in a zombie-infested world. There’s a baddie that might or might not reappear, some awesome survivors that…
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The Fen Witch of Goosefeather Split – by Benjamin Langley – Book Review
Hey kids! This is a non-spoiler review. Ever since an encounter with the Fen Witch of Goosefeather Split, Charlie has been plagued by nightmares in which she rises from the marsh. When he receives a call in the middle of the night, disturbing one of these nightmares, Charlie realises that he must go back to…
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Dead Branches – by Benjamin Langley – Book Review
This is a non-spoiler review. When Thomas Tilbrook receives a letter telling him that his estranged father is dying, he realises it’s finally time to go back to the Cambridgeshire Fens. But going back evokes memories of the last time he saw his father—memories that he can’t entirely trust. Thomas remembers the summer of 1990…
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Guy Fawkes: Demon Hunter(A Clangour of Bells) – by Benjamin Langley – Book Review
Hey kids! Usually, I leave the book reviews to Jolly Goat and Angry Goat, but I wanted to take on Indie Author Feature Week by myself, and this book is where I started. This is a non-spoiler review. On Bonfire Night, an old man runs into the flames to recover an effigy of Guy Fawkes.…
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