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Review for What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher

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What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher   Rating: 4 out of 5 Series: Sworn Soldier, Book 1 Publication: Tor Publishing  Publication Date: July 12th, 2022 Format: Paperback  Price: $13.49 Pages: 160 Amazon Link: Click Here Rating:  Warning & Disturbances: 5/10 Erotic / Sexual Content: N/A Gore & Dismemberment: 3/10 Inspired by ‘The fall of the House of Usher,’ T Kingfisher explores the weird or rather baffling circumstances of Lord Usher and his sister, Madeline, through the first POV of Alex Easton. As a close friend of the family Easton receives a rather disturbing letter from a sick Madeline to visit her in their family home in London. When Easton approaches to the premises, he is welcome by a rotting and decaying home infested with skin-crawling, flesh-like mushrooms and disturbing, zombie-like hares attesting to this short-story’s horror setting. As the outcome of this fallen house is a roaring fire blazing for two days, read on to explore what lead to this...

Review for The Redemption by David Boiani

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The Redemption by David Boiani Rating: 3 out of 5 stars   Series: The John Corbin  Publication:  Foundations Book Publishing  Publication Date: May 01, 2018 Format: Pdf Price: $4.49 Pages: 203 Amazon Link: Click Here Rating:  Trigger Warning & Disturbances: 2 / 10 Erotic / Sexual Content: Nil Gore & Dismemberment: 2 / 10 In Boiani’s (The John Corbin Series) plot-driven, punctuative stand-alone sequel, “time” itself is a central theme. There are flashbacks, countdowns, and tightly sequenced series of events. A serial killer is menacing Seattle and has called out John Corbin by name to work the case. As a retired detective, John exclaims in Michael Corleone’s words, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” Each time an untraceable email is received at headquarters, they are given 24 hours to unravel the cryptic clues to save the victim. As events intensify John with his equally driven rookie partner, Rick, stands in the crosshairs where...

Review for Rules For Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

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Rules For Vanishing by   Kate Alice Marshall Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars Publication: Walker Books Publication Date: Oct 3rd, 2019 Format: Paperback Price: $10.41 Pages: 400 Amazon Link:  Click Here Rating on: Trigger Warnings & Disturbances: 5/10 Erotic / Sexual content: Nil Gore & Dismemberment: 2/10 “The gate is not a gate of iron. The liar's gate is darkness and deceit. The sinner's gate is guilt, and it is judgement. The tool is blood, Sara Donoghue. The tool is blood, and the wicked among you must pay.” (pg. 132) Once a year, a road appears in the woods at midnight and the ghost of Lucy Gallows beckons, inviting those who are brave enough to play her game. If you win, you escape with your life. But if you lose… (synopsis from the book cover) Sara Donoghue silently observed her deteriorating family; her sister, Becca’s recent disappearance (similar to that of Lucy Gallows) ripped her parent’s marriage into a state of endless turbulence. Sara withdrew from her peers a...

Review for Ghosters by Diana M. Corbitt

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Ghosters  by  Diana Corbitt Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Series: Ghosters, Book 1 Publication: Bedazzled Ink Publishing Publication Date: May 1st, 2017 Format: Mobi Price: $ 7.99 Pages: 182 Amazon Link:  Click Here Rating: Trigger Warning and Disturbances: 2/10 Erotic / Sexual Content: Nil Gore and Dismemberment: Nil Do you believe in Ghosts?  The supernatural? Do you believe in the ideology of unfinished business? When things don’t seem the way as they appear, will you flinch or dive within?   Theresa Martinez was on a rude awakening when she had to move on in her life. The change was inevitable that she found herself wound up on her grandparents' ancestral house with her brother and father. Things seemed to go at a slow-pace until rumors shot into their ears about the unrest ghosts that roamed on their lands. With a post-depressed father and a brother suffering from conditions related to Asperger Syndrome, Theresa had to embrace her fears when she explored the unk...