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    Horror

    The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey | Review

    January 18, 2021 /

    The Girl with All The gifts.  I really don’t know why it took me so long to get around to this one because it was simply amazing.  I don’t know what I was expecting but this really wasn’t it.  I think it made me feel everything so intensely because it was centred around the protagonist, a young child called Melanie.  I raced ahead; everything was just so engaging that by the time I reached the end I felt wrought with emotional exhaustion.  The zombie apocalypse seen through the eyes of a child.  It really was a fresh and interesting take on the zombie novel.  I’m a wee bit of a…

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    Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer | Review

    January 15, 2021 /

    Secret Santa was a mixed bag.  A run of bad luck has hit Lussi Myer.  She’s behind in her share of the rent, she’s lost her beloved editor role in a publishing house and she needs to find something fast!  As you delve into this kind of dark comedy horror you realise that a lot of things aren’t as they seem.  She lands the position of Senior Editor in the prominent publishing house of Blackwood-Patterson.  Well, of course there is the small matter of her interview going horrendously and the boss taking a heart attack right in front of her.  When she arrives at the hospital to visit him, she…

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    The Institute by Stephen King | Review

    January 3, 2021 /

    The Institute, much like Sleeping Beauties felt like a trip back in time by Mr King.  He’s back to that standard that his fans love.  I’ve owned this book for over a year now and only just got the courage to pick it up.  I am a mega King fan and hoped and prayed that this would be everything that I wanted and guess what the main man pulled it straight out of left field.  The dynamics, the characterisation and the environment had me fist bumping the air…because you know, no-one around me likes reading and pandemic…gah! One thing you can almost bet your bottom dollar on is that King…

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    Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay | Review

    December 28, 2020 /

    Well hold the mother-fucking door!  Allow me to go on record and declare that there will never be a better time to read Paul Tremblay’s Survivor Song than 2020, and I managed it by the arse of my pants!  Tremblay is a decorated horror novelist that I am ashamed to say have never read, until now.  The guy has a huge responsibility on his shoulders, but he is still swimming, still telling stories that stay with the reader.  This story is going to be one that I will remember and hold in regard to the year 2020.  I’m waffling (not unlike the victims of the super rabies that have taken…

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    Banished by Lou Yardley | Review

    October 11, 2020 /

    Banished is the newest offering from one of my favourite indie authors, Lou Yardley.  She teaches us that deception is a fruit best left well alone.  Every village has its secrets and Elkbury is no exception, the residents will find this out the hard way.  Wren, Hedwin and the villagers will come to regret no questioning everything.  On the outside it seems they all have the perfect life – a safe village to live out their lives, no death and disease, all thanks to a secret ceremony called The Banishment.  You know what they say about illusions, they are there to be shattered.  The Banishment ceremony should ensure that murder…

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    Diabolica Britannica: A Dark Isles Horror Compendium by various authors

    September 3, 2020 /

    How the hell do I write this review? Diabolica Britannica is quite frankly everything that is good about the horror fiction genre neatly compacted in a kick ass anthology.  The genre is producing some of the best fiction out there at the moment and it’s getting harder to get scared and shocked but this awesome work of art packs a swift punch to jugular.  A Dark Isles Compendium instantly took me to the freezing and rugged coastline of the Scottish highlands,  the brutal streets of London and the isolating manor houses watching your every move, so it can make theirs!  As much as I love the genre, sometimes, the titles…

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