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Witch Bottle by Tom Fletcher – REVIEW
Witch Bottle is a story that will constantly have your guard up. Fear surrounds this small hamlet-like fog clinging to the mountainside. It envelops around you, constricting you, breathing becomes more difficult, your sight becomes hazy, it’s an all-sense assault. This novel surprised me by the sheer force of its raw veracity and its human emotion. It leaves you feeling deeply unsettled with its supernatural element complemented perfectly with the decline of mental health and broken relationships. Cumbria has never felt so unearthly in this modern gothic thriller. Daniel is on his own, after leaving his wife and baby daughter he has moved to Cumbria to become a milkman. He…
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The Home by Mats Strandberg | Review
The Home is a spectacular tale of mistakes, families and forgiveness. Nina and Joel haven’t seen each other in twenty years. Mistakes were made, and both blame the other for both their approach to life and what it become. This is a story that will have your heart aching and palpitating in equal measure. At points, it’s not healthy for the readers continuation of life – my favourite type of read! This one hit home especially hard after having a career in nursing the elderly specialising in neurological disorders. Strandberg’s research was spot on and took me back in time to various nightshifts. It was a story I could fall…