The audio is just as amazing as the real book! Definitely get this one and enjoy!

Ahhh - I was just reminded why I love Bishop so much!! I love the book and the audio version is just as good. Definitely check this one out if you are looking for a dystopian story.

2.5 stars

The Women in the Walls by Amy Lukavics is a book I have been looking forward to since I saw the cover. I LOVE creepy books and this one sounded and looked like it would be right up my alley. Unfortunately this one didn’t really grab me and when I turned the last page, I felt a little disappointed.

The characters in this book drove me crazy. I wanted the main character to do something about her situation and she just….didn’t. Lucy Acosta is the primary character and Margaret is her cousin. They live in an old Victorian mansion that has been passed down to Lucy’s family and things just haven’t been right since her mother died. After her mother’s death, Lucy’s Aunt Penelope and Cousin Margaret move into the house to help her father with the house and the requirements that come along with it.

When Penelope goes missing one day after heading out into the woods, things start to take a turn for the worse within the house and Lucy doesn’t appear able to do anything to fix or change things. She is definitely angry with her father and she doesn’t really know what to do with Margaret so things start to get worse. Ultimately something happens that turns everything upside down in the house and no…I can’t say what it is because this was one of the parts I found super interesting and somewhat unexpected.

There were some things that I didn’t really get. The link between the house and the club wasn’t fully explained and the pieces that were didn’t really make sense. Lucy’s father was so obsessed with the club and making sure that he did everything to protect the Acosta name in relevance to the house and club that he didn’t really take any action when Lucy came to him for help. I found him to be completely irrelevant to the story other than to be someone to hate. The new cook and her daughter…more characters that I had no idea what they were there for.

I loved the idea of this story but unfortunately it just didn’t click for me. I thought the ending showed some promise but there were so many missing pieces and random storylines that I found myself reading just to see what else would happen with this book. Is it creepy? Kind of. Is it dark? Definitely. Did I love this one? No. As I finished this book, I realized I had the same feelings regarding Lukavic’s other book and I’m just not sure that her books are for me…it could quite possibly be me though so if you like dark and creepy books, check it out.

Thank you to the publisher for the review copy.

The Radical Element is a collection of stories focused on young women of the past and I found myself enjoying all of the stories in this anthology. I typically find it difficult to get into short stories mostly because there isn’t enough story to get invested in the characters, but I didn’t have that problem with this one and while there were some stories I liked more than others, on the whole, I found this group of stories to be engaging, well-written, and interesting.

Consider checking this one out when you can!

Thank you to the publisher for the copy in exchange for an honest review.

Poet Anderson…In Darkness is the second book of the Poet Anderson books and I have been waiting for this book since I finished the first book. This series is a collaboration between Tom DeLonge and Suzanne Young and it is really good you guys. No spoilers here.

In Darkness picks up one year after Of Nightmares ended and Jonas is still coming to terms with the fact that he wasn’t able to save his brother, Alan, from the Dreamscape. Because of that he spends his time in the Waking World between visiting his brother, who is still in a coma, and working as a doorman for the Eden Hotel. With his girlfriend Samantha by his side, Jonas feels moments of happiness but ultimately his guilt continues to eat at him.

In addition to that, REM is still looking for a way into the Waking World and he continues to hunt for Jonas and the other poets with his Night Stalkers. Jonas and the poets have another thing to fear though. There is are shadow creatures out there now that can possess the spirits of dreamers and they use their bodies to enter the waking world.

So much happens in this book that forces Jonas to figure out what he is willing to do and ultimately give up, to save the world and he struggles with the decision. Rightfully so. I can’t say much about this because I don’t want to give anything away. This piece of the book made this installment for me because in the end, Jonas is just a kid and seeing him forced to choose between family and his fate was difficult. He hasn’t had an easy life, and this is just one more thing that forces him into a difficult position.

If you are looking for something unique that has a story that will pull you right in, check out this series. DeLonge and Young have not only written the story well, but they have created a world that is creepy and so well developed that I couldn’t put the book down. Overall, I really loved this book and I’m not going to lie, the ending was sooooo good that I can’t wait to get my hands on the next book.

Thank you to To the Stars for a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

If you haven't read this book, you should!