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“Welcome to the Fairwinds, he thought. No better place to die.”


Cutter’s Deep by Ronald MacGillivray

QUICK SUMMARY 🖊️ 
Down a lonely strip of road, there’s a place that only the invited can see and visit. But what the invited don’t realize is they won’t be leaving. 

FINAL THOUGHTS 💭 
Another example of a book where I loved the journey, immediately I was taken into this secret town. But the destination was fine. I think it was def more of a cozy horror in the end and not what I was expecting while reading. 

We start off with Silent Hill vibes and end it cozy? I almost wanted more about the town itself because it was fascinating. This one is definitely for people who are getting more into horror and want to explore a little more gore but still want the cozy horror. 

“Every mama’s son knows peoples are just fleas that jumped off of giant a-ilians that came down from outtaspace”


RIDE THE SNAKE ROAD: BEAMO ROAMER'S HARDCORE JAUNT TO THE WASTELAND 
By LeRoy Wow


Thank you Wolf-Wise Press and NetGalley for this eARC. 
I’ve been trying to pin down what this story reminds me of. I want to say Twisted Metal but with a side of something else that I can’t put my finger on. 
The story starts out strong, but I found myself getting lost towards the middle there was just a lot going on with really nothing happening. 
I never truly enjoyed any of the characters, which also made it difficult for me, and the ending was … fine. 
Over all I think people who like adventure and dystopian would enjoy this. I know some have classified this as horror, which I wouldn’t do personally so if to you’re looking for horror you may be disappointed. 


 

I just wasn’t feeling it. 

“Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with  women, we expect an answer, a reason.”

Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede 
Narrated by Sosie Bacon

I went in with two thoughts on this book, this sounds like something totally for me and this books been super hyped up which always makes me worried. 

Other than towards the end and the cover itself. The book was …. Fine. 
It didn’t hold my attention at all, Maeve herself felt annoying and just doing things and saying things out of the “norm” for attention, like a pick me girlie that’s the only way I can describe it. 

I just have a love / hate relationship with extreme horror, and for me this one didn’t do it. I’m not even giving a quick summary because so little happens within the book the synopsis is basically almost the entire story in less words.
 

It was just too much. 

“In the end, people are only able to think and feel within the limits of the “system”, the specific culture of the society they belong to. Notions like artistic value and beauty are inevitably shackled by that system, and even the words we use are dictated by it.”

The Mill House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji 
Translated by Ho-Ling Wong


QUICK SUMMARY 🖊️ 
Every day on the same year a small group of acquaintance visit a remote castle just so they can glimpse the works of their favourite artist. Even after the two deaths last year the group can’t stay away. But an unannounced visitor brings questions about the deaths last year. 


FINAL THOUGHTS 💭 
Japanese Mysteries are a new fave of mine to read. After reading the first book by this author last year I knew it wouldn’t be my last. These quick reads bring locked room mystery for those who don’t want the jumpy thriller atmosphere. With the who dunnits you didn’t see coming. 

“At some point between the early years and adulthood, there’s a tendency for people’s passion, imagination, and hunger for the unknown to fade into oblivion, never to be seen again” 

The Naughty Corner by Mark Towse 

Mark brings us three very different novellas. I’ll be the first to say even though I read them I’m not one for novellas and short stories because I always feel like something is missing. Mark is one of the few authors who writes these so well you get the entire story within those pages. I’m not left needing more from the story. 

I thought my favourite one was The Generation Games, My Name is Brian and The Naughty Corner were just as strong and entertaining. 

I throughly enjoy each of these three, to the point I stayed up almost all night finishing them 😅

“Mieira is the place you were born, but this is your home,” Accra announces cryptically. “It is where your magic returns when it gets lost. Tell me what defines a home better than that?”


Seed of Vex by Capes
Book two of the Sennenwolf series 

Thank you @capesauthor for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this, especially since I’ve been patiently waiting after finishing the first. 
Seed of Vex follows eight months after West of Jaws. We see some same faces but also new and learn so much more about the world. 
Capes does world building in a way that’s so woven into the story I didn’t notice it until reflecting on the book as a whole. They’ve done something pretty special with this series for it to have such a grip on me. I can’t wait to see where it’s taken next. 

You can read West of Jaws now, before Seed of Vex releases on Jan 1!