Exorcism (The Ravencrest Saga Book 3) by Tamara Thorne and Alistair Cross

 

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Five "Spine Tingling Spooky" Stars

Something Else Is Haunting the Halls of Ravencrest! 

A small taste of what lies within:

Belinda Moorland is becoming more attuned to the ghostly happenings in Ravencrest but things are about to become more interesting as odd things start happening in and around the Greek Pool. Everyone is on edge as a sinister presence slowly forms within the grounds of Ravencrest and it will take all of them to figure out how to stop the evil from spreading! 

That is about all I can hand out with a small taste without giving away spoilers so if you want to know more then go read this book and series! 

Thoughts: 

This third book was one spooky story as lots of creepy things happen that kept me on the edge of my seat! There is quite a bit of backstory with Ravencrest this time around that gives more insight on the haunting of the grounds. 

The authors (Thorne and Cross) threw all kinds of creepy curves into this story which kept me turning pages long into the night! I love this series so much and I am looking forward to reading book four soon to see what happens next on the property of Ravencrest! 

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The Black Testament (Book of Shadows #4) by Michael Penning

 

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Five "Skin Shiver Spooky" Stars

What Lies in Wait Within A Cursed Village?

A small taste of what lies within:

Anna Jacobs has been sent on a mission to help a family in an abandoned village that has been cursed but she thinks there might be something truly evil that has invaded the village along with the family which could be tied to hell itself! 

That is about all I can hand out with a small taste without giving away spoilers so if you want to know more then go read this book!

Thoughts:

This fourth installment in the Book of Shadows series could be read as a stand alone however things are mentioned here and there from previous books so it might be best to read the books in order. 

Once again I was transported back into the world of Anna Jacobs and all the characters that she comes across in her travels. I really liked all the characters in this book and the author weaves a tale of imaginable horror that gripped me throughout most of the book! 

Author, Michael Penning's writing style breathes atmospheric details of everything that takes place and will keep the reader on the edge of their seat throughout the story. When I read this author's stories I am always taken straight into the heart of the book and feel like I am right there experiencing whatever the characters are going through! This story is one spooky tale that goes deep into the occult and brings the creepiness of the story alive on the page! Looking forward to reading book five in the series which will be out soon to see what lies in store for Anna Jacobs. 

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Abigail (2024)

 

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Five "Gory Bloodsucker" Stars

Streaming service: Prime

Date of Movie: 2024

Cast of Characters: Alisha Weir (Abigail), Melissa Barrera (Joey), Dan Stevens (Frank), Kathryn Newton (Sammy), Will Catlett (Rickles), Angus Cloud (Dean), Kevin Durand (Peter), Giancarlo Esposito (Lambert) and Matthew Goode (Kristof Lazaar). 

Synopsis of story:

Abigail, a young ballet dancer, is kidnapped by six criminals and taken to the secluded Wilhelm Manor. Lambert, who hired them, instructs them to guard Abigail for 24 hours, at which point each of them will receive $7 million from a $50 million ransom paid by her father. But little do they know that something is off about the whole situation and Abigail is not as innocent as they think! 

Thoughts:

This was a great horror movie - recommended to me by a friend as I didn't know this movie was about vampires and this movie was so gory that I had to pull out my gore suit! 

I was literally glued to my cozy chair as I didn't even want to put it on pause to go grab any snacks! When the vampire action starts the pace moves fast in this movie and it stays on a forward path into a twisted bloody gore fest! 

So go check it out and strap in for a gory twisted ride into insanity! 

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Commodore by Philip Fracassi

 

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Four "Creepy Car" Stars

Whatever Happens in Sabbath Stays in Sabbath!

A small taste of what lies within:

The town of Sabbath has secrets like any small town however nothing is as legendary as the haunted car that lies within the town's junkyard. 

Towns folk have heard the legend all through the years but when some young teenage boys decide to check it out they are hoping to discover how true the legend really is about the car being haunted and what they find is beyond their wildest dreams! 

That is about all I can hand out with a small taste so if you want to know more then go read this book! 

Thoughts:

This was my second book by this author and I wasn't disappointed. The book is a short novella but it does pack a punch as it is wrapped around cosmic horror with a dash of dark fantasy. 

I was pleasantly surprised that so much happens within this short book but was happy that I stepped into it as there were also some gory and gooey areas of the book that made me pull out my gore suit. 

The pace of the story moves fast when the young boys find the haunted car but then the story kicks up a notch as the story progresses and I found myself having a hard time putting the book down! 

The author gives some notes at the end of the book that he might write more stories in the future about the town of Sabbath since it hides so many secrets so hoping for more books to come in the future that involves the town. Looking forward to reading more books by this author as I notice that he has quite a few floating around out in the book world. 

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The Circus by M.D. LaBelle

 

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Four "Evil Crazy Clowns" Stars

Come One Come All - The Circus is in Town! 

A small taste of what lies within:

In the small town of Hope the circus is coming to town but no one can figure out why the circus is early as normally they don't come to town till later in the year but no one gives it a second thought when the circus arrives. 

The Jorgenson family decides to take their son Noah to the circus so that he can experience his first circus but when Noah disappears and no one seems to know what happened is when his parents become frantic and the whole town is turned upside down trying to find him! 

That is about all I can hand out with a small taste without giving away spoilers so if you want to know more then go read this book! 

Thoughts:

This story is a short novella but I was pulled into the story right away as the author's writing style just flowed along. This is my first book by this author and it won't be my last. The story has some gory spots too which I had to pull out my "gore suit" as there are evil clowns involved in this book and gore started flying! 

When the child character Noah disappears the book goes into overdrive and the evil clowns become more a focal point of the story as I was wondering how the story was going to turn out! There is a sequel to this book which I need to read at some point and looking forward to reading that before the end of this year. 

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Try Not to Die: At Ghostland: An Interactive Adventure by Duncan Ralston and Mark Tullius

 

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Five "Twisted Ghosts Terror" Stars

Ghostland - Escape is the Key! 

A small taste of what lies within:

Lucky and her friends decide to go check out Ghostland which is a new theme park where people can check out ghosts but when a glitch happens and the ghosts are released into the park is when things go wrong for Lucky and her friends! 

That is about all I can hand out with a small taste so if you want to know more then go read this book!

Thoughts:

This was a great book with interactive prompts that can either give paths of escape or paths to an untimely end. I remember reading interactive books years ago so this was cool to read this book which is wrapped around the Ghostland trilogy which I have read.  

The interactive features with the different paths were interesting and entertaining - I felt that to experience the book deeply was to try out the different paths just to see where they took me. 

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The Beastly Whispers (The Spinner Chronicles Book 1) by Jed Kent

 

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Four "Mythical Monster Mystery" Stars

What Kind of Killer is on the Loose? 

A small taste of what lies within:

FBI agent James Steele is on the trail of a killer that seems to rip apart bodies. At first when Steele is called in the locals just assume that a bear is on the loose but something doesn't feel right to Steele that it is any kind of  animal attack - he knows there that is something else behind the attacks which leads him towards a possible mythical lore creature and he is going to do whatever it takes to bring the killer to justice!

That is about all I can hand out with a small taste without giving away spoilers so if you want to know more then go read this book! 

Thoughts:

This is my second book by this author and I was drawn into the story right away with the mystery of who or what was leaving a trail of bodies for the character agent Steele to find. Loved the characters in this book along with the supporting characters and the story itself moves along at a good pace. 

Though this book is not just another murder mystery as there are traces of the supernatural interwoven into the story line as well which takes this book up a notch into the crime/horror genre. I found myself reading the story late into the night and I read the last 30% of the book in just about two hours as I could not break away from where the author was taking me as the story started to escalate with finding out about the killer. 

This book is the first book in the Spinner Chronicles series and I have book two simmering on my kindle as I want to see what is in store for Agent Steele in book two soon. 

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