The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

 

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Four "Supernatural Suspense" Stars

A small taste of what lies within:

Two timelines - early 1900's and Present Day

Alice along with her two daughters, Ruthie and Fawn are living in a house that has been around for over a hundred years. Mysterious things slowly seem to happen within the house and then one day Ruthie comes home to find that her mother has disappeared. The mystery of the disappearance is wrapped around a woman that lived in the house a hundred years ago and as Ruthie tries to find out what happened to her mother she ends up digging into the past realizing that something from back then is responsible for her mother's disappearance. 

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 book was deeply mysterious as the author goes deep into the one timeline from the 1900's as there is lots of backstory on those characters and then goes deep into the present day with the mother's disappearance. The story stays at a steady pace throughout the book. I did not become bored with any of the story as the author goes into a lot of detail within both timelines. I would consider this story to be a historical mystery supernatural suspense story more than I would actual horror.  There was more of a suspense and mystery feel to the book with the supernatural weaved into the story.  

I loved all the characters in this book as I made my way through the story line and was pleased that the story kept the mystery of what was happening to almost the end of the book. All in all I enjoyed the story. This was my second book by this author and look forward to reading more of her work in the future. 

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Lost Minds, Wandering Souls (A Collection of Short Horror Fantasy Stories) by George Adamczyk

 

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Four "Twisted Short Stories" Stars

A small taste of what lies within:

I am not really going to do a small taste on here as this book held four short stories so I will just give a tiny cryptic note on each one:

Nap Demon: A young man has dream state terrors that include a demon - real or imagined remains to be seen.

The Halloween Closet: A boy never has to worry about what to wear for Halloween.

You'd Be Dangerous: A man loses something of vital importance in his body after a shooting that gives new meaning to what we as humans are able to live with after a crisis. 

Shakespeare in Limbo: Emotions with a twist of possible illusion. 

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

Thoughts:

First time reading this author and all the stories had some kind of twist to them but my favorite out of all four was the Halloween Closet. I also thought the story You'd Be Dangerous was a different concept on how we all live with injuries and what we have to go through to deal with them. 

All in all the stories were kind of fast paced and all of them kept my attention span lively as I found myself getting caught up in the stories. There are more books in this series of short story collections which I will be stepping into soon as I want to see what other twists author, George Adamczyk throws my way. 

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Reptile by Jeremy Eads

 

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Five "Silver Claw Action" Stars

A small taste of what lies within:

Mark Branton doesn't know what is happening in his hometown of Summit Valley as there are bodies being murdered savagely. 

Mark thinks he has entered a dream state of some kind as he sees a man that can also enter his thoughts at will but Mark soon learns that whatever is killing people is somehow connected to him as Mark's body has changes going on which will affect those around him as Mark has been chosen to become a creature of myth and the elusive dream state man is a part of it all! 

That is about all I can hand out on a small taste without giving away spoilers so if you are intrigued then go read this book!

Thoughts:

Wow!! This story took me on one hell of a cool ride into not only horror, but also a mythical ride into fantasy as well! The pace of the story was a little slow in the beginning as there was some world building but once the stage was set for the characters and the town the story took off! 

The last half of the book I read in a few short hours as once the momentum of the story kicked in then I had a hard time putting down the book! I was entranced with how the book turned toward a horror/fantasy story as the author delved deep into a creature feature realm that involved mythical creatures. 

The last half of the book I was literally flying through the story as the action picks up to the point that I could not put the book down and wanted to keep reading it to the end as I wanted to see where the author was going to take me! This was my second book by this author and I am looking for more stories that will take me on hell rides of zesty action fun! 

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