31 Days Of Thrills And Chills #17 ~ The Dark Game

Posted: October 17, 2019 in horror, reviews
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Welcome to My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2019! I did this the last couple of years and so excited to do it again. I’ll be sharing reviews and lots of extra spooky stuff every day leading up to Halloween. I hope you’ll join me!

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I’m sharing all kinds of books, movies, and other spooky stuff for every day in October. Gots to get those scares on for the 31st!

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 The Dark Game

by Jonathan Janz

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Genre:  Horror

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My Review

It took me a bit to really get into this book. I’m thinking it was because there were so many characters to keep track of. I knew that wouldn’t be a problem later though. This is a horror story after all. And when you have a group of writers thrown together in an isolated mansion, all vying for a chance at three million dollars if they win a crazy recluse’s game, you know the numbers will decrease.

Some of the characters were likeable, at first. Some, not at all. Once the game began, their secrets, their dark ambitions came out to play. And dark things began to happen. This was my favorite part. I love it when a group of people are thrown into dangerous situations. You see who steps up. Who fails right out of the gate. And who uses every trick in the book to survive. Their true character comes into the light.

Once I got familiar with who was who and what the game was, I had a really good read. Janz built layers of mystery and atmosphere, and then added in the surprises, the horror, I was waiting for. The last third of the book was fast and furious. What a trip.

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Synopsis

Ten writers are selected for a summer-long writing retreat with the most celebrated and reclusive author in the world. Their host is the legendary Roderick Wells. Handsome, enigmatic, and fiendishly talented, Wells promises to teach his pupils about writing, about magic, about the untapped potential that each of them possesses. Most of all, he plans to teach them about the darkness in their hearts. The writers think they are signing up for a chance at riches and literary prestige. But they are really entering the twisted imagination of a deranged genius, a lethal contest pitting them against one another in a struggle for their sanity and their lives. They have entered into Roderick Wells’s most brilliant and horrible creation. The Dark Game. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

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Comments
  1. i love when the ending comes fast and furiious. and i love that cover
    sherry @ fundinmental

  2. Tammy says:

    I’m glad you loved this, I do love this set up, a bunch of people trying to survive someone’s nefarious game😁

  3. I really enjoyed this one when I read it but you are right, there were a lot of characters to keep up with initially. Having read this author before and much like you, I knew that would not be a problem for long!

  4. alisbooks says:

    Glad you enjoyed it! A lot of characters all at once can be a bit confusing.

  5. Beware Of The Reader says:

    Of course when “dark things begin to happen” this is your favorite part Laura! And it would be the moment that I would hide behind the couch LOL

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