Welcome to my Monday Minis Reviews.
I have two for you today.
One is an adult horror short story, Cracks in the Sky: The Cellar Jar.
The other is a young children’s rhyming book, Ghosties.
So first, I scare ya.
Then I charm you with some silly ghosties.
Lets get to it!
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Cracks in the Sky: The Cellar Jar
by Ryan Notch
This was a free download from Amazon. It’s still free right now. Go HERE if you want to grab a copy.
My Review
Narine is scared. She’s been afraid all of her life. Of change, of people, of life, of everything.
Now she’s put her genius to work and built something to rid herself of that fear. Something she keeps in her basement. In a jar.
Ryan Notch does a great job of building the suspense, putting you in Narine’s shoes. One place I wouldn’t want to be.
Can you imagine a fear so strong, so palpable, it controls every aspect of your life? It’s a wonder Narine ever came out of her house.
But she did, and now she thinks she has the very thing to rid herself of that all consuming fear.
I just knew the author was going to creep me out. Fear is essential to our survival. It’s a warning from our brain, to beware, to be careful. I imagined all kinds of horrible scenarios because I didn’t have a healthy dose of fear to warn me.
Narine will discover that sometimes it’s good to be afraid. Wise to be afraid.
I had one of those ‘I knew it!’ moments when I read the ending. It was a zinger!
4 Stars
Synopsis
In this terrifying tale of an experiment gone wrong…
Narine Khosrovian is brilliant and beautiful and ever afraid of every little thing. To her the world is a horror, its wonders locked behind walls of anxiety. Or at least it was, until she built the thing in the basement. A thing of cold steel and quantum fields. A thing to take away her fear forever. But might the fear have plans of its own once freed from her flesh?
I also recently read another book by this author.
The Abyss Above Us was a longer read. You can click on the cover for my review.
For more about Ryan Notch and his books go HERE.
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And now for some silly ghosts.
Ghosties
by Gerald Hawksley
My Review
Nothing scary here.
You meet the quirky ghosts of Ghostie Town in this charming rhyming book with delightful illustrations on each page.
You meet happy ghosts and grumpy ones, sleepy ones and bouncy ones, and even smelly ones.
This will quickly become a favorite one you and your children will enjoy reading over and over again.
I wish I’d had the print copy so I could enjoy the illustrations in color. They were so adorable.
4 Stars
Synopsis
Halloween is in the air.
You’d like to see a ghost – but where?
At night when the sun’s gone down,
Come with me to Ghostie Town . . .
Where you will find the most colorful and cheerful collection of ghosties you could ever hope to meet.
Another silly rhyming kindle picture book from Gerald Hawksley.
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You can find out more about Author and his books by clicking HERE.
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So whatcha reading for Halloween? Got any suggestions for me?
I’d love to hear them and thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew!
Cracks in the Sky has an intriguing premise. Sometimes a good dollop of fear is healthy. Narina figuring out how to remove fear made me think of a series of books I came across in my teenage days. I think they were called Fearless.
The story isn’t very long but it packed a good dose of suspense. The author explained the consequences of not having fear with a great example, comparing it to not feeling pain and describing the consequences. It was eye opening.
The title for Cell Jar caught my attention. A zinger is a great ending to any book. LOL Ghosties looks so cute.
It was a good ending! I really got a smile out of Ghosties. I kind of hummed while I read it out loud. LOL