Welcome to my Saturday Screams!
I figured I’d give you three scary reviews today and knock a few books off my TBR.
Two of these are horror and one, Fing, is a fun children’s story about a monster in the closet.
Get your scare on!
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The Gatherers
Harvesting #.5
by Ashley Ehlers
My Review
I read The Harvesters, the first book in this series, and had an idea what I’d get with this one. Yep, a twisted story that had me looking over my shoulder, wondering who might be creeping up on me.
Coleen isn’t thrilled when her dad gets remarried. Not too crazy about her step-mother. And not too crazy about her step-sister, Virginia either. Or so the parents think. The two girls have grown close, very close. When Coleen is sent outside to find the missing family dog, the nice family getaway in the woods takes a chilling turn.
I enjoy scary stories. The scarier the better. And it doesn’t matter if I figure out the plot a bit early. The fun is what happens along the way.
I thought I had this all figured out, but I didn’t. There’s this twist, see.
Talk about your wicked step-mother tales.
And what’s waiting in the woods. I thought back to the first book, and no way would I go in there.
Another creepy tale that lingers, making you think about the evil that lurks just out of sight.
4 Stars
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Synopsis
Ashley and Jason weren’t the only ones to have an encounter with The Harvesters that day….
Coleen hasn’t been the happiest with her father remarrying, especially to the mother that gave birth to her enemy, Virginia. Bleach blonde bimbo as Coleen thought the moment they started high school. But since they’ve graduated, their parents married for a year now, Coleen has seen a whole new side of Virginia and the girls have gotten closer than ever. However the parents don’t see it, as the girls put up a front, so they plan a getaway to the family’s cabin before the girls go off to college.
Being away from the city is exactly what the girls wanted. Virginia even has something special planned for Coleen on this holiday and being out in the woods is the perfect setting for it. Though things get put on hold when their family dog Trudy runs away and Coleen’s step mother insists she goes out and find her. So as Coleen walks into the woods she gets a chilling sign from her step mother, Tori, which starts a domino effect of bloody unforgettable events.
You can read my review of The Harvesters by clicking on the cover below.
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Fing
by Papa G.
My Review
What a fun little story.
Ulrich gets some really bad news. While his parents were in Africa, they were taken by some cannibals. Missing, and presumed eaten, he now has to live with Mrs. Lipstick, the families mean, chain smoking relative.
She says he’s a nasty, smelly boy and must stay in the cold, dark attic, only allowed out to eat once a day.
Alone and heart broken, Ulrich remembers his mother’s advice. Always stay positive and good things will come.
That’s hard for Ulrich when the strange noises in his closet reveal themselves to be a sock sniffing monster.
Ulrich is such a sweet boy. I forgot to mention he has a special disability. It’s very unusual but he stays positive and learns to adjust.
The nasty Mrs. Lipstick reminds me of Cruella DeVille from 101 Dalmatians. Just a loathsome woman and up to no good.
As for the monster, Fing, he grows on ya.
The moral of this story is maintaining good thoughts, staying positive despite the hard blows. The author had me chuckling at Ulrich’s problem solving and booing at Mrs. Lipstick’s evil doing.
A story to delight young readers with a worthy hero, or two.
4 Stars
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Synopsis
Ulrich Von Strudel has got no knees, but this is the least of his problems. Awful, terrible, despicable things are going to happen to this poor boy. And just when he thinks things couldn’t possibly get any worse. He discovers there’s a monster hiding in his closet. FING is a heart warming modern fairytale about the benefits of staying positive even when faced with the vile Mrs Lipstick!
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The Depot
When Life And Death Cross Tracks
by Carmen DeSousa
My Review
A haunted tale of echoes.
Detective Mark Waters doesn’t believe the claim that The Depot is haunted. He’s eaten at the restaurant many times and never witnessed anything unusual.
So when he’s called there to investigate a suicide, it’s just another case. Or so he thinks.
The past meets the present and now Mark knows different.
Not a long story, but it has a lot of ghostly atmosphere. You go back in time, then forward to the present, as the story is revealed.
Tragedy, betrayal, and a thirst for revenge, this a good one for a dark and stormy night.
3 Stars
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Synopsis
The Depot (When Life and Death Cross Tracks) is a thirteen-thousand-word mini mystery with a ghostly edge by bestselling romantic-suspense author Carmen DeSousa. If you are looking for her full-length novels, please check out her Amazon author page.
They say The Depot is haunted. But in all the years homicide detective Mark Waters has visited the ancient train station turned restaurant, he’s never seen proof. Until now.
As he investigates a supposed suicide by train, he learns secrets of a murder that took place eighty years ago may directly affect his case.
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