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Friday Cover Reveal: YA/Horror Halloween 2015 Edition

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Welcome to this week’s M9B Friday Reveal!

This week, we present to you the

Horror/Halloween – YA Edition

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Armed with a passion for classic B-grade horror movies, a script co-written by his twin brother, and a wicked crush on his death-obsessed neighbor; hardcore horror fan Jason Nightshade must finish his student film.

 

But his plans are derailed when the children of suburban Silver Creek start disappearing – his twin brother among them. Battling a possessed video camera, a crazy zombie dog, a monstrous bully, and a frighteningly broken down family life, Jason embarks on a mission to find his lost brother so the two can write an ending for his story.

 

As any horror fan knows, saving the day won’t be easy, as Jason finds himself forced to face the real world where death isn’t just a splash of fake blood on a camera lens.

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Ryan grew up in Park City, Utah. His fiction has appeared in Quarterly West, Paper Darts, Vice, Monkeybicycle and [PANK]. He currently lives in San Diego where he acts as Creative Director for the nonprofit literary arts organization So Say We All. He’s the co-editor of the anthology Last Night on Earth and founder of the literary horror journal, Black Candies.

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Bianca St. Germain works at a Night House, a place where vampires like the aristocratic Jeremiah Archer, pay to feed on humans, and she doesn’t much care what others think of her. The money is good, and at least there, she’s safe. Bianca also doesn’t care that the Night House is killing her. All she cares about is: nauth, the highly addictive poison in vampire bites that brings a euphoria like no drug ever could.

 

But when Bianca meets James, a reclusive empath who feels everything she does, for the first time, she considers a life outside of the Night House and a someone worth living for. But Jeremiah has decided to keep Bianca for himself; he won’t allow her to walk away.

 

As she allows her feelings for James to grow, she struggles to contain nauth's strong hold on her life. If they are to have a future, James must make her see what she's worth, what she means to him, before Jeremiah and nauth claim her for good.

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Rachel Tafoya studied creative writing while at Solebury School and was published in their student run literary magazine, SLAM. She attended a writing program for teens at both Susquehanna University and Denison University, and the Experimental Writing for Teens class and Novels for Young Writers program, both run by NY Times bestselling author, Jonathan Maberry. Rachel is the daughter crime author Dennis Tafoya.

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Winter in Black Orchard, Wisconsin, is long and dark, and sixteen-year-old Vayda Silver prays the snow will keep the truth and secrecy of the last two years buried. Hiding from the past with her father and twin brother, Vayda knows the rules: never return to the town of her mother’s murder, and never work a Mind Game where someone might see.

 

No one can know the toll emotions take on Vayda, how emotion becomes energy in her hands, or how she can’t control the destruction she causes. But it’s not long before her powers can no longer be contained. The truth is dangerously close to being exposed, placing Vayda and her family at risk. Until someone quiets the chaos inside her.

 

Unwanted. That’s all Ward Ravenscroft has ever been. To cope, he numbs the pain of rejection by denying himself emotions of any kind. Yet Vayda stirs something in him. He can’t explain the hold she has on him–inspiring him with both hope and fear. He claims not to scare easily, except he doesn’t know what her powers can do. Yet.

 

Just as Vadya and Ward draw closer, she finds the past isn’t so easily buried. And when it follows the Silvers to Black Orchard, it has murder in mind.

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Sarah Bromley

Sarah Bromley lives near St. Louis with her husband, three children, and two dogs. She likes the quiet hours of morning when she can drink coffee in peace, stare into the woods behind her house, and wonder what monsters live there. When she’s not writing or wrangling small children, she can be found volunteering at a stable for disabled riders.

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The truck should have turned Libbi Piper into a Libbi Pancake—and it would have, too, if Aaron hadn't shown up and saved her life. The problem? Aaron's the local Grim Reaper . . . and he only saved Libbi's life because he needs someone to take over his job. Now, Libbi has two days to choose between dying like she was supposed to, or living a lonely life as Death Incarnate. Talk about a rock and a hard place. And the choice goes from hard to sucktastic when her best friend shows up marked: condemned as a future murderer. Libbi could have an extra week to stop the murder and fix the mark . . . but only if she accepts Aaron's job as Reaper, trapping herself in her crappy town forever, invisible and inaudible to everyone except the newly dead. But, if she refuses? Her best friend is headed straight for Hell.

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Elizabeth Holloway

Elizabeth Holloway is a writer of young adult fiction living in Southern Pennsylvania with her two teen children and their growing number of pets.

In addition to writing, she is a registered nurse, an avid reader, an out-of-practice artist, a karaoke singer, and music lover. She is still trying to decide what she wants to be when she grows up.

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Sixteen-year-old Caitlyn Foster never believed in the legend of the Redeemers. That was before the trees started to whisper her name. Before a murder of crows attacked the town. Before she and her family came home to find a bloody handprint on their front door, marking one of them as a sacrifice. As Caitlyn’s friends are ripped from their homes, she knows it’s only a matter of time before the Redeemers come for her. Caitlyn has the power to stop the terror, but she’ll have to decide if she’s willing to sacrifice herself to save those she loves.

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O’Dell Hutchison

O’Dell was born in a small rural town in Idaho. There were no Redeemers living there (that he knows of). After attending college in the Pacific Northwest, he found his way to the Houston area. By day, he is a Business Systems Analyst and at night you can either find him sitting at home, dreaming of random super powers he wishes he had, or directing plays and musicals at various theaters around Houston.

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When Claire Mallory’s father leaves, her mom moves them to a new town and into a dilapidated Victorian house.

 

The old house creaks and whistles, and smells well — like it’s been abandoned for years. But as the nights grow longer and the shadows take on substance, Claire wonders if the strange sounds and occurrences might be more than the house showing its age.

 

Just as things start to pick up in Claire’s love life, her mother becomes possessed. In an attempt to save her mother and their new home, Claire enlists the help of two boys, each of whom is interested in Claire for different reasons. As she chooses one boy over the other, something dangerous is unleashed, and the spirits make their move.

 

They aren’t content to moan and scream inside Claire’s house, or even control her mom. They want a taste of freedom, and she’s their key to getting it. But is Claire strong enough to fight off the evil spirits, or will they claim her and her mom before it’s all over?

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Vanessa Barger was born in West Virginia, and through several moves ended up spending the majority of her life in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She is a graduate of George Mason University and Old Dominion University, and has degrees in Graphic Design, a minor in Medieval and Renaissance Literature, and a Masters in Technology Education.

 

She has had articles published in Altered Arts Magazine, has had some artwork displayed in galleries in Ohio and online, and currently teaches engineering, practical physics, drafting and other technological things to high school students in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. She is a member of the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) and the Virginia Writer's Club. When not writing or teaching, she’s a bookaholic, movie fanatic, and loves to travel. She has one cat, who believes Vanessa lives only to open cat food cans, and can often be found baking when she should be editing.

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Mark Stewart is one incident away from becoming a juvenile delinquent, and his parents have had enough. They ship Mark off to London, England, to stay with his eccentric aunt Agatha who is obsessed with all things Jack the Ripper. After a strange twist of luck, Mark is struck by lightning, and he wakes to find himself in 1888 Victorian London. His interest in a string of murders Scotland Yard has yet to solve make him a likely suspect. After all, why would a young boy like Mark know so much about the murders?

 

Could he be the ripper they've been searching for? Convinced the only way to get back home is to solve the murders, Mark dives headfirst into uncovering the truth. Mark's only distraction comes in the form of the beautiful Genie Trembly, a girl who is totally out of his league and who may have already caught the attention of the infamous ripper. To save her, he'll endanger both their lives, and risk being trapped in the past forever.

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Kit Forbes

Kit Forbes has been a lover of books, history, and all things paranormal for as long as she can remember. She lives in Western Pennsylvania with her youngest daughter and an assortment of cats who give new meaning to the world bizarre.

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The hunt is on! Sixteen-year-old Bree Sunderland must inject herself with an untested version of her father’s gene therapy to become a werewolf in order to stop a corrupt group of mercenaries from creating a team of unstoppable lycanthrope soldiers.

 

When Bree went with her scientist father to Ireland, she thought it would be a vacation to study bog bodies. She never expected to fall in love with a mysterious young Irishman and certainly never expected to become the kind of monster her father said only existed in nightmares. Dr. Sunderland discovers that lycanthropy was not a supernatural curse but rather a genetic mutation. When they return home, her dad continues his research, but the military wants to turn that research into a bio weapons program and rogue soldiers want to steal the research to turn themselves into unstoppable killing machines.

 

Bree’s boyfriend Liam surprises her with a visit to the United States, but there are darker surprises in store for both of them. As evil forces hunt those she loves, Bree must become an even more dangerous hunter to save them all.

Bree will become the thing she hates, to protect those she loves!

 

'Predator' gives the werewolf legend a couple of new spins by introducing the Benandanti (an actual folkloric belief that certain families of Italy and Livonia were werewolves who fought against evil), as well as a modern scientific approach to mutation and the science of transgenics.

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Janice Gable Bashman

Janice Gable Bashman is the Bram Stoker nominated author of Wanted Undead or Alive and Predator. She is managing editor of the The Big Thrill (International Thriller Writers’ ezine). Janice lives with her family in the Philadelphia area, where she at work on her next novel. Visit her at janicegablebashman.com.

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Seventeen-year-old Grace Ann Miller is no ordinary runaway...

After having been missing for weeks, Grace is found on the estate of international rock star Gavin Vault, half-dressed and yelling for help. Over the course of twenty-four hours Grace holds an entire police force captive with incredulous tales of angels, demons, and war; intent on saving Gavin from lockup and her family from worry over her safety.

 

Authorities believe that Grace is ill, suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, the victim of assault and a severely fractured mind. Undeterred, Grace reveals the secret existence of dark angels on earth, an ancient prophecy and a wretched curse steeped in Biblical myth. Grace’s claims set into motion an ages-old war, resulting in blood, death and the loss of everything that matters. But are these the delusions of an immensely sick girl, or could Grace’s story actually be true?

 

Praefatio is Grace’s account of weeks on the run, falling in love and losing everything but her faith. When it’s sister against brother, light versus darkness, corrupt police officers, eager doctors and accusing journalists, against one girl with nothing but her word as proof: who do you believe?

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Georgia McBride

Georgia loves a good story. Whether it’s writing her own, or publishing someone else’s, story is at the heart of everything Georgia does. Founder of Month9Books, YALITCHAT.ORG and the weekly #yalitchat on Twitter, Georgia spends most of her days writing, editing, or talking about books. That is, of course, when she is not blasting really loud music or reading. She lives in North Carolina with four dogs, a frog, a parrot, 2 kids, parents and a husband. PRAEFATIO is her first novel.

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review 2013-10-13 00:00
Very Superstitious: Myths, Legends and Tales of Superstition
Very Superstitious: Myths, Legends and Tales of Superstition - Georgia McBride,Shannon Delany,Pab Sungenis,Stephanie Kuehnert,Jennifer Knight,Mari Mancusi,Michelle E. Reed,Jackie Morse Kessler,Dianne K. Salerni My Thoughts - 4 out of 5 unicorns - I really liked it!!
**Received the ebook as part of the tour for an honest review

The cover is beautiful and alludes to usual superstitions with cats, the moon, and the number 13. I think it is a very fitting cover even if the stories do not revolve around those particular superstitions.

I have to say that I find it extremely honorable for the authors taking part to help such a worthy cause. I am an animal lover, and I want to cry when I see animals hurt, abused, or thrown away. All animals deserve our respect and care just as people do. If you are not familiar with SPCA International, here is the website that you can visit for more information: http://www.spcai.org/

Okay there are several stories in this anthology, and they were all enjoyable. My three favorite stories were The Rescue by Shannon Delany, Chupacabra by Jennifer Knight, and The Gift of the Were-Magi by Mari Mancusi, so these are the ones I’m focusing on.

In The Rescue, a man must decide between trusting the legends about red dogs and the fae or his faith in his best friend. Shannon says she deviated from the tale of folklore, and I think it was a great change. The story had me from the beginning, but I do not want to give anything away. Shannon writes beautifully, and you get sucked into the world she writes about.

In Chupacabra, it is a tale of a family curse and a beast who murderers people. This story is another that is very well written that you can see everything taking place like you are right there in the story. I love when this happens because it is how I escape reality. Can love conquer all? I guess you will have to read the story to see ;)

In The Gift of the Were-Magi, Mari creates a fantastic world that I would love to read more about. Okay there are parts of this story that had me screaming at the book because it was going a direction I didn’t want it to, but I loved it all the same. The emotional twists let me know how vested in the story I am. Could you walk away from your own personal happiness to ensure that someone you loved would be happy?

I definitely recommend this story to all because first, it is for a fantastic cause, and second, it is a great collection of stories.
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review 2013-05-09 00:00
Praefatio - Georgia McBride This book started out a little slow for me. I couldn't get the characters straight and I wasn't sure what was going on. Then everything fell into place and I couldn't stop reading! I was so glad to see the main character, Grace, not some wimpy, "oh woe is me" heroine. This girl is kicking ass and taking names! I couldn't stand Gavin but I warmed up to him eventually. Grace's "brother", Remi, made me fall in love with him. My heart broke for him a couple of times. As you can see, I loved everything about this book! The world building was incredible and I could totally see these places in my mind. That was good because this was the first book I've read with angels in it and it was very descriptive. I liked the biblical terms and it was helpful to understand. The book and characters didn't leave me once the book was finished. They stayed with me and made me want the sequel that much more! At least I heard about a sequel. I hope it's true!
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review 2012-12-31 00:00
Two and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes
Two and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes - Lisa Mantchev,Francisco X. Stork,Leah Cypess,C. Lee McKenzie,Sarwat Chadda,Karen Mahoney,Suzanne Young,Heidi R. Kling,Angie Frazier,Shannon Delany,Suzanne Lazear,K.M. Walton,Pam van Hylckama Vlieg,Jessie Harrell,Gretchen McNeil,Nina Berry,Leigh Fallon,Max One of the better anthologies I've read. My absolute favourite story in this collection is Life in a Shoe by Heidi R. Kling, one of the more faithful stories to it's original nursery rhyme -"There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe".As Blue as the Sky and Just as Old by Nina Berry ★☆☆☆☆Based on "Taffy was a Welshman".I couldn't get past Aderyn's horror movie Too Stupid To Live nature, following a stranger into his car and motel room.Sing a Song of Six-Pence by Sarwat Chadda ★★★☆☆Based on "Sing a Song of Sixpence" (Four and Twenty Blackbirds).A sad story revolving around the misery a king has caused and a deal made between the maid and the last free Blackbird.Clockwork by Leah Cypress ★★★★☆Based on "Hickory Dickory Dock".The most well-rounded story so far, about a princess-turned-mouse, a magic-infused clock and knife, a witch, and a political coup.Blue by Sayantani DaGupta ★★★☆☆Based on "Little Boy Blue".The Children of Ink reminded me of [b:Safe-Keepers|241976|The Safe-Keeper's Secret (Safe-Keepers, #1)|Sharon Shinn|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1309210290s/241976.jpg|1391552] and [b:Truth-Tellers|97969|The Truth-Teller's Tale (Safe-Keepers, #2)|Sharon Shinn|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348752563s/97969.jpg|1153787] but they appear to be wraith-like Fates. Although the story is a little amorphous, I still liked it.Pieces of Eight by Shannon Delany with Max Scialdone ★☆☆☆☆Based on "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" (The Papa Guards the Sheep).This one didn't interest me at all despite the mention of a prophecy, a human sacrifice and a journey. The writing style and structure of story didn't help. I'm unsurprised by my lack of enjoyment since I gave up on Delany's Twilight-esque 13 to Life series.Wee Willie Winkie by Leigh Fallon [unrated]Based on "Wee Willie Winkie".I doubt I could give an unbiased opinion of this one so I skipped it due to Fallon's actions earlier this year. Boys and Girls Come Out to Play by Angie Frazier ★★★★☆Based on "Girls and Boys Come Out To Play".Witches in the woods kidnap or call children to their den in the woods, where most are never heard from again. The protagonist finds the summoning in her catatonic sister's hands, knowing the consequences for not attending she goes in her sister's place. There's a dash of forbidden love and an ending that didn't quite satisfy. Reminded me of Sarah Jessica Parker's song calling children from their beds to their deaths in the movie Hocus Pocus.I Come Bearing Souls by Jessie Harrell ★★★☆☆Based on "Hey Diddle Diddle".Egyptian mythology, yes! The protagonist is a reincarnation of Hathor with the duty to welcome the dead to the afterlife, her brother is Anubis and sister, Bast. The teens live and work in a funeral home doing their mythological duty.The Lion and the Unicorn: Part of the First by Nancy Holder ★★★★☆Based on "The Lion and the Unicorn".Part one of the story. Reminiscent of Joan of Arc, our protagonist dresses as a boy and hears what she perceives as the word of God via an angel, telling her to serve King James I who has just been crowned King of England (the Lion) and is all ready King of Scotland (the Unicorn). While she serves him food, she witnesses his war on evil witches plotting to bring him down. He throws them in filthy cells and tortures them into confessing. But all is not as it seems...Although part two isn't included the ending is implicit: the king is a warlock sucking the life/souls out of the witches he kills. The girls vision might mean she one day poisons the king. At least that's my interpretation.Life in a Shoe by Heidi R. Kling ★★★★★Based on "There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe".Brilliant. I practically highlighted the whole story. After the Rule was implemented, the two children one couple has turns into ten with an eleventh on the way. More children than they're able to feed, as the the eldest son says, "We're like crops to them, raised to fight in their never-ending wars." The eldest daughter replies, "You'd think if they wanted decent crops, they'd figure out a way to feed them better." She's the protagonist who reaches the end of her tether. This story has the feel of [b:The Handmaid's Tale|38447|The Handmaid's Tale|Margaret Atwood|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1294702760s/38447.jpg|1119185] about it.Interlude: Humpty Dumpty, a poem by Georgia McBride ~*not included in the ARC*Candlelight by Suzanne Lazear ★★★☆☆Based on "How Many Miles to Babylon?".Take [b:Stardust|16793|Stardust|Neil Gaiman|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328433738s/16793.jpg|3166179]'s Babylon Candle and two typical naive teens fed up of the usual parental discipline, and you get this story. Travelling to Babylon, a paradise too good to be true, two teen sisters escape their mother. But when they come to miss her and return home, they find that thirty years have passed, and they've been declared dead.One for Sorrow by Karen Mahoney ★☆☆☆☆ [DNF]Based on "One for Sorrow".DNF. Reads like it's from someone new to writing. Very simple, slow and dull. Seemed to be inspired by Poe's [b:The Raven|264158|The Raven|Edgar Allan Poe|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347398489s/264158.jpg|256076] but with a crow instead. Those Who Whisper by Lisa Mantchev ★★★☆☆Based on 'When I was a little girl, about seven years old, I hadn't got a petticoat, to cover me from the cold.'When her mother dies, a girl is forced out of the village and ekes out her living in the woods with the birds. I'm unsure exactly how this one ended: whether the boy and girl went their separate ways or stayed together.Little Miss Muffet by Georgia McBride ★★★★☆Based on "Little Miss Muffet".Were-spiders! That's a new one on me. A satisfying short story.Sea of Dew (short version) by C. Lee McKenzie ★★★☆☆Based on "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod".Damn, that was depressing. I'm reminded of: Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink. Surrounded by the salty sea, three boys and one girl are adrift in a small boat after their vessel capsized. Water becomes increasingly scarce and they all either kill themselves or die of thirst.Tick Tock by Gretchen McNeil ★★★☆☆Based on "There's a neat little clock, in the schoolroom it stands, and it points to the time with its two little hands."One word: creepy. Good creepy, not bad creepy. But then children always are, especially identical ones with synchronised identical movements and words from their mouths.A Pocket Full of Posy by Pamela van Hylckama Vlieg ★★☆☆☆Based on "Ring a Ring o' Roses".A teenage boy comes to with blood on his hands and jeans with no memory of what happened, until he finds his girlfriend dead and fears he might be a murderer. Turns out a vampire did it. Meh.The Well by K.M. Walton ★★☆☆☆Based on "Jack and Jill.The Shiver Rash Virus is responsible for killing thousands and finally hits Alaska where Jack and Jill believe their the last living inhabitants of their town and are probably immune. Jack loses his marbles and tries to kill Jill. There is no happy ending.The Wish by Suzanne Young ★★☆☆☆Based on Star Light, Star Bright.Can be summed up as the following: Be careful what you wish for.A Ribbon of Blue by Michelle Zink ★★★★☆Based on "Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be?".I'm surprised I liked Zink's story since I disliked her writing in [b:Prophecy of the Sisters|5271066|Prophecy of the Sisters (Prophecy of the Sisters, #1)|Michelle Zink|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327870738s/5271066.jpg|5338444]. The female protagonist, Ruby, has cerebral palsy causing her difficulty in walking. Her grandmother whom she lives with is suffering severe emphysema and could die at any moment causing Ruby to worry about what her life will be like after she dies, until she sees a fortune-teller at a carnival who gives her hope, telling her she'll meet a boy working at the carnival who'll bring light, freedom and love. So she visits the carnival every year to the day she finally meets him. A bittersweet ending.Sea of Dew (extended version) by C. Lee McKenzie ~*not included in the ARC*The Lion and The Unicorn: Part the Second by Nancy Holder ~*not included in the ARC**My thanks to Month9Books and Netgalley for the ebook in return for an honest review.*
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review 2012-12-21 00:00
Two and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellin... Two and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes - Nina Berry, Sarwat Chadda, Georgia McBride, Suzanne Lazear, Karen Mahoney, Lisa Mantchev, C. Lee McKenzie, K.M. Walton, Suzanne Young, Michelle Zink, Sayantani DasGupta, Shannon Delany, Max Scialdone, Leigh Fallon, Heidi R. Kling, Angie Frazier, Jessie Ha This review is also featured on my blog. I received an ebook ARC of this book through NetGalley.Bilingual review: ENG/RO EnglishI am one of those people who sometimes get interested in a book by seeing its cover. This was the case with "Two and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes", and I can't say I regret my decision. It was a pleasant, interesting read most of the times. This anthology having been written by twenty different authors, it's clear from the start that you can't possibly like all of the stories included. With so many different, unique styles, it's near to impossible for each and every one of them to appeal to you. I found myself literally loving half of these dark retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes, liking some of them, the rest boring me to death. You must probably be wondering how could such silly and cute rhymes turn into dark stories. Well, they can and I must admit that some of them really creeped me out. They all revolve around themes like death, dark witches, and pitiful, miserable beings. This book is grotesque, eerie and macabre, and at the same time intriguing and misterious, giving you goosebumps.Personally, I didn't know the majority of these Mother Goose rhymes, but the good thing is that the rhymes are included at the beggining of each story. If I, who didn't know them, liked them so much, I can imagine how those who are more familiar with them will love them.The version I read being an ARC, three of the stories were missing from the ebook, which is a pity as from what I heard about them, they were really good. I wish from the bottom of my heart I could give this 4 vanilla flowers. However, I can't possibly paper over the stories that bored me out of my mind. I recommend this book to young adults and adults who may find enjoyment in horror fairytales. A little warning though: you won't see those innocent Mother Goose Rhymes with the same eyes after you read this.____________________________RomânăEu fac parte din categoria de omeni care uneori sunt atraşi de o carte datorită copertei. Acesta a fost cazul şi cu "Two and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes", şi nu pot să spun că regret decizia pe care am luat-o. A fost, în marea majoritate a timpului, o lectură interesantă şi plăcută.Această antologie fiind scrisă de 20 de autori diferiţi, e clar de la început că nu au cum să-ţi placă toate poveştile incluse. Cu atât de multe stiluri unice, e aproape imposibil să fie fiecare din ele pe gustul tău.Mi-au plăcut la nebunie cam jumătate din aceste repovestiri întunecate ale poeziilor pentru copii, o parte din ele doar mi-au plăcut, restul plictisindu-mă de moarte. Probabil vă întrebaţi cum se pot transforma nişte rime prostuţe şi drăguţe în poveşti de groază. Ei bine, pot, şi trebuie să recunosc că unele din ele m-au îngrozit de-a dreptul. Toate poveştile se învârt în jurul unor teme ca moartea, vrăjitoare rele şi fiinţe deplorabile, nenorocite. Această carte este grotescă, sinistră şi macabră, şi în acelaşi timp fascinantă şi misterioasă, făcându-ţi pielea de găină.Eu, una, nu ştiam majoritatea acestor poezioare, dar partea bună e că sunt incluse la începutul fiecărei poveşti. Dacă mie, care nu ştiam poeziile originale, mi-a plăcut atât de mult cartea, îmi imaginez cum li se va părea celor care sunt familiari cu ele.Versiunea pe care am citit-o fiind un ARC, trei dintre poveşti lipseau din ebook, ceea ce e mare păcat, pentru că am auzit numai păreri bune legate de ele. Îmi doresc din toată inima să-i pot da cărţii patru flori de vanilie, dar nu pot să trec cu vederea poveştile care m-au plictisit de moarte.Recomand această carte tinerilor, dar şi adulţilor cărora le-ar plăcea nişte poveşti de groază asemănătoare basmelor. Un mic avertisment doar: nu veţi mai vedea cu aceiaşi ochi poeziile inocente pentru copii după ce citiţi această carte.
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