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Night Terrors III, which I received via publisher outreach after reviewing Prince of Nightmares , was one of the best anthologies I’ve read. The great definitely outweighed the mediocre, and there were only a couple stinkers in the bunch. The only thing that kept this from receiving a top rating from me was that the last few stories were unfortunately not that great, so the book felt like it ended with some of its weakest work instead of ending on a strong point.

Like I’ve done with anthologies in the past, I’ve left my notes so you can see specifically what I rated/thought of each story.

The Run by Aric Sundquist – 4/5 – Twisted, interesting, but not memoriable.

Homeless Bags by Dean H Wild – 5/5 – with a healthy heap of “Welp, I’m never looking at my luggage the same way again, and oh please God let me never get stuck in an airport during the storm. This was a downright creepy read!

Listen by Jack Ketchum – 3/5 – It definitely wasn’t what you expected, and there were two unique twists in it, but I just wasn’t fond of that particular writing style and didn’t care overmuch for the story.

Man Holding Razer Blade by John McNee – 5/5 – Definitely see McNee’s style. A twisted read that wraps up fantastically.

Sailor’s Rest by Jay Caselberg – 3/5- This wasn’t a bad story, persay, but it seems almost out of place with the tone and depth of the other stories.

The Dead Boy by Paul Tremblay – no rating – did not read. Skipped as soon as it became apparent that it was going to in depth about a dead child. Didn’t need those triggers hit.

Home Care by Kevin David Anderson – 2/5- cliche and uninteresting.

Tyger by Steve Rasnic Tem – 4/5 – An angry, darker version of Calvin and Hobbes

Pandoras Children by Simon McCaffrey – 5/5 – Oooh, this is interesting, and I want to read an expanded version of it! All demons and aliens and scientific racing and…boom.

You’re a Winner! by Matt Moore -3/5 – I just couldn’t bring myself to care about this tale of someone going crazy(er).

The Deer Chaser by Rachel Nussbaum – 5/5 – This was an excellent entry into the rumored monsters category. Truly a delight to read.

The Stones of Bavdongarde by Peter Charron- 5/5 – Great classic monster fic!

The Love of A Troll on a Mid-Winter’s Night by Jennifer Brozek – 4/5 – This was interesting and a bit off-beat. The ending made me pause for a minute, and then go “Ooooh. Gotcha!” Stomach “Bug”. Hahaha!

Show and Tell by Taylor Grant – 4/5 – Kooky, but fun. One of the “Tales from the Crypt” style tales that falls just a tad bit short of the mark.

Whispers of the Earth by Eric. J. Guignard – 4/5 – Decent story, good premise, but could have had a stronger ending.

The Next in Line by Richard Farren Barber – 4/5 – For the type of story its meant to be, its pretty good. Peer tales are powerful things to an impressionable mind.

White Moon Rising by Dennis Etchison – 2/5 – Not a fan. Beyond random spacing issues, it was too disjointed and just not that interesting.

Of the Color Turmeric, Climbing on Fingertips by Gerry Huntman – 4/5 – Good creep, good gore. Utterly implausible, but still interesting!

Kill-Box Road Trip by Patty Templeton – 5/5 Great read. Reminded me of a snarkier, darker BtVS with a twist of originality. Loved the Pandora’s Box reference.

Falco Wreck by Raymon Little – 3/5 – Good story, but something about it just seemed unoriginal enough that I couldn’t be interested in it.

Dreams in a Pink Light District by Kyle S. Johnson – 2/5 ….what? Maybe I entirely missed something vital, but this just seemed confusing and not-interesting.

Fed by Jessica Lilien – 3/5 – Seemingly a possible tale about PPD. Not enough to this for it to be good. Felt like it was ended where it was just for the sake of ending it instead of it being a natural conclusion to the story.

Overall, the editor did a good job putting this collection together, and I can honestly say I’d willingly pick up the other books in this series. I never thought I’d say that about an anthology!

Disclaimer: Received a copy free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

So I read this book a few days ago and pretty much had a brain hemorrhage. WTF COLE? CRAZY ENDING MUCH! so its taken me a few days to even attempt to right this, really i'm not going to write much except to say its was a great book (i expect nothing less from Cole) i had some issues, such as the ridiculous love triangle. Its at that stage where she doesnt want Jack to seem like such a better choice so she knocks him down a few pegs by making him do horrible deeds, then she ups Aric personality but he's still a controlling dick, so at the moment I'm like, fuck em nothing wrong with being single. overall i still prob ship jack more, just cause of what they're been through and i'm really not a fan of using reincarnation as a reason for two people being together, seriously she's a completely and utterly different person compared to her past lives, it shouldnt have a say what so ever, she also shouldnt feel guilt-ed or pressured into it. New life, New person. also I'm still convinced Aric wants to make her evil - which makes no sense cause he claims he likes nice Evie and the red witch was a crazy lunatic bitch. plus pretty sure he mainly likes her cause they can do the deed.
Evie's grandma is bound to be evil - can totally picture that happening. Matto's clearly don things he should - book is pretty intense, especially towards the end, characters dying, some going missing, massive changes, CRAZY cliffhanger of an end, really it was like living in one of those snow globes, Cole came along shook the fuck out of my glass done and made it rain all over my parade (or snow, i suppose depending on your globe)

So yea that for the most part sums up my thoughts, feelings about this book. didnt want to go into to much detail for the massive spoilers, so this will have to do. REALLY looking forward to book 4!!!

DONT OPEN UNLESS READ

fairly positive (hoping) jack isnt dead, it would be just like Cole to have either one or both of them survive, but she won't find out till its too late and she's done something terrible - like sleep with Aric. i wonder if he'll take her? fairly sure he will even after everything, not like he can choose someone else.
Hoping she goes all crazy evil empress in the next book, yea i love evie's personality, but it would be interesting to see this bad side. hoping matt wasn't involved cause she'll never forgive this. also im fairly certain he betrayed her in past book.

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Weavers weaves the story together of a number of people with the ability to weave, which is basically to control people's mind and even make them do things. These powers are not always used for the best unfortunately, and a governmental organization that wants the powers for themselves are hunting them down.

 

It had a great premise, but in the beginning it was a bit difficult to keep track of all the stories and I was trying to figure out how they all fit into the bigger story. After that, it was a very nice and interesting read. I was a bit scared when I started reading because the reviews I'd seen so far weren't good, but I disagree. I quite liked it. The writing might not have been the best I've read but the story was really enjoyable.

 

The characters are very different, from a blind Jewish girl in the second world war, to a nine-year-old suffering through her parents' divorce to a guy using his powers to steal money. Not all the story lines were equally interesting of course, but none were dull. The ending was a bit abrupt but didn't ruin the story. I would read another book in this series (should there be another book).

 

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Moonlight Reader started the TBR Thursday, and I think it's a good way to a) show what new books I've got and b) confront myself with my inability to lower my TBR. In fact, since I started recording it, it has risen significantly. I get the feeling I'm doing something wrong here...

 

New additions everywhere. It's not a good thing the new Buzz Books arrived this week, since of course I couldn't resist checking them out and learning about all these new books, that I now will also have to read. </first world problems>

 

The TBR currently stands at 454.

 

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What I'm Reading

 

  

3.5 stars

At times it was hard to read with the brutal descriptions of the murders and the serial killers thoughts. I did ask myself at one time why am I reading this?? The short chapters made it easy to keep reading and made it a quick read.

The style of writing is easy to follow and get sucked into the story. I enjoyed getting to know the characters at the tattoo shop. It is sad what happens to them all. (the ending did make me smile)

I liked the concept of the ashes in the tattoos and the connection it creates. It is a unique concept that added a supernatural element to the story.

I usually enjoy reading outside but I found myself reading this one inside with the door locked. It did creep me out a bit.

Overall I did enjoy it. It is a story about life and that bad stuff can happen to good people. I would recommend it, but I would warn it was disturbing at times and pretty descriptive when you don't want it to be.