Review: In the Rundown

In the Rundown by Joe Hill

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Ugh that was so frustrating! That story was really good! I mean really good!!! I was quite happily just reading away and then I was like, woah! What the hell just happened? It completely took me by surprise and drew me straight in. It's only a short story, about twenty pages long. But I was flying through it! I needed to know what happened! I needed to find out how it was going to end!

Then it just stopped. No answers, no real ending, it just sort of stopped. I feel used. I feel teased. This isn't fair! How did this story finish!
I understand the whole cliff hanger concept, but I've now got about five different endings in my head. Thanks very much Joe.

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Review: Sick Bastards

Sick Bastards by Matt Shaw

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



I'm don't know, maybe I'm a bit too desensitised. I didn't think this book was too bad? Yeah at the beginning it was little bit woah! But after that initial shock factor I thought that it calmed down quite a bit.
As a story I enjoyed it a bit. I'm sorry I'm going to go against the trend, I would say it was amazing, it was just ok.
I did like the authors writing style, I will definitely check more out from him. Just this particular story got a bit too repetitive for me and I found myself getting a little bit bored here and there.

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Review: kiss my name

kiss my name by Calvin Wade

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Fantastic read. I really enjoyed the authors first book "forever is over" so I was always going to get this one when it came out. I have to admit that I was a bit weary when I saw some people had categorised it as a romance novel. AS that really isn't my cup of tea. I wouldn't call it romance though. Yes there is a romance involved but that is such a small part of the story. Just like forever is over. This book had me gripped straight away and I didn't want to put it down until I had finished. The unique way it's written makes you relate to characters a lot more than you usually would. Recommend to anyone who enjoys a good coming of age and who done it kind of novel. Five stars. Well worth the read.

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Review: I'll Be Damned

I'll Be Damned by Andrew Hannon

My rating: 1 of 5 stars



Ok, first point! If you are going to release your book in parts, then actually state that. This book is PART ONE of a story, I didn't know that because it hadn't said it was until the very end!
I actually stumbled across this book searching my own name on iBooks. No im not self obsessed, I was just checking if my story was on there yet.
Anyway, it had a pretty cool cover and the blurb sounded ok.
Well, the story. I don't want to give any spoilers away, although nothing really happened so it would be quite difficult to do that anyway.
The "possession" is very very briefly touched upon and being honest sounds like a straight rip off from "The Exorcist" (possessed man jumps out of window) that's not a spoiler by the way. It's in the blurb! It's also pretty much the only bit of the possession you hear about.
Other than that, a kid goes to the park with his uncle to get ice cream. The father goes to work.
Then 15 of the 60 page story! 25% of the story! is just a background story on the priest and why he became a priest!!
Just as it started to actually get into any kind of story, it ended and I was told part 2 will be available soon.
Well I'm sorry I won't be reading it. Maybe if you told me that this was just an intri I would've waited and maybe enjoyed the book more knowing it was maybe just a bit slow moving but might eventually get somewhere. But instead you have released something advertised as a stand alone book which is basically a story of nothing happening at all!
I'm sorry I'm not usually so negative, but this just pissed me off. Feel like I was conned.

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Review: The Black Phone

The Black Phone by Joe Hill

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



That was a pretty cool story. It went the way I hoped it was going to go anyway. I do feel that maybe when hill started off writing this he was planning for something longer and something a bit different. Maybe during the process he decided he had enough of this story and cut it short.
It's a good short story but it had the potential to be a very good full length novel.

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Review: The Water Knife

The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



The beginning of this book was a bit slow moving. Up until around the 20% mark I was actually considering giving up.
However, when it got going, it really got going! It became a really fun book to read! Gun fights, gangs, torture!
Once it got going I didn't want it to stop, just wanted to keep going onto the next chapter to see what happens next.
I would definitely recommend this to people to read, just get through the slow beginning and then you're on for a fun ride!

I received this book in exchange for an honest review from negalley

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Free Short Story

I have a short story available to download for FREE on SMASHWORDS

This shorty is named TIME. IF you would like to get a copy then just click the following link:

TIME - FREE DOWNLOAD

This one is a little bit different from my usual stories. It's a bit of a tear jerker.



I hope you enjoy it.