J.L. Bryan is one of my favorite authors, and I’ve really enjoyed his Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper series. Full of scary ghosts, poltergeists, demons, and complex characters that you love to read about as they go on their ghost hunting adventures, each installment gets better and better. And the wait time between books is measured in […]
Don and his wife Nikki take his mother Harriett to Mercy House, where she’ll live out her final days in this retirement home being cared for due to her Pick’s Disease (similar to Alzheimer’s Disease). Over the last year, Harriett has grown angrier and more resentful–especially towards Nikki–and she’s not happy to be pawned off […]
With summer finally in full swing here in Chicago, I’m in the mood for a fun, lighter read to pass the time, and the cozy mystery Destined for Trouble by Claudia Lefeve definitely fit the bill. I’ve read and reviewed Claudia’s previous self-published young adult paranormal works (Travelers series, Darkly Beings), and now she has […]
The Lost Boys Symphony features a group of three friends in college: Henry and Val who’ve been dating for several years, and Henry’s long-time best friend Gabe. The three of them are inseparable, but as college goes on and Henry gets more dependent on his girlfriend, Val grows apart from Henry and decides that […]
Hydra has published solid horror titles this year, and after reading and loving Consumption by Heather Herrman, I dug right in to William Todd Rose’s novella, Crossfades. While novellas can sometimes leave you feeling like there’s something missing, or maybe story isn’t as well developed as it could be with characters that you don’t get to […]
Hi, everybody. I am so happy to have the wonderful Heather Herrman here today for her TLC Book tour for her fantastic debut novel Consumption. Horror is my favorite genre and I reviewed Consumption last week. I’ve often found that when I recommend such great books that just happen to be firmly rooted in the […]
Horror is my go-to genre, and I’ve read so much that it’s hard to find a thing that hasn’t been done to death (pun-intended) or overcooked until it’s mushy and just tastes sub-par on the palate. Heather Herrman’s debut Consumption is chock full of gore and depravity on a scale that makes sense in a […]
Welcome to the Pre-Squee, a new weekly feature here at the Bookworms and at The Book Swarm. Some books, though they might not be coming out for a few months, need an early squee — we just can’t hold in our excitement about them! Sure, we’ll do full reviews closer to the release date but […]
I’m very excited to host an excerpt and giveaway for the wonderful Stephanie Laurens’ latest historical romance, A Match for Marcus Cynster. I’m always so happy to share a fellow chemist turned author’s work! Be sure to enter the fabulous giveaway after you’ve enjoyed the excerpt below. #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens […]
Happy Release Day to Jessica Sorensen and her new book ULTRAVIOLET. Ultraviolet is a novella series that is labeled as Young Adult Horror/supernatural/mystery/romance. Enjoy a sneak peek below and make sure to enter the giveaway! ♥ BUY THE BOOK ♥ Amazon | B&N | iTunes | Kobo Hidden in the Red Hill Mountains is the […]
I’m a huge fan of the television series The Vampire Diaries (since episode 1), and I was so excited when the Original vampires got their own spin-off series. I’m happy to bring you the Kismet Book Tours tour stop for Julie Plec’s third installment in the book series looking at the Originals’ lives when America […]
I really love the urban fantasy world that JL Bryan has created in his Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper series, and he’s delivered three solid books with solid world building full of believable characters while displaying his trademark wit as the ghosts get more evil and harder to get rid of in each book. In the […]
Dark Screams: Volume Three (Amazon / Goodreads) by Peter Straub, Jack Ketchum, Darynda Jones, Brian James Freeman(Editor), Richard Chizmar (Editor) Peter Straub, Jack Ketchum, Darynda Jones, Jacquelyn Frank, and Brian Hodge contribute five gloomy, disturbing tales of madness and horror to Dark Screams: Volume Three, edited by Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar of the […]
