The Haunting of Las Lágrimas

 

The Haunting of Las Lágrimas

by W.M. Cleese

This book was simply amazing to read, and actually left me feeling unnerved by certain things that I read.  So let me start by saying if you like a good - nay great - slow burn ghost story, this you have to buy this book.

It is set in the pre-WW1 era of South America, where a young privileged english woman is taking work as a gardener.  She accepts a job on a remote estate in the middle of the Pampas, and that is where things start to go wrong.

The authors descriptions and story telling left me creeped out on more than one occasion, to the point where I begged my hubby "not to go into the woods" when he went camping the weekend I finished it.  His choice to not go into certain details of one of the attacks means that he will always have my respect, and I am sure you will understand when you read it for yourselves.

I can not beg you enough to go and buy this book.  The author is a lovely man, he is a great story teller, and if this book doesn't give you chills, then you are made from sterner stuff than I.

5 Stars!

Waking The Witch

Waking the Witch

by Rachel Burge

When I started this book I thought it was going to be another over powered teen with a terrible life who comes along and saves the day and wins the boy.  But while it did go along this way to a certain degree, there is much more to the story than this.

The background that has its roots in the arthurian lore is good, like really good.  Some neat little twists to the basics, which fits the story in a perfect way.  The "bad" guys are not bad at all, but quite creepy with what happens to them.

A nice little read, something easy and not heavy, and perfect to relax and sit back with.

5 Stars!

The Last Saxon King

The Last Saxon King

A Jump in Time Novel

by Andrew Varga

While I may not have picked this book up off the shelf, I am glad to have given it a go and read it.

Firstly, the amount of research the author had done was immediately obvious, I know a fair bit about the period and was impressed with the authors knowledge.  It is a good way to teach you about the that period in history in a fun way.  The characters were good, a bit of a usual trope, but fun along the way.

The story had some nice twists along the way, definitely a book I would recommend for a fun easy read.

5 Stars!

Ordinary Monsters

Ordinary Monsters

by J. M. Miro

 This was a great preview, and seriously I can not wait to read the rest. Just the preview elicited a range of emotions in me, from horror to shock, to compassion and back to anger. If reading only this small amount did that, I hate to think what a mess I'll be in once I read the rest!

5 Stars!

The Stone Of Destiny

 

The Stone of Destiny

by Andrew Neil MacLeod

Okay, so my bad, I hadn't read the first novel. But it did not take away from the enjoyment I got out of this book whatsoever.

It's written in a way that you quickly get to know all you need to about the two characters and the world that they were living in. It was a fun, twisted and creepy little romp through myth, legend and strange little places that existed between.

A fun book, no mistake, though I'm now off to read the first!

5 Stars!