✱✱Book Review✱✱ Book Tour: Nightmare Asylum and Other Deadly Delights by Sonia Kilvington

Nightmare Asylum and Other Deadly Delights

by Sonia Kilvington

Nightmare Asylum – Despised by day, tortured by night. A midwifery student’s life disintegrates into a terrifying nightmare, after a disturbing encounter with the notorious child killer, Evelyn Green. Dark secrets from Lydia’s past unleash a truth that conjures her fears into unspeakable horror.

Other Deadly Delights – Tales from the psychotically unsound and deadly deluded. A stalker turns serial killer; a cleaning lady is imprisoned in the basement, there’s a prophetic warning for a woman in peril, and an android with love addiction, plus many more… a deliciously dangerous collection of short stories, ranging from psychological horror to paranormal, sci-fi and noir.

Dare you enter the nightmare Asylum?

Amazon book links for Nightmare Asylum & Other Deadly Delights: 

Amazon.co.uk. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nightmare-Asylum-other-Deadly-Delights-ebook/dp/B083R5YMX2/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=Nightmare+Asylum&qid=1578909796&s=books&sr=1-5

Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Asylum-other-Deadly-Delights-ebook/dp/B083R5YMX2/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=nightmare+asylum&qid=1578910007&s=books&sr=1-5

Momma Says: 4 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐

This collection of short stories by Sonia Kilvington is a bit different than what I expected. Not bad, mind you, just different. The stories are a combination of creepy, sinister, strange, unusual, and anything in between. Some clicked with me a little more than others, some thoroughly creeped me out, and some left me scratching my head, but they were all entertaining. This is my first experience with Kilvington, and I really liked the writing style, so I will come back for more. All in all, this collection is a creepy good time, and it works well for binge reading straight through or dividing it up over days when you only have a few minutes here and there. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes a little bit of a scare now and then. 

Sonia Kilvington

Sonia Kilvington is a journalist and fiction writer from the beautiful Mediterranean island of Cyprus. She has published many articles, travel features, short stories and interviews in glossy magazines. She loves to write dark and disturbing short stories in genres such as noir, crime, ghost and Sci-fi. Her online writing credits include Out of the Gutter Online, Spelk fiction, Pulp Metal Magazine & Near to the Knuckle. Her new short story collection, Nightmare Asylum & Other Deadly Delights - published by Close To The Bone, is available on Amazon.

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✱✱Book Review✱✱ Book Tour: A Knife's Edge by Eliot Parker

A Knife's Edge

by Eliot Parker

Six months after a drug cartel infiltrated Charleston, Ronan McCullough continues to fight the drug war that plagues the city. His investigations are halted when the body of a mutual acquaintance, Sarah Gilmore, is found in the trunk of a burning car. In an investigation that takes him deep into the professional and personal life of the victim, McCullough discovers secrets lurking in her past, and a tangled web of personal and professional conflicts, suspicion, and betrayal. Was Sarah killed for those reasons or something larger? As Ronan seeks answers, his life and the lives of those closest to him are used as pawns in a deadly game that has no ending.

Momma Says: 4 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐

First, let me say that this is my first read featuring Ronan McCullough, but now that we've met and I know he's practically in my backyard, I'll definitely have to check out the first book in the series. I saw Charleston in the blurb, but I so rarely see a book set so close to home that I just assumed it was South Carolina, so I was excited to see that these characters were just down the road a piece - and if you're from these parts, you know that can mean anything from a block or two to a couple hundred miles. Anyway, I really liked Ronan. He's a bit of a grump, but I know a few of those myself and like them, he's a lovable grump - at least from my standpoint. Of course, I didn't have to work with him. Fortunately, Ronan has those around him to help temper that grumpiness, especially Ty, plus it doesn't hurt that he's quite good at what he does. As I mentioned at the beginning, this is my first read in this series, but if I was missing something, I didn't notice it, so I would say this one works as a standalone. The story has good pacing for a procedural/thriller, the case is gritty, and Eliot Parker has created characters that practically leap off the page. I certainly enjoyed it and I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys the genre.

Eliot Parker is the author of four novels, most recently A Knife’s Edge, which was an Honorable Mention in Thriller Writing at the London Book Festival, and is the sequel to the award-winning novel Fragile Brilliance. His novel Code for Murder was named a 2018 Finalist for Genre Fiction by American Book Fest. He is a recipient of the West Virginia Literary Merit Award and Fragile Brilliance was a finalist for the Southern Book Prize in Thriller Writing. He recently received with the Thriller Writing Award by the National Association of Book Editors (NABE) for his novels. Eliot is the host of the podcast program Now, Appalachia, which profiles authors and publishers living and writing in the Appalachian region and is heard on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network and Blog Talk Radio. A graduate of the Bluegrass Writers Studio at Eastern Kentucky University with his MFA in Creative Writing and Murray State University with his Doctorate in English, he teaches English at the University of Mississippi and lives in Oxford, Mississippi and Chesapeake, Ohio.

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✱✱Book Review✱✱ Book Tour: Slow Down by Lee Matthew Goldberg

Slow Down

by Lee Matthew Goldberg 

How far would you go to make your dreams come true? For budding writer and filmmaker Noah Spaeth, being a Production Assistant in director Dominick Bambach’s new avant-garde film isn’t enough. Neither is watching Dominick have an affair with the lead actress, the gorgeous but troubled Nevie Wyeth. For Noah’s dream is to get both the film and Nevie in the end, whatever the cost. And this obsession may soon become a reality once Dominick’s spurned wife Isadora reveals her femme fatale nature with a seductive plot to get rid of her husband for good. Slow Down, a cross between the noir styling of James M. Cain and the dark satire of Bret Easton Ellis, is a thrilling page-turner that holds a mirror up to a media-saturated society that is constantly searching for the fastest way to get ahead, regardless of consequences.

Momma Says: 4 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐

Slow Down is kind of slow-burn story as Lee Matthew Goldberg sets the stage for some not so likable characters. Yes, I said what I meant to say - these characters are not likable, including our main character, Noah. Yet, like him or not, I wanted to see what would happen. This one has a decidedly noir feel to it, which was an interesting way to take it in my opinion. Nevertheless, it works. It's also pretty graphic and explicit, which also works. I have to hand it to the author - his timing is quite good, and he's managed to pen a character that I can simultaneously dislike and kind of root for. I spent a good deal of this book trying to decide if the not so nice Noah was redeemable or not. Now, maybe I was on the wrong track all the way round, but it felt like that was a central question to this tale. Whether that answer is yes or no is something you'll have to read to find out, and I would certainly recommend that you do.

Lee Matthew Goldberg is the author of the novels THE DESIRE CARD, THE MENTOR, and SLOW DOWN. He has been published in multiple languages and nominated for the 2018 Prix du Polar. The second book in the Desire Card series, PREY NO MORE, is forthcoming in 2020, along with his first Sci-Fi novel ORANGE CITY. 

His new endeavor will be as the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Fringe Press and Fringe Digital, dedicated to publishing fiction that’s outside-of-the-box. 

His pilots and screenplays have been finalists in Script Pipeline, Book Pipeline, Stage 32, We Screenplay, the New York Screenplay, Screencraft, and the Hollywood Screenplay contests. After graduating with an MFA from the New School, his writing has also appeared in the anthology DIRTY BOULEVARD, The Millions, Cagibi, The Montreal Review, The Adirondack Review, The New Plains Review, Underwood Press and others. He is the co-curator of The Guerrilla Lit Reading Series and lives in New York City. Follow him at leematthewgoldberg.com. 

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