Kindle Book Review – One Dark Hallows Eve by Eldritch Black

Kindle Book

Genre: Fantasy/Horror

Number of Pages: 32

📖PLOT SUMMARY FROM THE BOOK📖

Beware it’s Halloween and the Pumpkin Men are coming.

It’s All Hallow’s Eve and Owen Weeks is not having a good day. Something’s stirring in the lake by his house, the dead leaves beneath this shoes crunch like bones, and even the brambles seem to twitch when he’s not looking.

Nothing’s right.

But things get a lot worse as Owen discovers a terrifying stranger hiding in an abandoned farmhouse. A dark spell is cast. Old magic, magic that raises a terrifying horde of nightmarish creatures.

As the monsters descend upon the village, Owen realizes there’s only one place left to go…across the lake. But can he survive the horror of the legends said to live below its muddy waters?

The clock’s ticking toward midnight, and soon it will be the hour of the Pumpkin Men and ancient terrors from a distant land.

One Dark Hallow’s Eve is a lost tale from Eldritch Black’s The Book of Kindly Deaths. Read it now and slip into a timeless world of dark fantasy and Halloween horror.

💭THOUGHTS💭 

I was looking for short, one sitting Halloween stories and came across this one. It is always a gamble as to how good these are as there aren’t many pages, but this one exceeded my expectations. 

The writing was detailed and drew me in. A lot was packed into 32 pages. It was very well balanced and exciting throughout. There was even a change in points of view. It took me a moment to realise that that is what happened, but I soon got into it. The rest of the story was then from the other character’s point of view, it didn’t chop and change so I managed to keep up with what was going on. 

The characters were great. Whilst we were only briefly introduced, I felt like we got to know the basics of the characters, which for the purpose of this story was good enough. The characters were good enough that I wouldn’t mind reading more about them in the future. 

Lastly the settings. I loved the village setting with the lonely property just outside and the lake. It added to the spookiness of the story. 

Overall a great one sitting Halloween story which was cleverly done. I wouldn’t mind reading more from this author.

⭐ Rated 5/5⭐

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Mini Book, Mini Review – Witch Happens by AM King

Free Kindle Book (free when I purchased it)

Genre: Fantasy/ Cosy Mystery

Number of Pages: 139

📖PLOT SUMMARY FROM GOODREADS 📖

Some people come from a long family line of lawyers, doctors, teachers and even cops. Febe just found out she comes from a long line of…witches! 

Febe Summer is not having a good day. Or a good year, for that matter. She lost her fiancé, her job, and her apartment all in one day—on her 25th birthday! Talk about the worst. Birthday. Ever! 

She’s jobless, penniless and soon to be…homeless. 

Will she be able to rebound and pick herself up again? 

Oh, and she just found out, thanks to a dark family secret, that she’s not who she thought she was. She’s a witch! And she’s not allowed to practice magic—yet. 

When she moves back to her small hometown of Blackshore Bay, there’s more family drama than she can handle. Her aunties are out of control, her sister is being secretive and someone has murdered the malicious town gossip. Will she be able to find out whom, before it’s too late? 

💭THOUGHTS💭

I wanted something short to read for this Halloween month and this Kindle Freebie (free at the time of purchase) jumped out at me. Whilst it took me longer to read than expected (due to other commitments) I ended up really enjoying the story.

The writing was light and descriptive. I really felt that I got to know the main character in a short space of time. For a short story a lot was packed in. It suddenly got quicker towards the end and all of a sudden the murderer was announced. It was a surprising twist that, whilst it felt quite sudden, looking back there was a bit of a build up that I didn’t realise had taken place at the time that I was reading it.

The chapters varied in length with the longer chapters at the beginning and the middle. It gave an interesting pace to the story. Whilst there seemed to be a big build up and back story, I wasn’t disappointed by the sudden solving of the murder. I knew that it had to come soon due to the number of pages left, but it was still a surprise! I think that the answer to the murder was so interesting that it took my mind off the speed of the solving. 

I loved the characters and the relationships that they all had with one another. I enjoyed reading about the ups and downs in the family unit. It made it more relatable (as far as a magical story can be!). 

Lastly the settings. I loved the small town and how everybody seemed to know everyone, yet still no one knew who the murderer could be. 

Overall an enjoyable, short, cosy mystery. I recommend it if you just want a magical, one sitting book. 

⭐Rated 5/5⭐

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It’s Read A Book Day! – One Sitting Books

It’s Read A Book Day! For this post I have chosen 5 shortish books that you could read in a day:

Book Review – Paris For One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes – SHORT STORIES 274 pages

Book Review – It Only Takes A Minute by Sasha Lane – ROMANCE 152 pages

Book Review – Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Sutanto – HUMOUR 299 pages

Book Review – The 13th Assassin by Frank Malley – MYSTERY 225 pages

Book Review – Distant Stars by Kassandra Garrison – ROMANCE 288 pages

Enjoy this bookish day!

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Pandemic Reading List 2021 – Jane Austen: Her Complete Novels in One Sitting by Jennifer Kasius, The Brontes: The Complete Novels in One Sitting by Jennifer Kasius and Charles Dickens: His Novels In One Sitting by Joelle Herr

Jane Austen: Her Complete Novels in One Sitting by Jennifer Kasius ⭐Rated 4/5⭐

The Brontes: The Complete Novels in One Sitting by Jennifer Kasius ⭐Rated 4/5⭐

Charles Dickens: His Novels In One Sitting by Joelle Herr ⭐Rated 3/5⭐

I have decided to put these mini books together into one post as they are all from the same series and are all ‘read in one sitting’ books.

I decided a while ago that I needed to brush up on my classics knowledge and I thought what better way to acquire that knowledge than a mini book summarising the authors, characters and their stories! Sometimes the classics take me a while to get into because of their use of language, so having prior knowledge of the story helps me to keep on track and stops my attention from wandering.

So here are my mini reviews for my mini books:

Jane Austen: Her Complete Novels in One Sitting by Jennifer Kasius ⭐Rated 4/5⭐

This tiny book is a good way to learn about the author and their works. It is brief and clearly set out. It gives you a flavour of the author’s work which I find helpful as sometimes the language in the original novels can be hard to follow. A good stocking filler.

The Brontes: The Complete Novels in One Sitting by Jennifer Kasius ⭐Rated 4/5⭐

I decided that I needed to know more about the Bronte’s stories and before I read them I thought that I would get a feel for them first. Sometimes I find classics hard to follow, so having an idea of what the story is about first helps. This was an excellent stocking filler and had a section on the Brontes themselves before going on to detail the characters and the story content themselves. There was just enough information without overloading you and it being turned into the book itself.

Charles Dickens: His Novels In One Sitting by Joelle Herr ⭐Rated 3/5⭐

This mini book is a good way to get to know about the author and his works. I did find some of the plot summaries confusing and due to the amount of books that he did, I got mixed up with all the different characters and their stories. I therefore recommend that you read it in a couple of sittings to really appreciate the stories. A good Christmas stocking filler. 

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