Published in 2016 and a debut. Tessa who is a manager, makes sure that the hotel is safe and ready for the opening in a few days. But what she and thePublished in 2016 and a debut. Tessa who is a manager, makes sure that the hotel is safe and ready for the opening in a few days. But what she and the staff doesn't know, is that there is a killer inside with them. Killing them one by one in a brutal way.
The book has an interesting perspective. It is told from some of the hotel staff's perspective and an unknown narrator. And we also see what is going on from different cameras which is done in a creative way. She writes from cameras perspective in columns and it feels like Big Brother style sometimes.
Creaitive writing and plot but I would like the book more if it was less sex and humor. But did love the killing parts and wanted more of that instead, because some of the murdering scenes was sometimes original and fun. The book also had some movie referances like The Shining.
I liked some of the weird characters, the beginning and the end but the middle part was a bit annoying and mostly standing still. But I want to try more of her books later because of the writing style, which was playful and at times dark....more
Jay Gardiner is a man with a lot of anger. He has lost his father. They were never close. His father was a strict man and had a hard time keeping his Jay Gardiner is a man with a lot of anger. He has lost his father. They were never close. His father was a strict man and had a hard time keeping his jobs. After he found out he got cancer, he threw himself off a boat to end his own life. Jay is going to try to find his remains but there is a twist. Jay gets swallowed by a sperm whale. How will he get out of there?
Interesting cover, concept and characters. While Jay is being stuck in the whale, he thinks a lot about his father and the plot jumps back and forth in time. Giving us examples of why father and son drifted apart. Will Jay ever forgive his father for being so harsh and will he get some sort of a closure?
I liked reading about the weird bond between father and son. Reading about dysfunctional families has always been interesting. But the book didn't need to be over 300 pages long. The plot isn't that big and would fit in a short story format instead cause it got very repetive towards the end.
Weird and fascinating read but would like it better if it wasn't biblical....more
Terri and her ten year old daughter, Dallas is moving yet again, because Terri renovates houses while living in them. This time she is renovating GlenTerri and her ten year old daughter, Dallas is moving yet again, because Terri renovates houses while living in them. This time she is renovating Glenvale. The owner Henrietta has hired her to fix the house she grew up with her parents and her siblings. The family was wealthy and well known in the community.
But it doesn't take long before they discover strange things happening and Dallas keeps mentioning someone named Niles, which was Henrietta's brother. Terri brush it off at first but Dallas keep bringing him up in conversations. Other things happen that is hard to explain and it makes Terri question if it is safe to live there and do her job or not.
Moncrieff was inspired to write this story when she stayed at a haunted house with some other authors and slept inna room where someone has died. Which is cool and how I picture horror authors work. But The Restoration ended up to be a typical horror. Some of the supernatural elements that happened is something I've read many times before. And the relationship between Terri and Dallas got annoying because the mother and the daughter constantly mentioned that Dallas acted older than her real age. It was brought up many times and their conversations wasn't realistic at all. She wasn't realistic to be ten years old or older. It felt like she was trying to be someone she wasn't.
And the ending was very typical too and forgettable. It was hard to care about the characters or the plot. I liked Those Who Came Before by Moncrieff better....more
Thought this was ya horror but it was more like fantasy since the horror elements vanished very quickly.
My Throat an Open Grave is about Leah from WinThought this was ya horror but it was more like fantasy since the horror elements vanished very quickly.
My Throat an Open Grave is about Leah from Winston. She is a teenager with a difficult home life. Her dad is often away because of his job and Leah often has to take care of her baby brother Owen when her mom is at work.
She wishes Owen away because he always cry when she is near him and she just want an ordinary life. The creature LoW, Lord of the Woods is famous in Winston. Snatches people when he hears that wish. He is a creature in the woods, on the other side of the river. One day Owen is taken while Leah is home alone with him. She gets all the blame and her mom asks her to find LoW and bring Owen back. Leah knows she doesn't have a choice.
Good start with some horror elements but it becomes quickly boring because instead of horror I got romance and fantasy. Genres I'm not into. And the Lord of the Woods was more hilarious instead of scary. Don't know how many times he was chewing his lips and if Leah wanted to stay with him or go back to her family. It was getting annoying. The twist wasn't shocking either because if you read closely there are hints along the way.
Not my kind of book at all. I was bored most of the time and there wasn't much depth in the characters. And I didn't care about the possibly love part. Maybe too old to believe in true love and don't care much reading about it. Not the kind of horror book I thought it was going to be ......more
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