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mehsi's review against another edition
4.0
I received this book from the publisher in exchange of an honest review.
I was totally hyped when I was offered a review copy for this book! I still need to read Volumes 2 and 3, but I really enjoyed 1 so I was excited to read more horror stuff~
Like any anthology this was a collection with good stories, an epic story (Bloody Mary YAS), and some stories I just didn’t like. I even DNF one because the topic + how gross it was the first pages. At the moment my mental health isn’t too good so reading about body image just didn’t work out for me. Some of the stories could be more expanded and get a better ending because it just felt a bit abrupt ending-wise. Like with the Coachman’s Cottage, it was creepy and scary but the ending came out of nowhere and I just would have like a bit more. Some stories were quite gross. But there were also enough stories that had me on the edge of my seat and surprised me with twists and turns. Like the man who went to hell for his girl, well I didn’t see that one coming. Or the surprise in Shoot Your Shot. There was a portion of karma doled out in some of the stories. There are stories about hell and monsters about love and loss. About revenge and kicking some serious ass when you need to. I am very happy I had the chance to read this book! There were some very great stories and that Bloody Mary one I won’t forget any time soon, or the Black-eyed Susan. Oh my!
That cover is also just pure epicness! So scary!
I rated each story, plus gave three feelings/thoughts I had reading:
What the Sea Gives: Star rating, 4 stars – Bittersweet, beautiful, strange
Black-Eyed Susan: Star rating, 4.5 stars – Scary, WTF, NOPE
The Silver Horn: Star rating, 5 stars – TERRIFYING, nomnoms, run
Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Star rating, 4.5 stars – Cats, Disturbing, OMG
Shoot Your Shot: Star rating, 0.5 stars – NOPE, EWW, Twist!
Follow You Into the Dark: Star rating, 4.5 stars – Karma, revenge, scary
The Groom of Lorelei: Star rating, 2 stars – Boring, Too Long, Predictable
The Coachman’s Cottage: Star rating, 3 stars – Too short, Scary, NOPE
Capable of Loving: Star rating, 2 stars – Disturbing, Not my cup of tea, Boring
Little Pig: Star rating, 4.5 stars – OMG OMG OMG, Cats again, WTF NOPE
Perfect Girlfriend: Star rating, 2.5 stars – Interesting POV, Weird, Confused
Misneach: Star rating, 4 stars – Not what I expected, weird, too short
The Kinda True Story of Bloody Mary: – YASSSSSSSS, Bloody, THAT ENDING
Close to You: Star rating, 2.5 stars – What happened?, Confusing, Bittersweet
Sharp Spaces: Star rating, 1.5 stars – This is good, Wait what?, NO….
An Agreement: Star rating, 4 stars – Creepy, Obsessed much?, Karma
Four Corners: Star rating, 3 stars – Hell??, Don’t go to the office, OMG OMG OMG/Confused
Lady Killer: Star rating, 4 stars – Creepy, Scary, OMG THAT ENDINGGGGGGGGG
Subscribe for More: Star rating, 3.5 stars – Didn’t expect that, Welcome to hell????, NOPITY NOPE WTF?
The Trial of…: Star rating, 4 stars – Witch Trials, Unexpected and didn’t see that coming, WOAH RIP
Seeds: Star rating, 3.5 stars – Messed Up, What am I reading?, Run run run away
Soul Grinder: Star rating, 4 stars – Original Idea, WELP/EWW, GO GO GIRL!
Fluid: DNF. – Not in the right mind for this one. Plus, EWWW.
I would give this anthology….. Star rating, 4 stars stars!!!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I was totally hyped when I was offered a review copy for this book! I still need to read Volumes 2 and 3, but I really enjoyed 1 so I was excited to read more horror stuff~
Like any anthology this was a collection with good stories, an epic story (Bloody Mary YAS), and some stories I just didn’t like. I even DNF one because the topic + how gross it was the first pages. At the moment my mental health isn’t too good so reading about body image just didn’t work out for me. Some of the stories could be more expanded and get a better ending because it just felt a bit abrupt ending-wise. Like with the Coachman’s Cottage, it was creepy and scary but the ending came out of nowhere and I just would have like a bit more. Some stories were quite gross. But there were also enough stories that had me on the edge of my seat and surprised me with twists and turns. Like the man who went to hell for his girl, well I didn’t see that one coming. Or the surprise in Shoot Your Shot. There was a portion of karma doled out in some of the stories. There are stories about hell and monsters about love and loss. About revenge and kicking some serious ass when you need to. I am very happy I had the chance to read this book! There were some very great stories and that Bloody Mary one I won’t forget any time soon, or the Black-eyed Susan. Oh my!
That cover is also just pure epicness! So scary!
I rated each story, plus gave three feelings/thoughts I had reading:
What the Sea Gives: Star rating, 4 stars – Bittersweet, beautiful, strange
Black-Eyed Susan: Star rating, 4.5 stars – Scary, WTF, NOPE
The Silver Horn: Star rating, 5 stars – TERRIFYING, nomnoms, run
Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Star rating, 4.5 stars – Cats, Disturbing, OMG
Shoot Your Shot: Star rating, 0.5 stars – NOPE, EWW, Twist!
Follow You Into the Dark: Star rating, 4.5 stars – Karma, revenge, scary
The Groom of Lorelei: Star rating, 2 stars – Boring, Too Long, Predictable
The Coachman’s Cottage: Star rating, 3 stars – Too short, Scary, NOPE
Capable of Loving: Star rating, 2 stars – Disturbing, Not my cup of tea, Boring
Little Pig: Star rating, 4.5 stars – OMG OMG OMG, Cats again, WTF NOPE
Perfect Girlfriend: Star rating, 2.5 stars – Interesting POV, Weird, Confused
Misneach: Star rating, 4 stars – Not what I expected, weird, too short
The Kinda True Story of Bloody Mary: – YASSSSSSSS, Bloody, THAT ENDING
Close to You: Star rating, 2.5 stars – What happened?, Confusing, Bittersweet
Sharp Spaces: Star rating, 1.5 stars – This is good, Wait what?, NO….
An Agreement: Star rating, 4 stars – Creepy, Obsessed much?, Karma
Four Corners: Star rating, 3 stars – Hell??, Don’t go to the office, OMG OMG OMG/Confused
Lady Killer: Star rating, 4 stars – Creepy, Scary, OMG THAT ENDINGGGGGGGGG
Subscribe for More: Star rating, 3.5 stars – Didn’t expect that, Welcome to hell????, NOPITY NOPE WTF?
The Trial of…: Star rating, 4 stars – Witch Trials, Unexpected and didn’t see that coming, WOAH RIP
Seeds: Star rating, 3.5 stars – Messed Up, What am I reading?, Run run run away
Soul Grinder: Star rating, 4 stars – Original Idea, WELP/EWW, GO GO GIRL!
Fluid: DNF. – Not in the right mind for this one. Plus, EWWW.
I would give this anthology….. Star rating, 4 stars stars!!!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
bobmetal's review against another edition
4.0
The fourth collection of the Women of Horror anthologies, Quite a few new names for me as well as some that I've read work by before
What The Sea Gives - K.P Kulski - Lost on an island waiting for the sea to bring her back her daughter. I liked the prose style, but this one wasn't for me 3/5
Black Eyed Susan - Ariel Dodson - An author grieves for her daughter, until the night she comes back. 4/5
The Silver Horn - Alyson Faye - Breaking down on the yorkshire moor leads to a tense cat and mouse chase with a monster 4/5
Breaking Up Is hard To Do - Caryn Larrinaga - An ex-boyfriend finds out how protective his girlfriends cat can be 4/5
Shoot Your Shot - Charlotte Platt - Incel shoots up a library, may have made a terrible mistake 4/5
Follow you into The Dark - Jennifer Soucy - A man goes to hell to rescue his true love. This was awesome and incredibly dark 5/5
The Groom Of Lorelei - Holley Cornetto - A man dreams of a strange figure at sea 3/5
The Coachman's Cottage - Anna Taborska - A dreadful past comes back to haunt a guest at a family celebration 4/5
Capable of Loving - Sonora Taylor - A puppeteer and an odd girl meet and have a conversation, years later it comes back to haunt him. Super dark psychological horror 5/5
Little Pig - Lydia Prime - Strange occurrences plague a woman and her cat 3/5
Perfect Girlfriend - Angela Yuriko Smith - A pleasure robot reprogrammed to con people rebels against its master 5/5
Misneach - Roxie Vorhees - What would a mother do to protect her child 4/5
The Kinda True Story of Bloody Mary - Tracy Cross - A group of children on a sleepover tell spooky stories, with unexpected results 4/5
Close to You - Cassie Daley - A happy couple, breakfast, weirdness. A strangely sweet story with a beautiful ending 5/5
Sharp Spaces - Samantha Ortiz - two teenage girls go on a date with tragic consequences 5/5
An Agreement - Sheela Kean - A man hunting Elk gets on the wrong side of an agreement his sister has with what dwells in the forest 3/5
Four Corners - Kirby Kellogg - A new employee at a remote petrol station demands to see the reclusive manager 4/5
Lady Killer - Melissa Ashley Hernandez - A broken down car and a mysterious rest stop 4/5
Subscribe for More - Jessica Burgess - a new laptop, a budding writer and a new website all collide in a horrific manner 5/5
The Trial of Jehenne de Brigue - CC Winchester - the Trial of a witch with a nice little twist 3/5
Seeds - Marie McWilliams - Sent to live in a home, a boy become obsessed with the woods surrounding it, the woods that hold a terrible secret 4/5
Soul Grinder - Cecilia Kennedy - An annual county fair where people might be being fed to a tractor. I'd probably pick this one as my favourite from the book 5/5
Fluid - R. A. Busby - Photoshop, but in real life. All the body horror 4/5/
A good solid collection
What The Sea Gives - K.P Kulski - Lost on an island waiting for the sea to bring her back her daughter. I liked the prose style, but this one wasn't for me 3/5
Black Eyed Susan - Ariel Dodson - An author grieves for her daughter, until the night she comes back. 4/5
The Silver Horn - Alyson Faye - Breaking down on the yorkshire moor leads to a tense cat and mouse chase with a monster 4/5
Breaking Up Is hard To Do - Caryn Larrinaga - An ex-boyfriend finds out how protective his girlfriends cat can be 4/5
Shoot Your Shot - Charlotte Platt - Incel shoots up a library, may have made a terrible mistake 4/5
Follow you into The Dark - Jennifer Soucy - A man goes to hell to rescue his true love. This was awesome and incredibly dark 5/5
The Groom Of Lorelei - Holley Cornetto - A man dreams of a strange figure at sea 3/5
The Coachman's Cottage - Anna Taborska - A dreadful past comes back to haunt a guest at a family celebration 4/5
Capable of Loving - Sonora Taylor - A puppeteer and an odd girl meet and have a conversation, years later it comes back to haunt him. Super dark psychological horror 5/5
Little Pig - Lydia Prime - Strange occurrences plague a woman and her cat 3/5
Perfect Girlfriend - Angela Yuriko Smith - A pleasure robot reprogrammed to con people rebels against its master 5/5
Misneach - Roxie Vorhees - What would a mother do to protect her child 4/5
The Kinda True Story of Bloody Mary - Tracy Cross - A group of children on a sleepover tell spooky stories, with unexpected results 4/5
Close to You - Cassie Daley - A happy couple, breakfast, weirdness. A strangely sweet story with a beautiful ending 5/5
Sharp Spaces - Samantha Ortiz - two teenage girls go on a date with tragic consequences 5/5
An Agreement - Sheela Kean - A man hunting Elk gets on the wrong side of an agreement his sister has with what dwells in the forest 3/5
Four Corners - Kirby Kellogg - A new employee at a remote petrol station demands to see the reclusive manager 4/5
Lady Killer - Melissa Ashley Hernandez - A broken down car and a mysterious rest stop 4/5
Subscribe for More - Jessica Burgess - a new laptop, a budding writer and a new website all collide in a horrific manner 5/5
The Trial of Jehenne de Brigue - CC Winchester - the Trial of a witch with a nice little twist 3/5
Seeds - Marie McWilliams - Sent to live in a home, a boy become obsessed with the woods surrounding it, the woods that hold a terrible secret 4/5
Soul Grinder - Cecilia Kennedy - An annual county fair where people might be being fed to a tractor. I'd probably pick this one as my favourite from the book 5/5
Fluid - R. A. Busby - Photoshop, but in real life. All the body horror 4/5/
A good solid collection
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