Supernatural Horror and Adults

Martin, N. (2021). Dark Solstice. Hey there, name’s Fergie Thompson, I’m just like any other man living in Northern Ireland…that is until my dead dad-in-law’s ghost shows up and says I need to kill a witch to save my ex-wife from being sacrificed to summon some great evil. Just like that, with nothing but a bottle of Buckfast wine and the ability to swing a Hurly stick, I’m pulled into a world of witchcraft, murderous ghosts, and cosmic horrors in a desperate struggle to save our wee tow, maybe even the whole world. Not too sure what to do about saving the ex-wife though…she probably can take care of herself. Saying I was merely sceptical with the idea of humour mixing with supernatural horror in writing is an understatement, so I was pleasantly surprised when I found out how wrong I was. The bland/dry humour that one would expect to find in Northern Ireland truly came to light in the writing. Thanks to the story being in first-person with the main character being Irish, there is so. M...

Miller, K. (2021).  Don't Tell a Soul . New York: Delacorte Press. Louth, a tiny town on the Hudson River – seemingly quaint, yet, like all with everything in the world things are not as they seem. Bram wants to disappear, so that’s where she goes to live with her uncle, James. But the town is plagued by a dark past and the manor Bram now calls home may just well hide the darkest of them all, something the local legends call: the Dead Girls. In the first paragraph, the author made an interesting impression with the use of alliteration and commands your attention from there. My greatest weakness is a well-written story in the first person, many can write in the third person and do it justice, but to do so from the first takes true skill. The opening is rather grim and eerie, yet the author has also made such detailed descriptions seem enchanting. The reader is left with many questions by the end of the first chapter, egging them on to read more.