A review by chronicreader96
A Sliver of Darkness by C.J. Tudor

dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I find short story collections are either a hit or miss for me- this collection was definitely a hit! 

A Sliver of Darkness contains 10 different horror short stories with all sorts of evil lurking in the corners. 

I loved how incredibly unique every single story was. I’ve never read anything quite like the tales in this book. I also loved how amazingly vivid each story was, I could really picture what was happening and became so sucked in. Each short story is preceded by an introduction from Tudor. I absolutely loved this, it added such a personal feel to each story and really helped to set the scene. 

There was only one story that was really able to scare me- and that was because my cat decided to attempt to meow, in the middle of the night, right when a high pitched noise was happening in the book. I jumped out of my skin! Although I wasn’t scared by each story, they were certainly creepy and I found myself completely hooked by every single one. This is an incredibly diverse short story collection, my biggest complaint was that I wanted more! I cannot wait to read more books by Tudor now, this is my favourite short story collection to date. 

I recommend this book to fans of short story collections or light horror. I want to thank Netgalley, Michael Joseph and C.J. Tudor for sending me a copy of this book so I could give my personal thoughts.