thenerdyschmid's reviews
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Another eerily fun collection from Calvin Demmer. Duel the Darkness for Nightmare Rule is filled with different tales of spooks and scars, each as goosebump inducing as the one before. I always enjoy these collections as you get a taste of the multitude of horrors that may not generally be in a single book. 

Hella Weird was hella fun. Calvin has perfected the art of a short story. The characters, imagery, plot, the twis are all chefs’ kiss. This is hands down my favorite of his stories to date. 

Last night I finished reading A Cruel Thirst by Angela Montoya.  I love me a good vampire story and this was definitely a fun one. The characters are adorable and their banter had me laughing out loud more than once. I’m generally more of a scary vampire girl but I gave this one a chance based purely off the author’s fun, funny and upbeat energy and I’m so glad I did. It releases tomorrow and I hope you give it a chance too!! 

Carving Shadows into Gold by Brigid Kemmerer is book two in the Forging Silver into Stars saga from the Cursebreakers series. We are reunited with Tycho, Jax and Callyn, amongst others and immersed quickly back into their world. Secrets, lies, promises and vows have the characters searching for answers in a time where war is looming. Love and friendships are tested. Magic continues to grow. Time is running out.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I was missing these characters something fierce. It is a multiple point of view character driven plot and I am here for it. This one didn’t have a ton of action but you can feel the character arcs and the final scenes are leading to something huge.