Cass Kim

I’m always on the lookout for great Halloween and autumn themed novels as it’s my favorite season of the year, so I was thrilled to find this anthology of short stories, which not only contains wonderfully seasonal ghostly tales, but is also written for charity, with all proceeds donated to the Feeding America food banks.

In this delightful collection you can expect spooky ghosts stories, shipwrecks from long ago, a trip to see the Aurelia borealis by a chilly lake on a bitterly cold night, an eerie underwater cave where you might not make it out alive, supernatural beings lurking at every turn, a bully you want to wish away, but then everything turns out so, so wrong, a witch manifesting her powers for the first time, children lost in an enchanted wood ruled by an evil witch, a glimpse at the Salem witch trials… just everything spooky and witchy and delightful about Halloween wrapped up into a collection of well-told stories. And you can support a wonderful charity while enjoying a great read!

And owls. LOTS of owls. I loved every word. Can’t wait to read next year’s anthology.

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.
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The Wilders are a mutated strain of humans, similar to zombies. Unlike zombies, humans have adapted to the presence of the Wilders, learning that copper and sunlight keep them at bay. With these techniques, life goes on in a semi-normal state. That is until the Wilders virus mutates creating a new strain of disease that creates Wilders who aren’t afraid of the sunlight. Wilders who attack in the sunlight.

Suspenseful and action-packed, it’s not very often that I find apocalyptic books that are unique, but Wilders is one of those. The creatures, Wilders, were an interesting concept, and I loved the author’s creature of a world that’s halfway between normalcy and the apocalypse. It was a refreshing change of pace. Characters were very well written, and I loved the details that the author put in such as Renna’s cat. It made the world and characters even realer.

My only real complaint is that the story wasn’t longer. I have some questions that were left unanswered, and I hope there will be a sequel so I can see what will become of these characters.

Narration was pleasant and went along well with the story.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
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