Mindy's Book Journey

  Title: Hetty Author: Eddie Generous Genre: Horror Published: September 18, 2021 by Omnium Gatherum I received a copy for review through NetGalley. What It's About: Hetty Stanley was a schoolteacher. Hetty Stanley was a prudish spinster. Hetty Stanley was a murderer. Hetty Stanley has been dead for more than a century. Dane Butler is doing his best. His best isn’t enough, but a little luck puts him into an inherited home that shares a property line with a woman and her son. Winona and her son Casey are no better off than Dane, forcing the strangers to rely on one another. One day, Dane looks up from his computer at the sound of Winona shouting. Her four-year-old son is missing—no boots and no coat, January in Minnesota. Hours pass. Police scour the woods and begin pointing fingers at the only plausible suspects, but one high-ranking officer knows the painful history. Children have been disappearing from the old schoolhouse property for decades, and although it is impossible, the...

  Title: Shade Author: Chad Nicholas Genre: Psychological Thriller Published: Self Published 10/5/21    Thank you to the author for providing a copy for review. A serial killer is killing increasingly young women. Luckily, Jack and Shade are known for doing what it takes to get serial killers off the street quickly. Shade deals with PTSD from his time in the military. This case may push the FBI detectives a little too far.    Nicholas' second novel included all the elements that I loved from his first novel, Nightmare. A lightning fast pace, many twists and turns, and supremely interesting characters make this psychological thriller great. The three main characters Shade, Jack, and Sara were all dealing with complicated pasts. At the end of this read I was left thinking back to all the breadcrumbs I had missed. Everything fit together so well in the plot. If you love a fast paced thriller with a great mystery, and a lot of twists then check out Shade.  ...

  Title: My Heart is a Chainsaw Author: Stephen Graham Jones Genre: Horror Published: Aug. 31, 2021 by Gallery/Saga Press Jade is a teenage girl dealing with her upbringing of abuse and neglect. She is angry at the world and finds refuge in the world of slasher movies. When the perfect final girl moves to town she is sure that a real life slasher cycle is about to begin in her town. Then people start showing up dead, and here we go. A fun slasher fan girl moment has arrived.  This book is going to be a hit for fans of slasher movies, and it delivers a very original spin on the genre. It touches on social issues, brilliantly involves the local lore of the area, all wrapped up within a slasher love song.  The story is a bit of a slow burn, but delivers on one of the most intense and cinematic climaxes that horror novels have to offer. No really, that ending is bound to go down in the slasher history books.  I highly recommend this book. Especially to those who love sla...