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"This debut novel has such a unique premise, and I was very impressed! It immediately pulls you in with the mysterious green light that kicks off the story with dread.
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"Sam Drake creates a beautiful dark world full of mystery, intrigue, mythology and monsters.
Simply a must read for horror fans. It's choc full of relatable characters, memorable moments, heart-wrenching dilemmas, heart pounding horror, terrifying mons" Read more of this review » |
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This book wastes no time getting you into the headspace of the main character, Vivienne. The prose is sharp and effective in pulling you into her life from the opening sentence, and doesn’t let go until the very end. The cast of characters are varied ...more |
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"Come for the early “naughties” nostalgia, stay for the rip-roaring plot, root-for-them characters, and truly shocking terrors. Part Silent Hill nightmare, part troubled characters dealing with tragedy, this page-turner of a book brings adventure ques"
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"Drake's debut novel combines Silent Hill, small town England, teenage listlessness, and a whole lot of death angst into an effective horror tale that starts strong and steadily raises the stakes until no one in Drury is safe.
Katie's best friend Becky" Read more of this review » |
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“On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
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“She doesn’t think she’s worthy to live. But she doesn’t realize, she is life.”
― He Died With His Eyes Open
― He Died With His Eyes Open
“I have taken a terrible beating from the truth and feel tamed, wise and desperate, as if I had taken a short route to wisdom through a mirror, and cut myself badly on it as I passed through.”
― He Died With His Eyes Open
― He Died With His Eyes Open
“Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap.”
― He Died With His Eyes Open
― He Died With His Eyes Open
“I knocked at a second-floor flat in a dreary house, one of two hundred in a dreary Catford street.”
― The Devil's Home On Leave
― The Devil's Home On Leave
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