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Iseult Murphy

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Iseult Murphy started writing at a young age, entertaining her family with magazines that she wrote and illustrated as a child. In her teens, she won several local and national short story competitions, including three time overall winner of the RDS Young Science Writers competition, and had work placed in international writing competitions such as the BBC Wildlife Poetry competition.
Iseult is drawn to horror, fantasy and science fiction, as she feels that the most difficult aspects of life can be best explored through the lens of speculative fiction.
She currently resides on the east coast of Ireland with four dogs, a couple of humans and a cat. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys reading, art and spending time with her animals.
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Buddy Read & Rant #19 with Jonathan Pongratz: Where the Dead Brides Gather by Nuzo Onoh

Hello Blogging World!Jonny

Hey, I’m Jonny. Dead brides sound sooo creepy!

Iseult

Hi, I’m Iseult. I agree with Jonny. I don’t want to be in charge of keeping the dead brides in check!

This buddy read and rant is for Where the Dead Brides Gather by Nuzo Onoh.

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A powerful Nigeria-set tale of possession, malevolent ghosts, family tensions, secrets and murder from the recipient of the Bram Stoker Aw

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I read this book because I heard it inspired “The Wicker man”, a movie I love. It’s a bit unfair to this book, really, because I was constantly comparing it to the movie and it is it’s own thing. It may well have inspired the movie, b
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I really liked David and Mafalda. Their relationship was well done and I was invested in them.

The world building is great. It was a believable future world. I liked the descriptions of the tech. Being set in Italy was interesting.

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Wow! Look at that cover. Marc's transformation is complete. The man in black has arrived. Xibalba has been unleashed on earth!
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The dark story continues and delves into even greater darkness. How will our characters get out of this web of evil?
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“he meant it will”
Iseult Murphy, The Mountains of Sorrow

“I shall not fret for things I cannot change”
Ruth Anne Garcia, Bleeding Orchid From Diagnosis to Remission: A Poetry Collection

“Life is worth every test”
Ruth Anne Garcia, Bleeding Orchid From Diagnosis to Remission: A Poetry Collection

“Delight in your fight and embrace your fear.”
Ruth Anne Garcia, Bleeding Orchid From Diagnosis to Remission: A Poetry Collection

“... knowing life is full of shit, and shitty people, but hoping if you keep that in mind, it doesn't hurt as bad when you're right about it all.”
Rayne Havok

“A determined man could build one hell of a blaze from one good spark.”
Nora Roberts, Face the Fire

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