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Threatening Souls #2
Bleeding Misery
A world of light overpowers a world of darkness.
Following the loss of Roseway, the infamous immortal warlock Henri Anderson has retreated to his castle in Greenwich, England. On the surface, it appears the mortals have won, but Henri has other ideas. After all, he didn’t need Roseway anymore, not when he has Holly’s parents held hostage and kidnapped the new mortal prince, Jeffery Speirs.
Rebekah Jensen is done. After the incident in Roseway where she almost died, she wants nothing to do with the supernatural world, and she especially wants nothing to do with the immortal warlock who caused her ten months of torment. However, Holly is convinced the war is not over, and when it becomes apparent Rebekah is going to be competing in the ICW with Eternal Division, Holly is adamant that she and Mandy take part as well.
Things soon take a turn for the worst when the year’s ICW host and new mortal king Jason Speirs demands there be chaperones, and soon, the ICW facility becomes a hotbed of mortal magic and an even bigger target for Henri. It doesn’t take long until clique participants start turning up dead in the hallways. When Mandy admits she dreamt of those deaths years ago, which inspired her novel Bleeding Misery, everyone’s attention turns to the Foreseer for guidance. But Mandy can’t help them, not in the way they want her to, and especially not while she is under Henri’s influence.
Following the loss of Roseway, the infamous immortal warlock Henri Anderson has retreated to his castle in Greenwich, England. On the surface, it appears the mortals have won, but Henri has other ideas. After all, he didn’t need Roseway anymore, not when he has Holly’s parents held hostage and kidnapped the new mortal prince, Jeffery Speirs.
Rebekah Jensen is done. After the incident in Roseway where she almost died, she wants nothing to do with the supernatural world, and she especially wants nothing to do with the immortal warlock who caused her ten months of torment. However, Holly is convinced the war is not over, and when it becomes apparent Rebekah is going to be competing in the ICW with Eternal Division, Holly is adamant that she and Mandy take part as well.
Things soon take a turn for the worst when the year’s ICW host and new mortal king Jason Speirs demands there be chaperones, and soon, the ICW facility becomes a hotbed of mortal magic and an even bigger target for Henri. It doesn’t take long until clique participants start turning up dead in the hallways. When Mandy admits she dreamt of those deaths years ago, which inspired her novel Bleeding Misery, everyone’s attention turns to the Foreseer for guidance. But Mandy can’t help them, not in the way they want her to, and especially not while she is under Henri’s influence.
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N.M. Lambert
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N. M. Lambert is a part-time writer, editor, avid reader and gamer, and a heavy metal enthusiast. She graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor’s in both criminology and anthropology and with minors in both French and psychology. When not writing, she can be seen surfing the web, singing and sometimes trying to perfect her metal growls, and spending way too much time on Animal Crossing, Oblivion, and Skyrim. She currently lives in Pollock Pines, California with her family and a menagerie of dogs, birds, and a cat.
N. M. Lambert is a part-time writer, editor, avid reader and gamer, and a heavy metal enthusiast. She graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor’s in both criminology and anthropology and with minors in both French and psychology. When not writing, she can be seen surfing the web, singing and sometimes trying to perfect her metal growls, and spending way too much time on Animal Crossing, Oblivion, and Skyrim. She currently lives in Pollock Pines, California with her family and a menagerie of dogs, birds, and a cat.
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December 14, 2021
Updated Review:
Disclaimer: I received this ebook from the author, but I then bought my own copy. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book: Bleeding Misery
Author: N.M. Lambert
Book Series: Threatening Souls Book 2
Rating: 4/5
Recommended For...: paranormal, horror, mystery, thriller
Publication Date: October 5, 2021
Genre: Paranormal Horror (should be MG due to character’s ages but this is not a MG book)
Recommended Age: 18+ (Attempted Sexual Assault, Gore, Violence, Anxiety, Panic attacks, Self harm, Attempted suicide, Emotional abuse, Slavery, School Violence, Death, Torture, Drug use, Parent death, Grief)
Explanation of CWs: Attempted sexual assault is mentioned in this book in reference to the first book. The book mentions slavery in relation to two girls that a character thinks she owns because she’s the popular girl at school. The book mentions a gun being brought to a school. There is gore and violence and death in this book. The book shows some anxiety moments and mentions a panic attack. There is self-harm mentioned and an attempted suicide via sacrifice. There is emotional abuse shown. There is torture in this book shown. There is drug use shown in the book. There is parent death mentioned and grief is discussed.
Publisher: Green Tree Press
Pages: 466
Synopsis: A world of light overpowers a world of darkness.
The ICW—it stands for the International Clique Wars. It is being hosted by Jason Speirs this year, and Eternal Division has been accepted to participate.
Rebekah Jensen had returned to Marywood after just surviving the curse of Roseway along with Holly, her witchy best friend. Except for her and a few others, everyone else's memory of Roseway had been wiped, convincing her that she can now live a normal life. But Holly informs her that things are far from being over and that she will not only be hunted by Rebecca Johnson, the name of her supposed true soul, but by Henri Anderson as well.
Rebekah's situation worsens when the gruesome bodies of a few clique participants are found. To make matters worse, the deaths are happening the same way as the many deaths in Mandy's self-published novel, Bleeding Misery. With the threat of the Bewitched lurking within the ICW halls, Rebekah starts to fear that the events in Mandy's horror novel are becoming reality.
Review: For the most part I enjoyed this book much more than the first book. It was way more cohesive and the plot was more centralized in this one. The characters were better written and they sounded more middle grade in this one. They were also further developed. The book is also a lot more easier to get through and the plot is well done.
However, I did have some issues with the book. The book refers to Rebekah’s father by their first name, which I thought was a weird choice considering that POV was kind of from her viewpoint and a middle grader wouldn’t normally do that, but that’s mainly an example of how some of the writing in this book is a little wonky like that. The book doesn’t have anything in the beginning that would help the reader with a sum up of what happened in the previous book. Likening slavery to internship/being apart of a clique is a bit weird to me and left me with a bad taste in my mouth. The plot wanes a bit throughout the book and the magic system is still not explained fully. Also, the parameters of the kids in this book don’t make sense because they’re off in another country by themselves without parental guidance.
Verdict: Overall, it was good.
Old Review:
Disclaimer: I received this book for free from the author. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Rating: 3/5
Publication Date: October 31st, 2017
Genre: YA Paranormal/Fantasy
Recommended Age: 15+ (violence, gore, mature scenes)
Pages: 466
Author Website
Amazon Link
Synopsis: A world of light overpowers a world of darkness.
The ICW—it stands for the International Clique Wars. It is being hosted by Jason Speirs this year, and Eternal Division has been accepted to participate.
Rebekah Jensen had returned to Marywood after just surviving the curse of Roseway along with Holly, her witchy best friend. Except for her and a few others, everyone else's memory of Roseway had been wiped, convincing her that she can now live a normal life. But Holly informs her that things are far from being over and that she will not only be hunted by Rebecca Johnson, the name of her supposed true soul, but by Henri Anderson as well.
Rebekah's situation worsens when the gruesome bodies of a few clique participants are found. To make matters worse, the deaths are happening the same way as the many deaths in Mandy's self-published novel, Bleeding Misery. With the threat of the Bewitched lurking within the ICW halls, Rebekah starts to fear that the events in Mandy's horror novel are becoming reality.
I feel that for the most part this is a pretty good book. The plot is intriguing and the characters are fairly well developed. This continues from the first book, but feels almost like a standalone as well. This book was unique. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book in which events are predicted in a book that was already written… and I don’t think I’ve ever read anything about clique wars… but the book is interesting in those ways.
However, I did have some qualms about the book. I felt that while the characters were well developed that they didn’t sound like how middle graders are supposed to sound. They either sounded like high schoolers or like old people. There was no difference in their voices so they blended together. The pacing was off. The book goes by fast for the most part, but then it slows down significantly in some parts, which made my interest waiver throughout the book. The writing, while well done, was also a bit off I think. I didn’t find the concept of “clique wars” to be realistic or plausible. It was kind of odd how that was used in the book and it almost makes the book sound like a cute middle grade contemporary read at first. It’s just really out of place in this spooky book.
Verdict: Overall, I liked it but there’s always room for improvement.
Challenge Score: 21.5
Disclaimer: I received this ebook from the author, but I then bought my own copy. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book: Bleeding Misery
Author: N.M. Lambert
Book Series: Threatening Souls Book 2
Rating: 4/5
Recommended For...: paranormal, horror, mystery, thriller
Publication Date: October 5, 2021
Genre: Paranormal Horror (should be MG due to character’s ages but this is not a MG book)
Recommended Age: 18+ (Attempted Sexual Assault, Gore, Violence, Anxiety, Panic attacks, Self harm, Attempted suicide, Emotional abuse, Slavery, School Violence, Death, Torture, Drug use, Parent death, Grief)
Explanation of CWs: Attempted sexual assault is mentioned in this book in reference to the first book. The book mentions slavery in relation to two girls that a character thinks she owns because she’s the popular girl at school. The book mentions a gun being brought to a school. There is gore and violence and death in this book. The book shows some anxiety moments and mentions a panic attack. There is self-harm mentioned and an attempted suicide via sacrifice. There is emotional abuse shown. There is torture in this book shown. There is drug use shown in the book. There is parent death mentioned and grief is discussed.
Publisher: Green Tree Press
Pages: 466
Synopsis: A world of light overpowers a world of darkness.
The ICW—it stands for the International Clique Wars. It is being hosted by Jason Speirs this year, and Eternal Division has been accepted to participate.
Rebekah Jensen had returned to Marywood after just surviving the curse of Roseway along with Holly, her witchy best friend. Except for her and a few others, everyone else's memory of Roseway had been wiped, convincing her that she can now live a normal life. But Holly informs her that things are far from being over and that she will not only be hunted by Rebecca Johnson, the name of her supposed true soul, but by Henri Anderson as well.
Rebekah's situation worsens when the gruesome bodies of a few clique participants are found. To make matters worse, the deaths are happening the same way as the many deaths in Mandy's self-published novel, Bleeding Misery. With the threat of the Bewitched lurking within the ICW halls, Rebekah starts to fear that the events in Mandy's horror novel are becoming reality.
Review: For the most part I enjoyed this book much more than the first book. It was way more cohesive and the plot was more centralized in this one. The characters were better written and they sounded more middle grade in this one. They were also further developed. The book is also a lot more easier to get through and the plot is well done.
However, I did have some issues with the book. The book refers to Rebekah’s father by their first name, which I thought was a weird choice considering that POV was kind of from her viewpoint and a middle grader wouldn’t normally do that, but that’s mainly an example of how some of the writing in this book is a little wonky like that. The book doesn’t have anything in the beginning that would help the reader with a sum up of what happened in the previous book. Likening slavery to internship/being apart of a clique is a bit weird to me and left me with a bad taste in my mouth. The plot wanes a bit throughout the book and the magic system is still not explained fully. Also, the parameters of the kids in this book don’t make sense because they’re off in another country by themselves without parental guidance.
Verdict: Overall, it was good.
Old Review:
Disclaimer: I received this book for free from the author. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Rating: 3/5
Publication Date: October 31st, 2017
Genre: YA Paranormal/Fantasy
Recommended Age: 15+ (violence, gore, mature scenes)
Pages: 466
Author Website
Amazon Link
Synopsis: A world of light overpowers a world of darkness.
The ICW—it stands for the International Clique Wars. It is being hosted by Jason Speirs this year, and Eternal Division has been accepted to participate.
Rebekah Jensen had returned to Marywood after just surviving the curse of Roseway along with Holly, her witchy best friend. Except for her and a few others, everyone else's memory of Roseway had been wiped, convincing her that she can now live a normal life. But Holly informs her that things are far from being over and that she will not only be hunted by Rebecca Johnson, the name of her supposed true soul, but by Henri Anderson as well.
Rebekah's situation worsens when the gruesome bodies of a few clique participants are found. To make matters worse, the deaths are happening the same way as the many deaths in Mandy's self-published novel, Bleeding Misery. With the threat of the Bewitched lurking within the ICW halls, Rebekah starts to fear that the events in Mandy's horror novel are becoming reality.
I feel that for the most part this is a pretty good book. The plot is intriguing and the characters are fairly well developed. This continues from the first book, but feels almost like a standalone as well. This book was unique. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book in which events are predicted in a book that was already written… and I don’t think I’ve ever read anything about clique wars… but the book is interesting in those ways.
However, I did have some qualms about the book. I felt that while the characters were well developed that they didn’t sound like how middle graders are supposed to sound. They either sounded like high schoolers or like old people. There was no difference in their voices so they blended together. The pacing was off. The book goes by fast for the most part, but then it slows down significantly in some parts, which made my interest waiver throughout the book. The writing, while well done, was also a bit off I think. I didn’t find the concept of “clique wars” to be realistic or plausible. It was kind of odd how that was used in the book and it almost makes the book sound like a cute middle grade contemporary read at first. It’s just really out of place in this spooky book.
Verdict: Overall, I liked it but there’s always room for improvement.
Challenge Score: 21.5
September 20, 2017
I will be posting the review on my website sometime hopefully in October! things have been really busy lately lol, but I totally recommend reading Bleeding Misery!!
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