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Mischief
A large group of rats can dispose of a human body in about a week. Starved and high on stimulants, they can do it in as little as seventy-two hours.
For years, Veronica has hunted the predators that the system let slip through, and the proof disappears with them.
She's careful. Patient. Meticulous.
But a moment of overconfidence leads Detective Inspector David Price to a piece of evidence tied to a cold case he's been chasing for years. Now he's pulling a thread that might bring him straight to Veronica's door.
For years, Veronica has hunted the predators that the system let slip through, and the proof disappears with them.
She's careful. Patient. Meticulous.
But a moment of overconfidence leads Detective Inspector David Price to a piece of evidence tied to a cold case he's been chasing for years. Now he's pulling a thread that might bring him straight to Veronica's door.
136 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 21, 2026
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October 21, 2026
Feminine rage meets Saw!!
Mischief was a wild and brutal mix of revenge, violence and torture traps, I devoured it like there was no tomorrow!
Our protagonist Veronica is a bad ass female who has been through the worst possible experience a woman can go through, yet she uses that as fuel to give (mostly) men what they truly deserve.
Jonny Ward throws us into another world of horror, but to the extreme. It's disgusting, diabolical, stomach turning, but oh so satisfying seeing these men get what they deserve at the hands of a woman.
The torture traps were *chefs kiss* and tingled that extreme horror loving part of my brain perfectly!
I'm a big fan of Jonny Ward's work, and this new tale does not disappoint! If you like to see men tortured, bodies torn and brutalised, then Mischief is for you!!
Fuck men, stan Jonny Ward!
Mischief was a wild and brutal mix of revenge, violence and torture traps, I devoured it like there was no tomorrow!
Our protagonist Veronica is a bad ass female who has been through the worst possible experience a woman can go through, yet she uses that as fuel to give (mostly) men what they truly deserve.
Jonny Ward throws us into another world of horror, but to the extreme. It's disgusting, diabolical, stomach turning, but oh so satisfying seeing these men get what they deserve at the hands of a woman.
The torture traps were *chefs kiss* and tingled that extreme horror loving part of my brain perfectly!
I'm a big fan of Jonny Ward's work, and this new tale does not disappoint! If you like to see men tortured, bodies torn and brutalised, then Mischief is for you!!
Fuck men, stan Jonny Ward!
October 16, 2026
JUST WOW!! And BRAVO JONNY 👏👏
First off, I’m a rather new reader (less than a year) when it comes to this genre of SPLATTERPUNK books. Let me just say that Ive been VERY grateful to have had the opportunity to read TWO of Jonny’s books before the books are set out into the world for other readers. And this author CONTINUES to get better with time!! I SO MUCH enjoyed reading about a MWC that did some rather grotesque and brutal things to rapists. ….and I literally got goosebumps when the rats had their way with the rapists as a human meal.
CHEERS, Jonny!! 🥃
First off, I’m a rather new reader (less than a year) when it comes to this genre of SPLATTERPUNK books. Let me just say that Ive been VERY grateful to have had the opportunity to read TWO of Jonny’s books before the books are set out into the world for other readers. And this author CONTINUES to get better with time!! I SO MUCH enjoyed reading about a MWC that did some rather grotesque and brutal things to rapists. ….and I literally got goosebumps when the rats had their way with the rapists as a human meal.
CHEERS, Jonny!! 🥃
October 21, 2026
📖 Title: Mischief
🖋️ Author: Jonny Ward
📅 Pub Day: October 21, 2026
💌 Publisher: The Nerdyverse of Madness Media
📚 Format: Digital
🏷️ ISBN: 9781069982681
⏱️ Length: 136 pages
📌 Genre(s): Extreme Horror/Splatterpunk, Crime Thriller, Revenge Fiction
⭐ Star Rating: 5★
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Loved this one! The writing was great, and the plot itself was genuinely excellent. As a fellow rat lover, I have to say, I approve. 🐀
This had pretty much everything I love in a story like this: a badass woman delivering justice and creepy predator men finally getting what's coming to them. Veronica isn't just out here punishing men for the sake of it, her own backstory is genuinely devastating, and it gives everything she does real weight. I love a story that lets awful men face consequences, and this one definitely doesn't hold back.
I also really enjoyed the detective subplot. It added a layer of tension without pulling focus from Veronica and what she was doing.
I went in expecting this to be gory, and it absolutely delivers on that front. This is not the book to pick up if you want something tame. Some parts are graphic, and things get brutal, but the gore never took away from how much I enjoyed the actual story.
Honestly, this was just a great time from beginning to end. I loved the premise, the writing, the revenge, and of course, the rats. Would absolutely read more from Jonny Ward after this one!
── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──
If you like:
✔️ Female revenge
✔️ Vigilante justice
✔️ Graphic gore
✔️ Creepy men 💀
✔️ Brutal payback
✔️ Rats 🐀
── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──
Thank you to Jonny Ward for gifting this ARC in exchange for an honest review! All opinions are my own.
This review is cross‑posted across multiple platforms.
🖋️ Author: Jonny Ward
📅 Pub Day: October 21, 2026
💌 Publisher: The Nerdyverse of Madness Media
📚 Format: Digital
🏷️ ISBN: 9781069982681
⏱️ Length: 136 pages
📌 Genre(s): Extreme Horror/Splatterpunk, Crime Thriller, Revenge Fiction
⭐ Star Rating: 5★
── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──
Loved this one! The writing was great, and the plot itself was genuinely excellent. As a fellow rat lover, I have to say, I approve. 🐀
This had pretty much everything I love in a story like this: a badass woman delivering justice and creepy predator men finally getting what's coming to them. Veronica isn't just out here punishing men for the sake of it, her own backstory is genuinely devastating, and it gives everything she does real weight. I love a story that lets awful men face consequences, and this one definitely doesn't hold back.
I also really enjoyed the detective subplot. It added a layer of tension without pulling focus from Veronica and what she was doing.
I went in expecting this to be gory, and it absolutely delivers on that front. This is not the book to pick up if you want something tame. Some parts are graphic, and things get brutal, but the gore never took away from how much I enjoyed the actual story.
Honestly, this was just a great time from beginning to end. I loved the premise, the writing, the revenge, and of course, the rats. Would absolutely read more from Jonny Ward after this one!
── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──
If you like:
✔️ Female revenge
✔️ Vigilante justice
✔️ Graphic gore
✔️ Creepy men 💀
✔️ Brutal payback
✔️ Rats 🐀
── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──
Thank you to Jonny Ward for gifting this ARC in exchange for an honest review! All opinions are my own.
This review is cross‑posted across multiple platforms.
October 18, 2026
ARC REVIEW
Well this got started with a bang and I am here for it 🙌🏻
Like so many people out there, I bring with me a certain familiarity, a relatable experience. The healing that happens within books where those that wronged you, however impersonally, is such a cathartic experience. You hear one persons story whose is so similar to yours, that collectively everyone feels it. They are all the same. Now enough with the heavy!
Several chapters later…
Well we’re not done with the heavy! This book had me in tears. I was so enthralled by what I was reading that I was there in those moments watching everything unfold. Don’t let the tropes of gore and disgust fool you, this is a brilliant, deeply moving read. Check your trigger warnings though, your mental health matters!
Veronica is our FMC and she is, what I believe anyway, the woman that I wished I could be. Albeit maybe with less assassinations. Just a smidge 👀 LOVE it for her though, I was rooting for her the whole flippin’ time. Her strength, her resilience, her power. The story evolved into something more and I could see the entwining paths happening before I’d even read it, and I was so glad when I did. This was one of those times where I was happy I guessed right.
Detective Constable Price. I wouldn’t call him the MMC, not in the traditional sense. He is the other half of the winding story. His personal hell is what brought me to tears and drives him to solve this mystery.
I won’t say much more as I feel anything else would be a spoiler. But if you love your written revenge and justice in the form of pain and torture, look no further. This novella is PERFECT.
Well this got started with a bang and I am here for it 🙌🏻
Like so many people out there, I bring with me a certain familiarity, a relatable experience. The healing that happens within books where those that wronged you, however impersonally, is such a cathartic experience. You hear one persons story whose is so similar to yours, that collectively everyone feels it. They are all the same. Now enough with the heavy!
Several chapters later…
Well we’re not done with the heavy! This book had me in tears. I was so enthralled by what I was reading that I was there in those moments watching everything unfold. Don’t let the tropes of gore and disgust fool you, this is a brilliant, deeply moving read. Check your trigger warnings though, your mental health matters!
Veronica is our FMC and she is, what I believe anyway, the woman that I wished I could be. Albeit maybe with less assassinations. Just a smidge 👀 LOVE it for her though, I was rooting for her the whole flippin’ time. Her strength, her resilience, her power. The story evolved into something more and I could see the entwining paths happening before I’d even read it, and I was so glad when I did. This was one of those times where I was happy I guessed right.
Detective Constable Price. I wouldn’t call him the MMC, not in the traditional sense. He is the other half of the winding story. His personal hell is what brought me to tears and drives him to solve this mystery.
I won’t say much more as I feel anything else would be a spoiler. But if you love your written revenge and justice in the form of pain and torture, look no further. This novella is PERFECT.
Review of advance copy received from Author
Muah ha ha ha!!! Feminine rage in full force with this little beast and I LOVVVVVVVVED IT!!!! This woman PREYS on the worst fecking type of humans, and I cheered her on every step of the way, hell, I wanted to jump in the book and give her a hand!! Helped along by her little Mischief of rats, this creative twist on the traditional woman seeking the ultimate revenge was just perfection!
October 21, 2026
Review to come, I gotta stew on this one
Review of advance copy received from Author
Saw meets coked up rats!
Ward wrote a fresh take on the classic revenge story. One that is gore-filled and so much fun! It isn't just gore for the sake of gore. Our cherished FMC acts with purpose. Her victims get what they deserve.
Please be aware this goes to some emotionally dark places. Check those trigger warnings and take care of yourself.
Ward wrote a fresh take on the classic revenge story. One that is gore-filled and so much fun! It isn't just gore for the sake of gore. Our cherished FMC acts with purpose. Her victims get what they deserve.
Please be aware this goes to some emotionally dark places. Check those trigger warnings and take care of yourself.
Review of advance copy received from Author
If you like gory revenge stories and rats, you're in for a treat with this one! Not for the faint of heart, but every one else, give it a read!
Review of advance copy received from Author
First impression when starting this book I got was of the Saw movie series. Who doesn’t love a good feminine rage story going up against molesters? With her pet rats as her best friends and endless ways of torturing people before finally doing what is best for the world. It’s a great revenge story filled with twists and turns that keeps you wanting to read more.
Review of advance copy received from Author
I got the privilege of getting an ARC copy of Jonny Ward's upcoming release, Mischief. Thank you, Jonny! Spoiler free review:
Things I said out loud with zero context, "Ew, Audible Gasp, Eff you Brenden," and that was just the prologue. Ward grabs your attention from the start and keeps you there. I needed to get to know Veronica and what stoked her fire. It's a bloody fun, graphic, gorey ride, and you just need to experience the furry little friends for yourself. I personally can't wait to read more from Ward and hopefully more about Veronica.
If you love the splatterpunk genre, feminine rage, and/or rats, this is a MUST read for you.
Warning: This is 100% splatter punk. Read if you dare!
Things I said out loud with zero context, "Ew, Audible Gasp, Eff you Brenden," and that was just the prologue. Ward grabs your attention from the start and keeps you there. I needed to get to know Veronica and what stoked her fire. It's a bloody fun, graphic, gorey ride, and you just need to experience the furry little friends for yourself. I personally can't wait to read more from Ward and hopefully more about Veronica.
If you love the splatterpunk genre, feminine rage, and/or rats, this is a MUST read for you.
Warning: This is 100% splatter punk. Read if you dare!
Review of advance copy received from Author
This book was a trip to read. There were a couple times I didn't think it was going to go the way it did and I was here for it. It was a great way to look at a revenge story from two different people and wonder how they both got to that point. The gore was just the right amount and it never felt like it was too much for the basis of the story.
Review of advance copy received from Author
This book definitely took some emotional twist and turns that I was not expecting. The story kept me enthralled the entire time. I was crying, laughing and cheering all throughout the book.
Review of advance copy received from Author
Saw meets feminine rage.
Come on seriously what’s better than a pedo getting his due in the form of… well rat torture 🫢
Seriously this book is DISGUSTING. ( as is should be 🩸)
The writing is phenomenal, the story is brutal and unfolds extremely quickly. ( you are literally thrown into the torture 😈) but it’s not just brutal and deliciously gross the story has a great cat and mouse vibe to it with the price at her heels, seriously keeps you on the edge.
If your into splatter and dark sh*t, give this book a read. 💩🐀
Come on seriously what’s better than a pedo getting his due in the form of… well rat torture 🫢
Seriously this book is DISGUSTING. ( as is should be 🩸)
The writing is phenomenal, the story is brutal and unfolds extremely quickly. ( you are literally thrown into the torture 😈) but it’s not just brutal and deliciously gross the story has a great cat and mouse vibe to it with the price at her heels, seriously keeps you on the edge.
If your into splatter and dark sh*t, give this book a read. 💩🐀
September 23, 2026
A gross, gorey revenge story.
Honestly I love Veronica, not all hero’s wear capes.
And now I can add rats to List of Animals on Cocaine.
But seriously, if you have a weak stomach and not a fan of rodents be weary.
Honestly I love Veronica, not all hero’s wear capes.
And now I can add rats to List of Animals on Cocaine.
But seriously, if you have a weak stomach and not a fan of rodents be weary.
Review of advance copy received from Author
I am bias, though
October 27, 2026
Some predators disappear. Some detectives never stop looking. And sometimes, the person hunting monsters is hiding the darkest secret of all.
Veronica has made a habit of cleaning up the failures of a broken system. For years, she’s hunted predators who slipped through the cracks, ensuring that the evidence and the people connected to it disappear. She’s methodical, patient, and careful enough to stay ahead of the consequences. Until she isn’t. When Detective Inspector David Price uncovers a piece of evidence connected to a cold case he’s pursued for years, he finds himself pulling at a thread that could lead straight to Veronica’s door. Suddenly, the distance between hunter and hunted begins to shrink, and the secrets that once seemed safely buried threaten to surface. What makes the premise of Mischief so compelling is the collision between two forms of justice: the official system that has failed to catch certain predators and the ruthless individual determined to do something about it. Veronica’s methods raise deeply uncomfortable questions. What happens when someone decides the system isn’t enough? Who gets to determine what justice looks like when the people responsible for delivering it have failed? And when someone takes the law into their own hands, how much difference remains between punishing a monster and becoming one? David Price’s investigation introduces another layer of tension. A cold case is already a puzzle built from missing pieces, fading evidence, and unanswered questions. But when those pieces begin pointing toward someone who has spent years making sure the truth stays buried, the investigation becomes something far more personal and dangerous. The strongest hook here is the contrast between Veronica’s meticulous control and the possibility that one overlooked detail could unravel everything. Her confidence is her greatest advantage until it becomes the very thing that exposes her.
The premise also taps into one of crime fiction’s most unsettling moral dilemmas: our complicated relationship with vigilante justice. It’s easy to understand the anger that follows when dangerous people escape accountability. It’s much harder to decide what should happen when someone takes that failure as permission to become judge, jury, and executioner Because the most frightening question isn’t whether a monster deserves to be stopped. It’s what happens when the person stopping them decides that no rules apply anymore.
For readers drawn to dark crime thrillers, vigilante justice, cold case investigations, and morally complicated characters, Mischief offers an intriguing setup with plenty of potential for suspense and ethical tension.
Veronica has made a habit of cleaning up the failures of a broken system. For years, she’s hunted predators who slipped through the cracks, ensuring that the evidence and the people connected to it disappear. She’s methodical, patient, and careful enough to stay ahead of the consequences. Until she isn’t. When Detective Inspector David Price uncovers a piece of evidence connected to a cold case he’s pursued for years, he finds himself pulling at a thread that could lead straight to Veronica’s door. Suddenly, the distance between hunter and hunted begins to shrink, and the secrets that once seemed safely buried threaten to surface. What makes the premise of Mischief so compelling is the collision between two forms of justice: the official system that has failed to catch certain predators and the ruthless individual determined to do something about it. Veronica’s methods raise deeply uncomfortable questions. What happens when someone decides the system isn’t enough? Who gets to determine what justice looks like when the people responsible for delivering it have failed? And when someone takes the law into their own hands, how much difference remains between punishing a monster and becoming one? David Price’s investigation introduces another layer of tension. A cold case is already a puzzle built from missing pieces, fading evidence, and unanswered questions. But when those pieces begin pointing toward someone who has spent years making sure the truth stays buried, the investigation becomes something far more personal and dangerous. The strongest hook here is the contrast between Veronica’s meticulous control and the possibility that one overlooked detail could unravel everything. Her confidence is her greatest advantage until it becomes the very thing that exposes her.
The premise also taps into one of crime fiction’s most unsettling moral dilemmas: our complicated relationship with vigilante justice. It’s easy to understand the anger that follows when dangerous people escape accountability. It’s much harder to decide what should happen when someone takes that failure as permission to become judge, jury, and executioner Because the most frightening question isn’t whether a monster deserves to be stopped. It’s what happens when the person stopping them decides that no rules apply anymore.
For readers drawn to dark crime thrillers, vigilante justice, cold case investigations, and morally complicated characters, Mischief offers an intriguing setup with plenty of potential for suspense and ethical tension.
October 30, 2026
Yes!! Rats !!! Totally misunderstood creatures. I love them!
And so does our FMC in this book, not as cute little pets, but as flesh destroying killing creatures. With a little boost of drugs.
This one was so much fun to read. All of her victims met these rats one way or another in new interesting ways. There was not a dull page to be read.
Add in a Detective re opening a cold case he has a personal connection to adding to the drama.
Trigger warnings are a must with this one as we deal with some SA
I can die happy now, but not by rats.. as this book has shown me that it is not a nice death 😂
And so does our FMC in this book, not as cute little pets, but as flesh destroying killing creatures. With a little boost of drugs.
This one was so much fun to read. All of her victims met these rats one way or another in new interesting ways. There was not a dull page to be read.
Add in a Detective re opening a cold case he has a personal connection to adding to the drama.
Trigger warnings are a must with this one as we deal with some SA
I can die happy now, but not by rats.. as this book has shown me that it is not a nice death 😂
October 23, 2026
I LOVED THIS BOOK. Jonny’s writing style is so detailed and enveloping you can really picture yourself right alongside the characters. Nothing makes me happier than female rage, and when a male writes female rage well….chefs kiss! Disturbing, satisfying, and packed full of carnage, I can’t wait to see what Jonny has in store for us in the future! Mischief is out TODAY, get your copy now! Available on Amazon in e-book and paperback. 🤠🔥
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