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The Darkness #2
Darkness Released
For Hailey James, the ghosts of the past have never truly been laid to rest…
After a troubled childhood and one last visit to her family’s abandoned home, everything in Hailey’s life seems to be going according to plan. The business she runs with her best friend, Pat, has hit big time success, and she isn’t even twenty-five.
When night terrors come out to play, her future is in jeopardy…
With the demolition of her childhood home, and her twenty-fifth birthday drawing near, Hailey’s nightmares become even worse. She is no longer able to do her job. At Pat’s insistence, Hailey undergoes hypnosis. She doesn’t remember much of her childhood, but when she sees a man dressed all in red in her visions, Hailey knows he is the key to her understanding.
Hailey can’t seem to escape her past and the ghostly women who haunt it. But she can break the cycle of suffering that has surrounded the women of her family, especially with the future of her little niece, Lilly, on the line.
To move forward, sometimes we must go back…
Hailey’s future remains uncertain if she can’t face her demons. She can only hope she will be able to defeat the evil which has pervaded her childhood and threatens her family.
When the shadows of her past threaten to cloud her future, Hailey must find the strength to unlock the truth of her troubled childhood.
After a troubled childhood and one last visit to her family’s abandoned home, everything in Hailey’s life seems to be going according to plan. The business she runs with her best friend, Pat, has hit big time success, and she isn’t even twenty-five.
When night terrors come out to play, her future is in jeopardy…
With the demolition of her childhood home, and her twenty-fifth birthday drawing near, Hailey’s nightmares become even worse. She is no longer able to do her job. At Pat’s insistence, Hailey undergoes hypnosis. She doesn’t remember much of her childhood, but when she sees a man dressed all in red in her visions, Hailey knows he is the key to her understanding.
Hailey can’t seem to escape her past and the ghostly women who haunt it. But she can break the cycle of suffering that has surrounded the women of her family, especially with the future of her little niece, Lilly, on the line.
To move forward, sometimes we must go back…
Hailey’s future remains uncertain if she can’t face her demons. She can only hope she will be able to defeat the evil which has pervaded her childhood and threatens her family.
When the shadows of her past threaten to cloud her future, Hailey must find the strength to unlock the truth of her troubled childhood.
112 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 12, 2016
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About the author
Candis Vargo
19 books39 followersGrowing up on an old dirt road in the middle of nowhere, as a child Candis used her love for books as a way to escape reality (and her brother constantly trying to kill her—literally). She blames her love of all things Horror on being born on Friday the 13th and will always find joy in scaring her friends.
You will find a little piece of her in every book she writes. She loves a good happy ending, but most of the time she prefers one she never saw coming.
When she’s not writing or reading, she can usually be found chasing her children around. She currently lives in Rome, Pennsylvania with her husband and three children. And her fat cat.
You will find a little piece of her in every book she writes. She loves a good happy ending, but most of the time she prefers one she never saw coming.
When she’s not writing or reading, she can usually be found chasing her children around. She currently lives in Rome, Pennsylvania with her husband and three children. And her fat cat.
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June 29, 2016
Hailey James had a very troubled past that is now coming back to haunt her on the verge of her twenty fifth birthday. The house she grew up in is now being torn down so she decides to visit it one last time.
Afterwards Hailey begins visiting a therapist to try to make sense of the nightmares that have been plaguing her. Gaining understanding of her past Hailey now has to try to find a way to stop the curse that has surrounded her.
Darkness Released is the second book in the Darkness series but seemed to read fine as a standalone novel. It's a pretty short read and to be honest starting off I didn't think I was going to enjoy it at all but by the end it turned out to be an OK read.
Hailey starts learning of all that happened in her past pretty early on in the book and some of it just seemed really weird to all be piled on at once. But the further getting along in the story things started making more sense as to what had happened with a lot being packed into a short read. I did kind of guess how things were going to turn out but it may not be obvious to everyone.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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Afterwards Hailey begins visiting a therapist to try to make sense of the nightmares that have been plaguing her. Gaining understanding of her past Hailey now has to try to find a way to stop the curse that has surrounded her.
Darkness Released is the second book in the Darkness series but seemed to read fine as a standalone novel. It's a pretty short read and to be honest starting off I didn't think I was going to enjoy it at all but by the end it turned out to be an OK read.
Hailey starts learning of all that happened in her past pretty early on in the book and some of it just seemed really weird to all be piled on at once. But the further getting along in the story things started making more sense as to what had happened with a lot being packed into a short read. I did kind of guess how things were going to turn out but it may not be obvious to everyone.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
For more reviews please visit https://carriesbookreviews.wordpress....
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December 31, 2019
Plot twist
This book was much better than the first. Love the plot twist at the end! I like that it gave a bit more insight into the first book as well.
This book was much better than the first. Love the plot twist at the end! I like that it gave a bit more insight into the first book as well.
July 5, 2016
I don't generally read short stories, because 9 out of the 10 that I do read just don't work for me. Trying to pack an entire stories worth of ideas into a few short pages, in this case 114 pages, can't be an easy feat. Most of the time, it feels so.... incomplete. With Darkness Released, the entire story felt really rushed and muddled. Why did I even bother, you ask? Well, take a look at that creepy cover... and it is a horror story. Sometimes, I just can't resist!
In Darkness Released, Hailey's childhood home is set to be torn down. She is not nostalgic, or sad. She is happy that the house, along with all of its bad memories, will be put to rest. What she doesn't realize is that, once the house is gone, so is the protection surrounding her. A protection that her mother died for. The night the house is torn down, four days before her birthday, Hailey starts having vivid dreams Who are these horrible, rotting women showing themselves to her? And what is Hailey supposed to do when they start showing up when she is awake?
From the beginning, this story just felt like it was rushed. There was absolutely no character development, the world-building was non-existent, and the histories that were presented were not in-depth enough. The entire story just felt like it was trying to make it to the end, without any worries about the getting there.
The best part was defintely the end of the story. I actually really appreciated the gesture at the end. It made a really nice, emotionally charged ending. I wish it had been drawn out a little longer, but I definitely appreciated it.
I hate writing negative reviews, I really do. And I hope that, if you are interested in the story, you will still check it out.
In Darkness Released, Hailey's childhood home is set to be torn down. She is not nostalgic, or sad. She is happy that the house, along with all of its bad memories, will be put to rest. What she doesn't realize is that, once the house is gone, so is the protection surrounding her. A protection that her mother died for. The night the house is torn down, four days before her birthday, Hailey starts having vivid dreams Who are these horrible, rotting women showing themselves to her? And what is Hailey supposed to do when they start showing up when she is awake?
From the beginning, this story just felt like it was rushed. There was absolutely no character development, the world-building was non-existent, and the histories that were presented were not in-depth enough. The entire story just felt like it was trying to make it to the end, without any worries about the getting there.
The best part was defintely the end of the story. I actually really appreciated the gesture at the end. It made a really nice, emotionally charged ending. I wish it had been drawn out a little longer, but I definitely appreciated it.
I hate writing negative reviews, I really do. And I hope that, if you are interested in the story, you will still check it out.
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