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This was TERRIFYING!! The narrator did such a good job at keeping the tension taut and the fear at the forefront. The concept of someone basically mimicking the voices of people you know - or yourself! - really just gets under my skin. Ending was a little 🤷🏼‍♀️ but still liked it overall. This also fits the #tbrtarot for January!

@CloakNQuill thank you sooo much!!!! I CANNOT WAIT to dive into these books and enjoy my chocolate!!! ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️#AHRS2024 #AllHallowsReadSwap

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I used to think being secluded in a cabin surrounded by forest and snow would be relaxing and a perfect getaway... then I read this book and decided maybe not. 🤣

This is a great scary read, though.

Creepy and atmospheric. Loved it. The only issue I had was how it ended….after all that….⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Hardly recommend to read this book with the audiobook. I used them simultaneously.

95 pts (previous) + 30 book rec =125 pts

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Shoulder injury keeping me home. Giving me some quality reading time.

15 - The Five - 3 ⭐
14 - Lavender House - 2.5 ⭐
21 - Stolen Tongues - 4 ⭐
22 - Frankenstein - 4 ⭐
23 - Darkest Night - 2 ⭐

It‘s an okay book with an interesting storyline, but it‘s really long and drawn out.

A romantic cabin getaway doesn‘t go exactly as planned. High up on the windswept cliffs of Pale Peak, Faye and Felix celebrate their new engagement. But soon, a chorus of ghastly noises erupts from the nearby woods. A dark figure looms near the windows in the dead of night, whispering to Faye. As the weather turns deadly, Felix discovers that his terrified fiancée isn‘t just mumbling in her sleep – she‘s whispering back. (Audiobook)

Onto the first of the Christmas 2023 haul...

Mix feelings with this one because of the ending but it started so well. This couple went to this isolated cabin, owned by Faye‘s parents. They would celebrate their engagement. But then there are “ghastly” noises...someone/something is out there in the woods🥺The audiobook is amazing. I enjoyed this horror novel. Fast reading. 3/3.5⭐️

Book was received last year during #CreepyChristmas 2022 from @CindyLufeIsLit @teebe (coordinator)

Here‘s some of my favs for #HHS! Stolen Tongues was so so good. Really, I love anything by Grady Hendrix; I got horrorstor from someone here, and it‘s such a cool book. I love horror films! I‘m pretty happy with all scary stuff. #HHS23 @wanderinglynn

Very creepy and quick read on Friday night. Could‘ve ended 100 pages earlier, but if you want to read some ethereal horror, 3/5 ⭐️

🎧 A LOT of people have recommended this as great horror! I went in blind.

I expected a serial killer with a necklace made of tongues. Not sure if I‘m disappointed by that but the spin on this story was good.

The same scenario happens in multiple different ways which slowly unveils the truth.

Engaged couple, cabin in the woods. Secrets. Native American horror. A couple spins. Some gruesome deaths. A good thriller/horror.

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I‘m a BIG horror fan and consume horror media in many different formats. It takes a lot to creep me out or unsettle me. But this book here… From the opening page you could just tell something was off and Blackwell never takes his foot off the gas. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Extremely creepy! ?

Overall, I'm giving this a pick because there were several sections of this that completely freaked me out while reading it. I felt though that the ending fell apart a bit.

The nightmares and sleepwalking really messed with my head. I would have liked more detail about the Native folklore behind the "Hollow Ones" though.

Still if you like atmospheric horror with things that go bump in the night, give this a try.

A genuinely scary read! I only wish more questions were answered.

Cold, snowy evening. ❄️📖 Reading while starting some chicken, wild rice, and vegetable soup! 🥕🧅🍗 #stolentongues #felixblackwell #soup

Thanks so much for my #HHS books and gifts, @vonnie862 🎃 🖤

And thanks for hosting, @wanderinglynn 👻

Based on all the recommendations, I was really expecting to like this book a lot more. Something about it is very familiar. It kind of reminds me of Imaginary Friend. I don't know. The pacing was slow and it felt, to me like it needed more revision because it became very redundant. I expect horror to be sort of slow to create tension but this pushed past that to the point that it slogged a bit. Overall, ⭐⭐⭐

This started out strong with a girl who is seemingly possessed by some type of demon after a visit to a family cabin. Turns out she's haunted by her own demons & needs to reconcile with the proverbial elephant in the room. 👎 It dragged on for far too long and I wasn't thrilled with the slap-bang wrap up. Creepy enough but I lost it along the way.

Happy October! I am for sure reading the top two books this month.(have already started one) Hoping to get through both bottom two as well. Looking for suggestions on which I should read first of those bottom two.

Book 157🎧 3.5⭐️

There is no delay in wildness with this book! We jump right in!👏🏻

On a “romantic” getaway, someone starts to talk to Fay in her sleep, someone familiar. But soon there is a lot more to worry about than just talking…

I also loved the end conversation about Indigenous peoples this author added. This is how you incorporate beliefs and cultures that you do not belong to👏🏻

July and August were battle of the horror books!

This was pretty creepy! I wasn't able to read this one at night after everyone was in bed (when I usually do a lot of my reading). Nope. Nope. NOPE. Solid monster novel. The ending was a bit convoluted, but overall worth the read.

I like the scary this month!

I loved this! I started it at night, and then had nightmares all night. Which is awesome, but I couldn‘t keep reading it at night! I needed non-nightmare sleep. So, imo, GREAT horror story!! Very creepy.

🌟🌟🌟 Seriously how do you tip the creeps that was the opening of this book! I don‘t scare easy, but I was pretty creeped out with the opening intro. Then sadly, the book sort of loses me a little as it goes. I mean it‘s super creepy it just went on too long and the reasoning and ending were weak. But I would recommend for that great opening !!

This was definitely creepy but it dragged for me in some spots. I liked the story a lot and it definitely scared me at parts, but I found it to be a bit repetitive in some points. Overall, I thought the idea was very good and it gave me nightmares already.

So I think I was way too hyped for this book. Everyone said it was amazing and best horror ever. And I felt super disappointed. The creepiness was on point but the actual story completely flopped. The first 100 pages was good but then it kept going.. and going.. and the ending I was like are you kidding me!?! 2.5/5

Okay, y‘all. This book? This is the first book I‘ve read in a long time that has actually creeped me out. Felix Blackwell caused me to be drawn into such a trance with this that there were times I forgot that I was just reading and not standing with his characters, hearing the sounds they did, seeing what they did. If you love good, creepy books, get this book. It‘s a super quick read but oh my gods. SO. GOOD.

This book has me absolutely enthralled right now!

Perfect way to start reading this is with the original Evil Dead on in the background.

Took ages to read this, I know. But in actuality I read it in two sittings because I was away visiting Scotland for the first time in two years and it was amazing to see family and explore some nature.

This is such an eerie, tense atmospheric read which is written very well.

The fear of the unknown has a continuous rhythm in this one and the author does not waste time with unnecessary descriptions and details.

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Total pages read 1,726.

Omg absolutely loved this. Such a creepy story. If you are a fan of horror novels give this a try. You might need to sleep with the lights on

Starting this tonight

Starting this this evening while staying in an isolated house in the woods. That shouldn‘t be a problem, right? 😂

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ https://suspensebookreviews.home.blog/2021/12/30/stolen-tongues-by-felix-blackwe...

A brilliant debut novel from a talented indie author. This novel follows a lovely couple on their vacation to a family cabin in the woods. Someone or something wants in & will stop at nothing to get what it wants, even if that means following them wherever they go. Filled with horror and gruesome scenes this one will leave you with a phobia into the dark.

This is barely a pick because it has some very creepy moments. Faye and Felix go spend a weekend at a cabin in Colorado where something starts talking to Faye during her sleepwalking episodes. This scene gets repeated too many times in this book over and over. Also, the horror comes from Native mythology. The author has a note in the back with the title A Word on Natives in Fiction which talks about how sensitive he wanted to be when writing 👇🏼

I cheated and opened my #Jolabokaflod package early. Missing is the bag of Reese‘s chocolate I left at home. You know, chocolate hands and the laundromat don‘t go together well. Lol But thank you so much @MeesesPieces for the package. I just read the prologue and holy crap I didn‘t want to turn my head after for fear of what might be there. Even though it‘s my usual laundromat and it‘s the light of day. Merry Christmas!

“Like I said,” she responded, “There are two halves that make me whole. One is the girl who grew up practicing our spiritual tradition, and who still feels a duty to uphold those beliefs. The other is the adult who experiences the world on its surface, who hasn‘t had a sense for the ‘supernatural‘ in decades. The believer and the atheist live inside of me together.” “I think it‘s like that for a lot of people,” Faye offered.

“They‘re gonna kill you,” she whispered-then licked my face.😧

I finally opened my #HauntedHollowSwap package! (Saturdays are for sleeping late at my house! 😂) I‘m so excited to get so many books off my tbr—especially Stolen Tongues (I was REALLY hoping that one was in the box, so yay)! Thanks for all the ghoulish goodies, @tdrosebud ! It‘s all great! And thanks, @wanderinglynn , for organizing—I look forward to this every year, and it never disappoints! 👻🧛🏻‍♀️🎃🤡🧟‍♀️👹
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Felix and Faye are an engaged couple. They go to the mountains for a weekend getaway at Faye's parent's cabin. Creepy things happen. Something is trying to possess Faye's soul and lure Felix to his death. I liked bringing in the Native American folk lore to the story. The descriptions of Faye's possessions were very visual. I could see this being a successful movie. The story was interesting but really didn't do much for me. 3.5 stars