I absolutely loved reading this little horror story by the talented author Darcy Coates. Her books are simply amazing spine chilling, spooky, creepy, I absolutely loved reading this little horror story by the talented author Darcy Coates. Her books are simply amazing spine chilling, spooky, creepy, gothic stories. I have been wanting to read this story for a long time but it wasn’t in paperback form until her newest book ghost camera which tells the tale of another one of Darcy’s novellas but it is also a collection of her works as welll, it contains this story and ones like Cathedral which I was extremely excited about. I definitely recommend reading any of her books.
Six friends are hanging out on an isolated beach for the summer Amon, Brin, Josh, Sarah, Drew and Reese. There’s a lighthouse that has a chilling history to it, decades before a woman named cami Allan was murdered whilst running towards the lighthouse. Josh and Amon convince their girlfriends too let them give piggybacks while they race each other to the light house. But Reese and drew decide to stay on the beach. Sarah Josh’s girlfriend notices that while the boys are running they keeping saying the number one repeatedly and then a strange ghoulish figured of a bloodied woman chases after them what started off as a twisted prank has turned into something truly terrifying. They race desperately to the lighthouse and get safely inside. But the guys are forced to tell the truth when Brin tries to return to their other friends. That the legend was that if you race on the beach to the lighthouse repeating the number one to mimic like how cami Allan was murdered her spirit chases you but if she catches you you die like she did. They truly didn’t believe it was real and are horrified that is true the other part is once you reach the lighthouse you must stay until dawn. Brian doesn’t believe this abd is about to leave until screams if terror and pain erupt from outside Reese and drew changed their minds about testing the legend but Reese wasn’t quick enough and was caught and killed....more
Another amazing story by the talented author Darcy Coates. I absolutely adore her books the dark, creepy, spooky, spine chilling, gothic little horrorAnother amazing story by the talented author Darcy Coates. I absolutely adore her books the dark, creepy, spooky, spine chilling, gothic little horror stories and this story was no exception. I have been wanting to read this book for ages but it wasn’t available in paperback form until now and in the collections book of Ghost Camera. This story was so creepy it gave me chills reading it. I loved it.
Keith and Tam are driving back home and have spent most of the day driving, they discover a large church looking building In the middle of nowhere and decide to take a break and go exploring. They realise that it’s a cathedral. Tam is uneasy by the sight of so many cars out the front but absolute silence inside the cathedral. Keith and Tam get separated. She discovers a creepy statue in the front of the congregation of very realistic stone statues of people sitting in the pews. She soon discovers Keith sitting on a pew and has been turned to stone when she meets the eyes of the statue at the front she too feels herself turning into stone. ...more
Another fantastic gruesome horror by the talented Darcy Coates. I absolutely loved reading this book the gruesome murders and the horrific nature of tAnother fantastic gruesome horror by the talented Darcy Coates. I absolutely loved reading this book the gruesome murders and the horrific nature of the monster was chilling I loved it. I loved the characters of Abby, Hope, Rhys, Riya, Connor and Jen. I loved the strong bonds of friendship throughout the book as they work together to keep each other safe and defeat the monster. This book was highly entertaining and enjoyable book to read. If you’re a lover of horror you should definitely check this book out as well as any of Darcy Coates books. I loved the illustrations of the spine chilling legend of the stitcher.
Doubtful Illinois is a very strange town, it is home to a murderous creature called the stitcher who takes people kills them dismembers them and stitches bodies together in red thread leaving them to be found in a gruesome art display. Abby, her younger sister Hope, her friends Rhys, Rita and Connor survive living in town by following the rules don’t travel alone, lock your doors and windows, don’t go out after dark and knowledge is safety, the friend’s experience nightmares, gruesomely disfigured animals and technology not working as signs when the stitcher is about to attack. The stitcher has been killing for a very long time rumours that the stitcher is a supernatural creature or a creepy local Charles Vickers who always seems to find the bodies and everyone in town even the police fear him. Jen is a new girl in town and her father is cop recently transferred to town meets Abby and her friends who warn her about the stitcher and the rules but she doesn’t believe them but she herself witnesses disturbing things in her new town. Rhys lost his parents abs younger brother to the stitcher and Abby and hope lost their father to it. Despite following the rules Abby’s younger sister Hope is taken by the stitcher determined to get her back enlists her friends help, Rhys and Abby checkout Vickers place for her sister but no avail. Jen finally begins believing them after learning hope is missing. Abby and Rhys learn from his grandmother there’s a survivor of the stitcher still alive they visit her Bridgette who points them to the mines but they can’t access it. Two days her sister is missing watches one of hopes viral videos and sees Vickers watching her sister. Rhys and Abby search abandoned homes for entrances to no avail they go back to Bridgette who gives them the name of the cop who helped her once Nicholas who tells them that the stitcher was a man once a miner named Silas but was killed in a mining collapse and his mother Florence used red thread to stitch him back together and placed him in the mines where men began disappearing Florence herself was found dismembered and stitched by red thread Charles vicker is Silas last living descendant. The police know about the stitcher and tried to stop it but failed so they gave up and let it do its own thing. There’s a entrance to the mines in Vickers house Abby and Rhys go exploring the mines looking for hope in the stitchers lair, they find her severed arm and are captured, Rhys is cut before Hope scares it off with fire they try to escape and meet up with Connor, Riya and Jen they light it on fire, the stitcher dying kills Vickers. The changes in the town are immediate technology works perfectly, the air doesn’t have that unpleasant tense feeling again and hope is back home with her sister, Abby and Rhys share a kiss. ...more
Book four of the graves keeper series by the talented author Darcy Coates. I absolutely loved reading this book. I loved that Harry’s character playedBook four of the graves keeper series by the talented author Darcy Coates. I absolutely loved reading this book. I loved that Harry’s character played a bigger part of the gang with Keira, Zoe and Mason. I loved the fact that we finally get much needed answers about Keira’s past and the shady corporation Artec. This book was highly enjoyable book to read. I cannot wait to read the next book for the final showdown between Keira and Artec. I definitely recommend reading any book by Darcy Coates.
It’s been three weeks since the previous book where Keira learnt that Artec corporation is using trapped human souls as a source of energy. Keira and her friends Zoe and Mason have been researching the company learning that they’re are other cemeteries with trapped souls and trying to come up with a plan. Zoe’s mother passes away from her illness and they’re horrified to learn that she had a burial plan with artefacts they go after the van with Zoe’s mothers body Keira sneaks on and frees her spirit and learns that serve has a rune to trap souls to bodies. Keira, Zoe and mason find a lead on artec and harry joins them on their roadtrip to the five suns amusement park and a nearby hotel. They’re are so many spirits. They get some assistance with Zoe’s informant fish face. They learn the hotel is the headquarters and sneak inside into the archives Keira finds an office with trapped shades and a file with her name she learns her parents are dead and she meets the guy who runs the artec corporation Schaefer. Who tells her that her parents Vivienne and Michael Collins were also founders of artec and scientists but because her mother hid her pregnancy when she was working with the spiritual experiments that’s how Keira was born with her gift to see spirits. Her parents learning she was pregnant they left artec and they learned of her when she was twelve years old he killed her parents and they are the trapped shades in the room, he tries to kill her but daisy her cat shows up and helps her by merging with her Keira gains her memories back and uses her powers to escape with her friends. She tells her friends everything that she went to stay with her great aunt after her parents were killed and when her great aunt died she lived like a normad moving from Hotels, hostels, shared apartments keeping hidden from artec but she went after them after learning what they were doing and trying to stop them she destroyed one of their plants and daisy a stray cat was caught in the crossfire they merged and saved each other the guards were chasing her when she fell and lost her memories. Keira asks mason out for dinner sometime before she goes off to destroy an artec power plant but Gavin kresley a killer from blithy has been following her for days trying to get an opportunity to kill her because she knows his secret he dies in the explosion that destroys the plant freeing the spirits and five sins and the surrounding areas including her parents. Keira and her friends head back home, mason gets rid of his car but Gavin’s body will be tracked to blithe and Keira knows they will come for her now harder than before because she destroyed one of their main power grids. Zoe mother has a beautiful funeral. Keira helps another ghost get closure and shared a kiss with mason. ...more
Another fantastic novel by the talented storyteller Darcy Coates this time in a spine chilling thriller set in the cold snowy Rocky Mountains. I absolAnother fantastic novel by the talented storyteller Darcy Coates this time in a spine chilling thriller set in the cold snowy Rocky Mountains. I absolutely loved reading this book I loved all the twists and turns throughout the book, I loved how it kept you guessing who the killer was right up until to the shocking reveal. The story was well thought out and written. I loved the string atmosphere of isolation, distrust and suspicion throughout the book it was riveting I highly enjoyed this book it was highly entertaining and enjoyable book to read I highly recommend reading this book especially if you’re a lover of a good murder mystery this book is definitely for you.
Crista and her boyfriend Kieran are on a private tour to the isolated Blackstone Alpine Lodge in the Rocky Mountains for two weeks. They’re also with tour guide Brian, trucker Steve and his wife Miri, ex dispatcher Blake, dj Hutch, ex army Simone, crime blogger Alexis, mechanic Denny and his son Grayson. However on the way a storm blows in and Crista and Keiran are separated Crista stumbles into a cabin where the others have taken shelter her hand damaged by frostbite however Keiran isn’t there she and a few others try to search for him to no avail and the storm rages outside but that’s not the only trouble they have Brian goes missing until they find his body with his severed head in a tree, causing distrust and suspicion to arise in the group especially when they realise no call for help was made and they have no phone service the bus engine has been sabotaged trapping them, Miri is the next to be found dead her severed head in the tree too, everyone’s belongings are searched and the the atmosphere is tense with distrust and suspicion half the group decide to stay in the cabin Grayson, Alexis, Blake and Steve whilst the others try to look for help Simone, Denny, hutch, Crista they discover Keiran’s headless body on the road they return to the cabin Alexis informs Crista that Grayson suspects his father Denny of killing his mother who died in a car accident thanks to bad breaks despite his father regularly working on the car. Grayson is the next to be found dead his body hanging headless whilst his head is impaled in the tree with the others. Crista is haunted by a car accident she was involved in two years prior when a nineteen year old Liam on a rainy night was trying to overtake her she didn’t let him and he drove off the bridge to avoid an oncoming truck and ended up drowning he had been in a fight with his girlfriend that night. She’s blamed herself ever since Alexis admits to Crista she knew there was a murderer here because she had been investigating her sister Janet death’s which was made to look like a suicide and the killer invited her on this trip she tells Crista this because of the frostbite damage to her hand makes it impossible for her to be the killer, when a power outage sees Alexis attacked but still alive and the gruesome discover of the cabins owners in the shed they try to make a call and then learn they all have a connection to the accident two years prior Steve and Miri in the truck, Blake was the dispatcher who hung up on Liam thinking it was a joke that cost her career, Hutch was a witness at the accident, Simone rescue worker, Denny the mechanic for trucks like Steve’s they realise they all have a connection and that the motive for the killer is revenge but still don’t know who did it until Simone is caught killing Steve they keep her separated and find Alexis missing journal which she recorded everyone leaving and coming despite the killer being caught Crista still is paranoid reads the journal realises that both Alexis and Simone believe Steve to be the killer which is why she went after him Crista goes to talk to her only to find she too has been beheaded, back at the cabin hutch attacked by ax badly wounded Denny turns up with the axe attacks Crista who runs from him finds Blake’s severed body and runs to the blackstone lodge calls for help Denny chases her until his head is cut off and Keiran is revealed to be alive it was Brian’s body wearing his clothes they found, he’s the killer Denny thought she was the killer, Keiran is Liam’s brother and he had been planning revenge on everyone who had a part in his brothers death for over a year and half now, because of his brothers death which lead to his father killing himself and his mother having a breakdown, Janet Alexis sister was Liam’s girlfriend the one he had a fight with the night he died, he killed her and attacked Alexis because she wouldn’t let her sisters death go, he accidentally killed Denny’s wife because she was in his car, Brian and Grayson collateral damage, Blake the dispatcher who hung up on his brother, Steve the truck driver, Denny who failed to see the break failures in the truck, hutch who gave up searching for his brother he admits she was his biggest target he followed her and planned his introduction to her, faked his death to cause her the most suffering while he was sheltered at the lodge the whole time Traveling back and forth to the Kennedy cabin to sabotage them he planned to kill them at the lodge but accepted the happy accident of them ending up at the Kennedy cabin. He admits he went after Blake and hutch when Denny went looking for her and discovered Simone’s body now he plans to kill her too she tricks him and stabs him in the chest and they fight she slits his throat but he’s still alive, she hears the helicopter of rescue and heads out hoping that hutch and Alexis can still be saved. ...more
Book three of the magnificent grave keeper series by the talented gothic horror author Darcy Coates. I loved reading this book I loved the fact that wBook three of the magnificent grave keeper series by the talented gothic horror author Darcy Coates. I loved reading this book I loved the fact that we got some answers on who and why Keira is being hunted and the reason Mason left medical school. I love the characters of Keira, Mason, Zoe and Adage and of course little Daisy whom I am very curious about. This book was highly entertaining and enjoyable book to read, a fantastic addition to this great series I can’t wait to read the next book. I definitely recommend reading this series and any book by Darcy Coates if you love gothic horror books like me.
Keira is cleaning up the mess left behind with the cottage fire when she’s surprised to receive a letter from Dane Crispin the grandson of the the man who murdered Emma Carthage whom Keira helped move on in book one. Zoe and Mason also receive invitations and are deeply curious and wary about going considering when Keira last trespassed on the property he shot at her. Zoe tells them about a lead she has on those hunting Keira thanks to the logo symbol turns out it belongs to an energy company called Artec. Zoe, Keira and Mason go to the crispin estate where the reclusive man hasn’t had guests in decades, Keira senses negative spiritual energy in the estate, during an uncomfortable dinner Dane returns her scarf which leads to a misunderstanding that is rectified he tells her the dinner was an apology and to ask a favour because he’s friends with Harry the florist son also the one who gave him the skull in the previous book knows about her abilities and needs help and she’s horrified by what she sees several spirits feeding off of his energy no wonder he’s always bitter and exhausted together they Identify the spirits all members of his family over thirty of them, she tries to remove them but they’re too strong they don’t want to move on, content in causing suffering, they invite Dane to stay in her cottage to him away from them but she’s horrified to discover the spirits arent tethered to the house they’re tethered to Dane so he returns home, Keira practices her powers with Solomon a spirit in the cemetery desperate to help Dane because she’s afraid for him, the three friends find strange symbol under her bed made by daisy. Zoe researches it and finds the same symbols in the woods of a town called Tarrow eight hours away not far from Masons old school, he finally comes clean to them about why he left school, he wanted to become a doctor to help people but when he started classes he changed and became competitive for top student and feels horribly guilty because he heard a distressed noise and instead of investigating it was to focused on getting to class on time and a fellow student Evan was found stabbed to death where he heard the noise felt guilt since then. They go on the road trip they visit the woods she’s been there before free the symbols that help store energy, then she visits his school where the death occurred no spirit but has a vision of the killer no surprise it’s Gavin the town psycho, afterwards they visit Evans grave Keira horrified to learn the cemetery is the headquarters of Artec and soon learns why they are after her the cemetery filled with shades chained to their graves including Evan, they flee after being chased by Artec men who recognise her. They hide in motel Artec is harvesting souls turning them into shades that’s why they’re after her because she can see what they’re doing, she goes back to the cemetery and follows cables attached to the chains the company is using spiritual energy as a renewable energy source, she touches the cables and gets a large dose of energy overcharged they head back to Danes estate where she cleans out all the spirits before introducing Dane to his only decent relative in the cemetery Josephine the Victorian woman who helped Keira in the last book. Keira has to think of something to deal with Gavin killing people and the Artec company and freeing those shades it’s only a matter of time before they find her....more
Another fantastic gothic horror story by the talented storyteller Darcy Coates. I loved reading Gallows Hills, I loved the twists and turns throughoutAnother fantastic gothic horror story by the talented storyteller Darcy Coates. I loved reading Gallows Hills, I loved the twists and turns throughout the story, I loved the pace of the story I enjoyed the characters of Margot, Kant, Andrew, Ray and Nora, and Witchety. I loved the story of dark family secrets revealed in this book. This book is highly entertaining and enjoyable book to read I highly recommend reading this book, or any book by Darcy Coates her gothic supernatural horror books are fantastic works of art.
Margot returns to her childhood hometown of Leafell to attend her parents funeral she hasn’t seen them since she was eight years old when they sent her away to live with her fathers mother and never contacted her again. She hopes to get some answers and say her goodbyes but is surprised to learn she’s inherited the family’s highly successful winery and family estate of gallows hill. She meets Kant who worked with her parents for nearly 30 years and he shows her the house and tells her about the business that has twelve full time staff concerned whether they will have jobs she agrees to give it a month to see what she wants to do with it. She’s hurt to discover that all the photographs with her in them have been torn out, Kant tells her that her parents were hard workers but everyday year on sep 7 her birthday her mother spent the day crying. The house unnerves her and strange things happen the old service bells ring, movement in the shadows, sees dead corpses, the next day nooses are hanging on the porch, Kant tells that they’ve appeared over the years she learns that gallows hill was land used to hang criminals that were caught stealing food for their families and other such crimes hung on an oak tree until they stopped the practice the land was bought in 1771 by Ezra Hull who created the winery he crafted barrels out of the old oak tree, she’s a descendant of the younger brother Elphraim. She meets the crew and all the corners of the business Nora tells her more about the history of the hill family Ezra as the eldest son inherited all of his fathers money which he used to by the land and created the winery, his younger brother Elphraim was jealous of this and caused a rift between the brothers that only grew worse as Ezra’s business flourished making his family wealthy and Elphraim more jealous because he was struggling his way through life with ten children, Ezra his wife Louisa and their four children sons Jermaiah, Giles and their daughters Constance and Ester went missing, the police searched the property but found no bodies everyone suspected Elphraim but no evidence he inherited the business and make it prosper further. However his family seemed cursed out of his ten children only three survived the others died in accidents machinery malfunctions, drownings, stampede by horse and even Elphraim died by falling into a wine vat and drowned. Believes the land to be cursed she finds a journal in the attic and another corpse creature. That night another dead creature attacks her and she tries to escape by jumping out of a window sprains ankle broken arm, sees dead ones coming out from the ground rescued by Kant and Andrew who reveal the truth about the curse she can’t leave it won’t let her that’s why she experienced the migraines that didn’t fade until she got back to gallows hill when she went shopping, learns Kant has a prosthetic leg, they tell her about what they know about the curse, that they come out at night and stays until dawn when the bells ring turn off the lights stay quiet and keep moving to avoid the dead ones or she’ll be attacked that’s what happened when she was a child curious about the dead things a family that plays at night wanted to play with them but they attacked her that’s how she got the scars to keep her safe her parents sent her away, her parents graves are vandalised their bodies missing. That night she tries to avoid the dead ones but so many attack her she sees her parents in the same dead state but they don’t attack her Kant ends up losing an eye, ray is wounded. She finished reading the journal belonging to Ezra youngest daughter Esther about her uncle Elphraim and his six sons killing her and her family with an axe, she hopes his crimes are exposed one day the purpose of the journal Margot suspects that the curse didn’t start with the criminals being hung but when the hull family murdered while the descendants of their killers prospered through the winery business, the reason the curse being so more aggressive is because tonight it’s the 250th anniversary of their murders and that more may be needed to break the curse, she decides to find their bodies, that night she goes into the tunnels and is attacked by the dead ones she apologised to them for their wrongful deaths and they let her go leading her to wine chamber where the oak barrels Ezra created breaks them open to see the missing six hull family members preserved in the wine that her descendants knew about but never said anything because they weren’t willing to tell the truth and lose their wealth, the police are called and Kant chooses to stay and help her get the truth out about what happened and Create a memorial for the hanged victims to give them the acknowledgement they deserve. ...more
Another chilling story by the talented storyteller Darcy Coates. This book is definitely different from her usual ghost haunted houses and cemetery’s Another chilling story by the talented storyteller Darcy Coates. This book is definitely different from her usual ghost haunted houses and cemetery’s but this book is just as amazing as her other books. I really enjoyed reading this deep sea adventure it was fantastic and loved it I definitely recommend reading this book.
Cove Waimarie and her crew Sean Rov wrangler, Roy camera/ audio/ lights guy, Aidan the chef/ assistant, Hettie marine biologist, Vanna diving specialist are on board the skipjack owned by historian Devereux on the Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland to film and explore the missing shipwreck of the ocean liner Acadia that disappeared nearly a hundred years ago no one knows what happened only that something happened on the routine voyage that lead them to be over three hundred miles off course before sinking. They’re doing a documentary for Vivitech productions and need at least twelve hours of footage to meet their end of the contract or they want get paid, Cove desperately needs this to be a success because she had to file bankruptcy when her father got sick and passed away. The last contact the Arcadia had was a cryptic distress message about they are in the walls. Although coves group has had some hiccups getting here, with Sean’s Rovs that were supposed to check out the wreck aren’t working making their time even shorter since they have to dive and be down there to get the twelve hours of footage. The first dive All but Sean and devereux go diving, they’re the first team to see the Arcadia shipwreck and are excited to get answers on the mystery of the shipwreck, while they’re diving sean is paranoid that someone sabotaged his robots so they would have to dive themselves he suspects Roy and searches the others belongings looking for evidence however he mistakes the bunks and finds a journal of Vanna’s with disturbing notes on death and drowning and becomes concerned that she is going to hurt the others, on the dive they see all the doors open in the hallways, they swear they see movements creepy messages on the walls in the dining hall they find a well preserved body and return to the surface hettie explains because of the location there’s low oxygen for humans natural bacteria to decompose only a slight decomposition but not enough for bodies to rot. Meanwhile throughout the book it goes back to 1928 the last week and half leading up to the ship sinking and tells of the crews experience, weird sounds in the walls, a mummified body found behind a wall, the deteriorating mentality of the crew and passengers from people milling themselves to burrowing disease digging holes in the ship and hiding in them until dying, paranoia runs amuck and the captain kills a crew member. Sean goes to cove with his concerns of vanna. Cove talks to vanna and learns that it’s a journal her therapist told her to write to deal with the recent death of her girlfriend who drowned while they were in underwater caves and drowned she keeps her secret and defends Vanna to Sean who is frustrated. On the second dive someone has cut vannas dive line and they separate into teams to cover my ground and footage Cove, Roy and Aidan on one team Hettie and Vanna on the other more chilling messages found written Hettie finds bodies strapped to beds and unties one and sees the body move causing her to have a seizure they rush her back to the surface. Sean publicly blames vanna accusing her of hurting hettie and blurts out Coves bankruptcy secret. On the third and what is to be the final dive all the bodies truly come alive and try to stop them from leaving Vanna and Aidan, and Roy and Cove fight their ways off the ship although deverux gets Aidan to get something from the hold he saw on the footage earlier before the attacks happen they all manage to get out and use spare tanks for air. They realise the creatures were hibernating by the lack of the oxygen and the recent dives have introduce enough oxygen that woke them, they don’t want them to leave on the ship, they make it to the surface and when cove discovers he ignored her safety rules by going to the lower areas to the holding to get a fabric sample with Pt inscribed on it he storms off after asking if they saw any jewellery on him. Devereux and hey tie explains that the Arcadia was shipping some fabrics from a company Prescott tiles that had a major scandal that the fabric they made thinner and softer also caused mass suicides and paranoia and hallucinations in the workers who made the product and strongly believe that this heavily contributed to the Arcadia crew and passengers going insane hettie also believes that the mummified body needed the fear that the fabric caused in the residents to harm them. They realise that Aidan is missing Devereux tells them he’s gone looking for the ring he had on a chain in secret that he was planning to ask his girlfriend Penny to marry him, they see equipment and a dry suit is missing so Roy, Vanna and Cove dive again to save him, Sean apologises to Vanna for his behaviour that since his rovs being sabotaged he’s been paranoid Roy speaks up and tells him he removed the chips in the rovs because he wanted to dive the three days to explore and not through a camera screen and tells him where he put the missing chips. While down their they find Aidan and realise the creatures are afraid of the lights and Sean gets the rov online and saves them from the ship. They all make it back to the surface. They discuss they can’t let anyone see the footage of the bodies coming alive because people will come exploring which is exactly what the ship wants more oxygen. Sean and Devereux edit the footage and luckily with the rov footage they scrape by the twelve hours of footage to keep their contract, they swear not to tell about what really happened here, five months later the documentary is about to be revealed they petitioned the government to make the Arcadia shipwreck a grave site banning all diving to the wreck because of bodies on board and the living relatives of the families involved with this wreck. Aidan messages them cheerfully that he proposed to his girlfriend Penny and she said yes. Cove is looking forward to living her life one day at a time. ...more
This was a fantastic book to read. Darcy has done it again with this wonderful gothic haunting book. It it looks like your typical haunted house book This was a fantastic book to read. Darcy has done it again with this wonderful gothic haunting book. It it looks like your typical haunted house book but with an amazing twist. I absolutely loved reading this book, let’s be real here I haven’t found a book by Darcy Coates that I haven’t loved, I love the supernatural horror genre that is her speciality and this book is certainly no different.
This book starts off with Leigh who has lived in her home for over a decade peacefully in her quiet suburban home but one day things change. Items and furniture are not quiet where she placed them, curtains are opening themselves, the radio turns on itself, and of course the terrifying dark figure that lurks outside her bedroom at night watching. But she soon learns the terrifying truth, the dark figure the intruder she refers to often is actually an old lady named Sarah who happens to have a gift of seeing dead people. That’s right Leigh learns from her and her estranged sister Meg that she went missing over a year ago and a Sarah is the new owner of her home. She doesn’t remember what happened but wants to give her answers so she can get her closure with the help of Sarah they grow closer as friends and start revealing about their families it turns out that Leigh’s home was actually Sarah’s family home when she was just a child, where her younger sister Ruth disappeared in now Leigh has vanished in the home as well with the exception of her spirit together they uncover the shocking truth that Sarah’s brother Peter has been secretly living under the house and killed Leigh because he was desperate not to be found but needed food, he killed her with her own kitchen knife and hid her body under the house where he was still living, he was going to kill Sarah but Leigh using her spirit power stopped and scared him to death allowing their bodies to be discovered but she chooses to stay after her body was found and her sister got her closure because she wants to stay with her friend the only one she’s ever really had. I definitely recommend reading this book it was entertaining and enjoyable to read I can’t wait to read more from her in the future ...more
Book two of the graveskeeper series by the amazing Darcy Coates she is an amazingly talented storyteller. I absolutely love her books I have yet to fiBook two of the graveskeeper series by the amazing Darcy Coates she is an amazingly talented storyteller. I absolutely love her books I have yet to find one I haven’t loved reading. Darcy has a unique style of writing and I love the gothic settings throughout her books. I absolutely loved the first book in this series the whispering dead and was thrilled to read this book. I can’t wait for the next instalment in the series the twisted dead. I definitely recommend reading this book, this series, hell any books by Darcy Coates you won’t be disappointed. I love the gothic horror books and Darcy specialises in them. I loved reading this book because Zoe and Mason got to learn her ghost abilities secret, and more if her abilities came to light. However still many questions remain unknown like who the people are that are hunting her, why there was so few spirits at the hospital and most importantly what’s up with Daisy her cat is she magical there is definitely something more to that cat who appears whenever she’s in danger and when Keira disappears she does and when she appears so does Daisy, how does Daisy get in and out of homes and cabins when all the windows and doors are shut hopefully more will be explained in the next book.
Following the events of the previous book only days have passed, Keira is still recovering from her knife wounds inflicted by Gavin the son of the local doctor. She’s now the grave keeper of Blighty cemetery. Thanks to her psychic abilities she can see and communicate with the spirits of the dead that reside in the cemetery. She wants to help use her gifts to help move the spirits on to the next life. Only pastor Adage knows her secret, she’s afraid of how her new friends Mason and Zoe will react to her gift. Keira has helped move on the spirit of Emma in the previous book, now she’s determined to help the spirit of a man with no face move on. She goes to the library and researched old newspapers for information. She visits Polly’s florist and buys some flowers for the neglected graves. She explored deeper in the woods and came across something terrifying a malevolent spectre a shade that attacked her and drained some of her energy. Daisy her mysterious black kitten comes to her rescue and leads her to Masons house who treats her wounds. The next day while having coffee with Mason and Zoe they confront her and ask her if she sees ghosts to which she tells them she does and they accept her as she is. With their help she believes the shade is the twisted spirit of Gerald Barge a serial killer that once lived in Blightly, after his death his grace was broken into by teenagers who stole and lost his skull. Keira starts learning more about her abilities when a friend of the pastor passes away and he takes her to the hospital in the neighbouring town to see if his spirit is passed on, it hasn’t not because it had unfinished business something was stopping it, so she reached inside and unknotted them connection allowing the spirit to pass on, she feels absolute dread at the hospital a fear she needs to leave as soon as possible before being found, this is compacted by the facts there is so few spirits in the hospital where death occurs everyday, she’s lead by a spirit to a van with a logo she recognises as bad and the driver with peeling skin recognises her and chases after and a search for goes on for days she spends two days hiding in the mountains from the masked men and their large dogs. She makes back to her cabin, but the shade has made itself home their seeking and devouring the other spirits for their power she must find a way to stop it. Keira, Mason and Zoe visit Gerald’s killing cabin and find a box of mementos that he stole from the women he murdered after luring them in a dating ad. She finds a photograph of a son and mother the son wearing the same clothes as the faceless ghost Adrian and Maria Holcombe. They plan to return Gerald skull in hopes of moving him on they go to Harry the gothic son of Polly the florist because he has the human skull he got off of Crispin. They return the skull but it doesn’t change anything the shade is a monster and Keira with the help and energy of Harry, Mason and Zoe defeat it. She goes to give the faceless man closure because he died after confronting the man who killed his mother. However shocking twist the shade wasn’t Gerald it was Adrian who sought vengeance for his mother but died before he could his anger and rage twisted him into a malevolent spirit, the faceless man bearing a scar that Gerald had is Gerald their bodies were dressed in the wrong clothes and he didn’t remember who he is hence the faceless appearance. She unknots his connection to earth and allows his spirit to move on. The person responsible for leaving threatening notes and lighting her cabin on fire is doctor Kelsey Gavin’s father whom told his father that she knows about him killing and was trying to scare her away, but the spirits defend her and frighten him away. ...more
Another fantastic book by Darcy Coates, love her style of storytelling the gothic vibes she weaves in her stories are absolutely brilliant and this boAnother fantastic book by Darcy Coates, love her style of storytelling the gothic vibes she weaves in her stories are absolutely brilliant and this book is no different. Keira wakes up in the woods being hunted she can only remember her name nothing else, during a stormy night she seeks shelter with a pastor in a cemetery who helps hide her from the man chasing her with a gun. Adage helps her by letting her stay at the grave keepers cottage. She gradually gets used to the town of Blighty and it’s residents medical student Mason and eccentric Zoe become her friends but she learns new things about herself she has supernatural abilities she can see ghosts, has empathetic imprint abilities there are dozens of spirits in the graveyard but one In particular Emma is seeking help, with the help of her friends Keira discovers the grim past of Blighty and soon discovers that Emma had a baby with Frank and was looking for her baby’s spirit when Keira tells her the body was found but her spirit had moved on so did Emma. I loved the fact that once Adage who knew Emma and Frank found out that Keira could see her spirit and was trying to help her move on offered her to stay at the cottage for a wage to help the spirits move on to the next life. I loved the characters in the book the kind pastor Adage, the kind and mysterious Mason, the conspiracy theorist Zoe, I feel like Harry is an interesting character that we may learn more about In the later books maybe with a bigger role, Gavin the town bully and thanks to Keira’s imprint abilities saw his dark secret of killing a man, and I like the fact there is still the mystery of Keira’s origins and who are the people hunting her. I can’t wait to read more of this series to find out what happens next. I definitely want to find out more about Keira’s mysterious black cat Daisy who may not be a normal cat, I loved the cat character I thought it was cute. I loved this book I highly recommend reading this book and any other Darcy Coates books are definitely worth reading as well I love the gothic, creepy, haunted places and cemetery vibes she is known for in her books....more
The thrilling and final instalment the conclusion to the black winter series. Picking up from the previous book Clare and Dorran have left the EvandalThe thrilling and final instalment the conclusion to the black winter series. Picking up from the previous book Clare and Dorran have left the Evandale compound the scientists now with the code can create a cure, Clare and Dorran make their way back to Winterbourne Manor but it's not an easy journey back home still facing the dangers of the Hollows, but humans can be just as deadly as the hollows. They discover a bigger and more dangerous Hollow that feeds on other hollows. When they get back home they soon discovers it's not the safe haven they thought hollows have taken over the manor and Dorran's mother Madeline is still alive and looking for revenge. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as they wait the days countdown until the code is activated to wipe the hollows out. But a suprise twist is that there is a rogue hollow that's killing the other hollows almost protecting Clare and Dorran when Clare is seconds away from death she is saved by an unexpected ally, her sister Beth more mutated monster than human has been watching over them and killing any threats to them so there is stills some Beth still inside. I loved the fact that after the code activated Dorran was treating Beth's wounds and hoping her survival. I liked the ending of this book with Dorran and Clare creating a new home together in New Climate and were reunited with Owen and Beth it was a beautiful ending to the series with a tone of hope for the future. I have immensely enjoyed reading this series and will Definitely re read this series in the future I highly recommend Reading this series or any books by Darcy Coates she is a very talented writer and knows how to set the mood in her books. ...more
Book three of the awesome black winter series. Following the events in the previous book Clare and Dorran have been reunited with Clare's sister Beth Book three of the awesome black winter series. Following the events in the previous book Clare and Dorran have been reunited with Clare's sister Beth but Dorran's health is deteriorating since Ezra's experimental cure has had side affects, if that isn't bad enough Beth is different from the sister Clare knew sure with the world vastly different from before, and surviving is an issue but there's something more with her sister as they embark on the journey to take the USB with the code to end the hollows to a science lab in Evandale. But it's a dangerous journey not only from the dangers of hollows, but from unexpected source. Beth has a dark secret she's infected and slowly becoming a hollow. I loved reading about the struggles between these sisters and Beth struggling to stay human, it was sad but understandable that they departed so Clare would be Safe from Beth and despite Beth lying about where Evandale is Clare and Dorran make it there. I loved the new characters introduced st Evandale, Unathi, Johann, Niall, West and Becca. Niall medically treats Dorran through blood transfusions containing nanobites. I loved reading about this group of characters grow closer through fighting together against a hoard of Hollows, Becca starts working on the code and may have discovered a way to defeat the hollows. The ending of the book was great, with Dorran and Clare headed back to Winterbourne Manor, while the others begin working on their plan to end the hollows. I absolutely loved read this book, I felt transported to this dangerous and dark apocalyptic world where everyday is a struggle to survive. I do wonder if Beth will make an appearance in the next and final book in this awesome series, definitely looking forward to seeing how this series ends I. The next book....more
following the events in the previous book, Clare and Dorran finally receive contact from Clare's elder sister Bethany. Clare and Dorran struggle to mafollowing the events in the previous book, Clare and Dorran finally receive contact from Clare's elder sister Bethany. Clare and Dorran struggle to make Winterbourne Hall safe from the ravenous hollows. mutated people who feed on the living. Bethany is safe at her bunker but she is trapped and running out of air. Clare faces the impossible task of trying to get to her sister. with all those monstrous hollow ones out there or choose to listen to her sister die. either way she wont be alone with Dorran by her side she makes her decision. along the way to rescue Bethany, they find answers to what has happened with the world. that the stillness was a man made science experiment that has gone awry explaining the horrible disfigurements of the hollows is actually the cause of healing nanites have gone wrong causing horrible mutations, disfigurements with multiple growths and appendages growing on the hollows bodies that during the active cycle of the nanites anyone that was out in the open or in heavily populated areas became infected and depending on their blood types varies the level of mutations on how much humanity and intelligence they can retain. I loved the ending of the book when we finally found out if Bethany was okay or not. I loved the fact that Clare and Dorran made a stop to Clare's aunt farm and found out how she turned out. this book was fantastic read. I enjoyed discovering the answers to what happened and what caused the world wide crisis known as the Stillness thanks to a demented scientist named Ezra. I love the characters of Clare and Dorran together they make a great pairing. this book is beautifully written you can feel the struggle of surviving in this crisis, the stuggle to find food, the struggle, to keep their home safe from threats, the struggle against the hollows. its a excellent paced novel to read. I cant wait to find out what happens in the next book in the series....more
Another classic gothic tale by the talented Darcy Coates. This book focuses on a woman named Clare who was on her way to her aunt Marnie to pick her uAnother classic gothic tale by the talented Darcy Coates. This book focuses on a woman named Clare who was on her way to her aunt Marnie to pick her up and travel to her older sister Bethany's bunker to stay safe as something strange has happened and the world has changed forever on her way she gets in a car accident and wakes up in a strange place injured and disoriented she can't remember much. She meets the handsome but odd Dorran, who tells her she's at his family estate Winterbourne Hall. A gothic isolated mansion in the middle of the woods. Clare is recovering but struggles to trust Dorran as her memory slowly fragments regains her memory she isn't sure if he saved her or if he is keeping her there. She wants to contact her sister Beth and leave but due to the vicious snowstorm she's unable to leave so she has to wait out the storm with Dorran. She doesn't like Winterbourne Hall she keeps hearing creaks and doors closing and seeing grisly visions of mangled people but Dorran tells her repeatedly that it's just the two of them there. The secrets unfold about the dark past of Winterbourne Hall and even worse discovery of the outside world. Something horrible has happened there have been towns and Cities that have been turned into quiet zones meaning no phones, no wifi, and people haven't been heard from in these zones, only that these zones are spreading and something has happened to these people in these zones that have turned them into hungry monsters including Dorrans mother who was on the road when she was attacked and Turned. This quiet zone explains the bizarre weather that they're experiencing at Winterbourne Hall. I loved reading this book it was fantastic I loved the eerie gothic isolated mansion and woods atom. I loved the old world gentleman character of Dorran. I can't wait to read the rest of the series a definite must read ...more
The thrilling conclusion to this amazing Sci-fi series finds a group willing to go up against the parasites in hope of humanity survival it's been weeThe thrilling conclusion to this amazing Sci-fi series finds a group willing to go up against the parasites in hope of humanity survival it's been weeks since the first attack has occurred and as time has passed more and more stations have gone silent with no contact lots of missing persons and some confirmed dead the situation is very dire that central commandeers a team to go and do recon. Humanity has fallen.
It's a phrase everyone thinks, but no one dares speak.
Barely two weeks following the Cymic Parasite invasion, Central's carefully orchestrated system of stations and communication networks is obliterated. Some estimates say more than a third of humanity is dead, and those who survive are counting the hours until the invasion arrives on their doorstep.
Mitzi is a disgraced ex-military officer. In this new, desperate world, her dishonourable discharge is no longer a black mark against her employment, and she's managed to get a commission for one last job.
Her mission is to attack a planet overrun by Cymics and detonate a fuel reservoir in an effort to kill them. If she fails, Central loses a vital communications centre, and its last retaliation efforts will collapse.
It's a crazy, desperate, reckless plan... just the kind Mitzi likes. The absolute thrilling conclusion to the series. One thing I have enjoyed reading in these books are everyone's different struggles during this crisis , the fates of different characters and the individual characters development through these attacks have been well written and I will definitely re read this series in the future ...more
The next instalment of the cymic parasite series sees another group of scientists fighting for their lives against the parasitic alien life forms. MarThe next instalment of the cymic parasite series sees another group of scientists fighting for their lives against the parasitic alien life forms. Maren's career isn't doing so great. She was trained as a defence technician - a specialised fighter commissioned to protect stations - but the only job she could get was as a maintenance worker on Station 334. She's not complaining, though. Not too much, anyway. She's made friends on the communications outpost, and the job isn't without thrills.
But there are whispers of something terrible and deadly creeping closer...
Gin, Maren's friend and 334's communications lead, has been receiving an exceptionally high number of emergency help requests from remote stations. Their governing body, Central, has lost contact with the response teams it sent. And a single frantic sound bite suggests humanity's situation is far more dire than anyone thought.
Maren's defence training might prove useful after all.
Especially when the threat turns up at their station but the parasite life form isn't the only threat Maree has to survive against and try to save herself her closest friend Gon and her male superior and love interest I love the fact with these books the endings are always different but fit into the flow of the series ...more
Another awesome installment inthe station series in this book we have another new set of characters Kala never wanted to be a hero. She was a junior sAnother awesome installment inthe station series in this book we have another new set of characters Kala never wanted to be a hero. She was a junior scientist studying under the highly-respected Commander Stanos when her station was attacked.
The threat is unlike anything Kala could have imagined: the aliens are fast, overwhelmingly strong and pathologically intent on killing any human they encounter. Worse, they have a flawless disguise. Once they kill a human, the aliens absorb its body and assume its skin.
But Kala thinks she's discovered their weakness. Fire is the weakness humans can use against them. And her knowledge might be humanity's only hope. She just has to survive long enough to escape and spread the word. This was another fantastic addition to the amazing sci fi series ...more
A wonderful sequel to station 331 in this we see a three person team Charles, Jay and Robin respond to a station in trouble they find two dead bodies A wonderful sequel to station 331 in this we see a three person team Charles, Jay and Robin respond to a station in trouble they find two dead bodies the third is missing something is very wrong and nothing is what it seems what seems to be a standard mission quickly turns to hell as they soon discover a deadly foe a thrilling story that you can read independently or in the station series a very enjoyable read ...more
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