Troubled wasnt the word

Pretty decent read to be fair. Was really into this book. Its dark and, Well, Troubled lol. Have some blurbWhen twelve-year-old Freeman Mills arrives at Wendover, a group home for troubled children, it’s a chance for a fresh start. But second chances aren’t easy for Freeman, the victim of painful childhood experiments that gave him the ability to read other people’s minds.

Little does Freeman know that his transfer was made at the request of Dr. Richard Kracowski, whose research into the brain’s electrical properties is revealing new powers of the human mind. Kracowski is working for a secret society called the Trust, but also has his own agenda in exploring the nature of the soul. His experiments have an unexpected side effect, though. The electromagnetic fields used in his experiments are summoning the ghosts of the patients who died at Wendover back when it was a psychiatric ward.

Freeman simply wants to survive, take his medicine for manic depression, and deceive his counselors into believing he is happy. When he meets the anorexic Vicky, who may also be telepathic, he’s afraid some of his darkest secrets will be uncovered. But when the other children develop their own clairvoyant abilities, and insane spirits begin haunting the halls of Wendover, he can’t safely hide inside his own head anymore.

Meanwhile, the Trust is installing sophisticated equipment in the home’s basement, aggressively probing the threshold between life and death. And they’ve brought in another scientist who doesn’t share Dr. Kracowski’s reluctance to push the limits.

This scientist is a pioneer in ESP induction, and he performed most of his work on a very special subject: his son, Freeman Mills.
 Well as I said this is an interesting book. Really touches your heart and you want to reach out and help these kids yourself. Bit silly in places and drawn out where it doesn't need to be but hey I guess the author has to fill pages eh lol. 
   Kindle price is a bargain 0.70p woo hoo. Buy it if only for cheap reading material.

 Enjoy :) 

Coombs Wood

I was really quite impressed with this book. UNTIL I realised it was a tiny little rip off of Stephen Kings "Rose Madder. And I love Rose Madder. So I was compelled to carry on reading. However there were times when the story made me want to throw the most expensive thing I own against the wall. There is a woman and her son running away from a violent man. There is nothing given away about the violence until almost the end of the book. So they move to a remote little village run by Elves. (Sigh) Where they are told by all the villagers NOT to go into the woods. So obviously the silly cow does just that. Well in the woods lives Bodu, A nasty ferocious dog/bear/simple man eats people for fun. Have some Blurb:-Izzy Santana and her 13-year-old son Connor move into a Reading Council-provided flat in the sleepy village of Cedham. Locals darkly warn her to stay away from nearby Coombe’s Wood, hinting first at elves, then at multiple murders… which may or may not have taken place in the woods hundreds of years ago. It’s all ludicrously superstitious, and Izzy is so delighted to have found a haven for her son – after being threatened by her sadistic ex-partner George – that she takes little notice.

She meets a neighbour who seems kindly, if a trifle fey, and who takes a great interest in her son. Connor seems instantly comfortable with him. She begins to feel as if she is also falling under his spell. But Connor is bullied at school, and one night she finds herself tracking those bullies in the wood, where she believes they are waiting for him. She doesn’t find them, but something closes in on her – something that sounds like a savage animal. As she runs she realises she may have been set up – or Connor was – to be caught by whatever the animal was. She strengthens the barricades in her flat, no longer puts all the local tales about ‘danger in them woods’ down to superstition, and even begins to wonder about the way she was selected by the Reading Council officer to live in the village in the first place.

Then a slit rabbit turns up on her doorstep, along with a distinctive cigarette butt, and she knows George has found her. Desperately compassionate, her neighbour calls the police, who turn up next day, harumph the ceiling, and take the attitude: You’ve not been attacked, then, Miss? You haven’t actually seen him? Why, if your ex-lover has tracked you down, do you suppose he would he dump a rabbit at your door…? Her own question, more urgent, is: if George can get in the front door of the building, can he get into her flat?

What Izzy needs to do is protect Connor. She has already started to uncover the ancient secrets of the village, and now she works out the perfect way to get rid of George… for good.
 Yawn.......But as I read it I thought I would kindly bore all of you with it. 
 Its not all bad though as there is a little romance and Elf visits that no one seems to remember when its over. But seriously that is all the fun of the book. It didn't drag me into their world which is a must for me. I like to be able to see what people do in stories and smell what they smell. And this just didn't do it for me. But it might do it for you, You just never know do ya.
 Kindle price is 70p.


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Blood and Weddings :)

Absolutely fan-bloody-tastic. I was gutted when I finished these books, BUT, it looks like there may be more in the making (fingers crossed) Had me hooked from the first to the last. Amazingly written and it is like you just fall into Brands world. Have some blurb. Go on you know you wanna:-
 The Red Jewel is rediscovered and wielded in this, Book #5 of the series. Blood Magic reigns supreme, but who will attune the Red Jewel first? The elder races gather, unhappy with the upstart humans and their possession of powerful Jewels. Brand leads an army of the River Folk and the Wee Folk to the Black Mountains to answer the request of the Kindred for aid. There, atop Snowdon, a fantastic battle rages. The Great Gates of Snowdon are stormed in a new war that will not soon be forgotten.
Ooooooooo Niiiiiiccceee, And it was a bloody great battle as well. The end left a lot to be desired but this is what makes me think there may be more. And there were TWO count them TWO weddings, Girls love weddings. Even more than we love violence hahahahaha I'm joking of course haha. Or am I?
 But on a serious note, Simply divine story and I really do hope there will be more. Really didn't want the book to end and really took my time over it. Made me want to jump in the book and bash some bad guys myself haha, But its actually hard to tell who the bad guys are sometimes, But I am guessing that this is done on purpose. Keeps you guessing anyway. 
If anyone hears of more of these books coming out then PLEASE let me know. 

Enjoy :)