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Game Reviews

Review: 🎮 Control, ironically, cannot contain its explosively fantastical masterclass in both storytelling and third-person action 🎮

Jesse Faden experienced a horrific, unworldly event as a child, an event that led to the disappearance of all the adults in her hometown of Ordinary. Separated from her brother by a shadowy government agency, Jesse, now an adult, is guided by a mysterious force to The Oldest House, the current residence of the Federal Bureau of Control. Intent on finding out what happened to her brother, Jesse will have to contend with a house in disarray as a malevolent force known as The Hiss corrupts and spreads, aiming for a world that has no idea such a threat even exists. Continue reading Review: 🎮 Control, ironically, cannot contain its explosively fantastical masterclass in both storytelling and third-person action 🎮

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Book Reviews

Review: 📚 Wolfsong is a beautiful ballad in a smutty, supernatural coming-of-age fantasy 📚

Ox Matheson was twelve when his father taught him a lesson: Ox wasn’t worth anything and people would never understand him. Then he left.

Ox was sixteen when the energetic Bennett family moved in next door, harbouring a secret that would change him forever. For the family are shape-shifters, who can transform into wolves at will. Drawn to their magic, loyalty and enduring friendships, Ox feels a gulf between this extraordinary new world and the quiet life he’s known. He also finds an ally in Joe, the youngest Bennett boy. Joe is charming and handsome, but haunted by scars he cannot heal.

Ox was twenty-three when murder came to town, and tore a hole in his heart. Violence flared, tragedy split the pack and Joe left town, leaving Ox behind. Three years later, the boy is back. Except now he’s a man – and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them. Continue reading Review: 📚 Wolfsong is a beautiful ballad in a smutty, supernatural coming-of-age fantasy 📚

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Review: 📚 Death’s Shadow doesn’t slow down as it sets the bloody stage for an epic finale 📚

You can’t cheat death…

The apocalypse came and the world burned. But it wasn’t the end, and out of the destruction, new life has emerged. Bec is back to face the Demonata. After centuries of imprisonment, she’s more powerful than ever, but the demons no longer stand alone.

Something else has crawled out of the darkness with her. Lord Loss is no longer humanity’s greatest threat… Continue reading Review: 📚 Death’s Shadow doesn’t slow down as it sets the bloody stage for an epic finale 📚

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Review: 📚 The Hunting Party hits the bullseye for a devilishly dark drama 📚

NEW YEAR. OLD FRIENDS.

IT’S A PARTY TO DIE FOR…

New Year, the Loch Corrin Estate: in a remote hunting lodge, deep in the Scottish wilderness, old friends gather.

The beautiful one
The golden couple
The volatile one
The new parents
The quiet one
The city boy
The outsider

The victim.

Not an accident – a murder among friends. Continue reading Review: 📚 The Hunting Party hits the bullseye for a devilishly dark drama 📚

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