Review: The Grave Digger

The Grave Digger by Rebecca Bischoff

Kindle Edition, 192 pages
Expected publication: October 29th, 2019 by Amberjack Publishing
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Reading The Grave Digger contributed to Fraterfest 2019 Readathon and SpooktasticReads 2019!

What I liked about Grave Digger is that it was written from a young boy's perspective living in 1875.
Honestly, the story dragged on more than I cared for but it was a pleasure to go back in time and relive the way things used to be before modernization and the automobile.

Grave Digger got confusing halfway through because it was hard to keep up with all the characters.

The book read like a Nancy Drew mystery or Murder She wrote. Cap was determined to find answers to what was going on in his town but keeping everything a secret was a mistake. There was nobody he could talk too, unfortunately. He should have gone to the police sooner IMO.

A young boy and his father worked for a man called Lum aka Columbus Jones digging up graves but to Cap's dismay, the dead body comes back to life. For all Cap knew they needed the money and the body was someone who had a wife! It must have been awkward to try and explain how someone believed to be dead and buried came back to life after Cap touched it. Who would believe it? You had to have been there.

I was disappointed along with Cap when his power to resurrect the dead was not a possibility but simply science. Doctors quickly defeated that notion. Ho-hum.

Goodreads Summary: 

In 1875 Ohio, twelve-year-old Cap Cooper is an aspiring inventor—and a reluctant graverobber—enlisted by his father to help pay for his mother’s medical expenses. When one of the dead returns to life at his touch, Cap unearths a world of dark secrets that someone at the local medical school wants to keep buried. On the brink of discovery, he’ll have to use every ounce of cunning he has to protect those he loves most and save his own skin. The Grave Digger is an eerie mystery set in the aftermath of the Civil War, filled with action, friendship, and a hint of the paranormal, perfect for those who enjoy reading late into the night and long after the lights go out.

Update on It Read-along

I'm not going to continue to read the book, I have decided because there are certain topics I don't agree with.

I've heard, the book hints to an orgy.

Did Beverly Marsh make all the Losers Club have sex with her?

Did Pennywise make her do it? 

Really?!!! 

Stephen King also tends to discriminate and/or make fun of certain types of people. I mean, for example, Karen Carpenter having anorexia. In Mr. Mercedes she was made fun of and I thought it was very rude and disrespectful to talk about her that way. I'm also sick of bullying. That shit needs to stop! So does domestic violence. It's awful and it triggers those who have been abused and have seen children get slammed up against a wall and thrown across the room! Just like Richard Macklin with his two stepsons Eddie Corcoran and Dorsey.
Jeez, Louise how can you write about it and not be affected? So Stephen King, what makes you any different than Macklin or Henry Bowers and the insanely fucked murdering monsters you write about?  Hate and horror are definitely two peas in the same pod.
I've given Stephen King a fair trial because I've read many of his books. I've also come to realize that the author may not understand women all that much nor can he do romance well. Just saying.

Sharpest Sting (Elemental Assassin #18) by Jennifer Estep

Sharpest Sting by Jennifer Estep

Kindle Edition
Expected publication: October 8th, 2019
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

**Thanks to Jennifer Estep for providing me with an E-arc in exchange for a review 

Gin Blanco is relentless and is determined to avenge the man responsible for killing her father Tristan and her foster father Fletcher. Mason fucking Mitchell is head of a secret society known as The Circle but when she uncovers the truth about a family member she feels the sharpest sting.

Pictured on the front cover is Gin in her bridesmaid dress at the wedding of her friends Stuart Mosley and Mallory Parker.

About the author

Jennifer Estep is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author, prowling the streets of her imagination in search of her next fantasy idea. She is the author of The Elemental Assassin Series, Crown of Shards series, The Mythos Academy original and spinoff series, The Black Blade series and the Bigtime series. 

For more information on Jennifer and her books, visit her website at www.jenniferestep.com. You can also follow her on Facebook, Goodreads, BookBub, and Twitter and sign up for her newsletter.

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The Savior (The Black Dagger Brotherhood #17) by J.R.Ward

The Savior by J.R. Ward

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Savior progressed slowly following Dr. Sarah Watkins, a biomedical research scientist. However, when it came to the ex-brother Murhder, I could not get enough! I couldn't put the book down. His name is stereotypical of the Old World warriors like Wrath, Tohrment, Vicious, Rhage, you get the point.

Murhder loses his mind after being tortured in a Symphath colony and is no longer accepted as a member of the Brotherhood. It is a long story but Xhex used to be his lover. He is the only one who has ever been kicked out of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. We learn later that he was grossly misunderstood and wrongly judged. He spent 20 years in isolation because of it. From reading the book I didn't get the impression he was crazy only the sense of anger and mistrust from the BDB towards him, which I didn't think was right. They weren't very nice to him especially Tohr and V. The only one who believed Murhder should come back and fight as a brother again was John Matthew who Murhder incidentally thought was Darius. I guess they always had a close relationship. I am so happy that everything turned out for both of them.

Back to the story...
Murhder is on a mission to save a female vampire and locate and return her son who was taken away from her. Meanwhile, her son Natelum is being tested in a human lab. He is also on the verge of transitioning to an adult vampire and will die if he doesn't get the proper treatment from a chosen.

Dr. Sarah Watkins is appalled over the secrets and torture treatments being done in the biomedical firm. After her fiancee dies unexpectedly, she sneaks into the facility and is determined to take the young boy away from there. She is the first to rescue him before Murhder John and Xhex unexpectedly arrive to save the day.

Sarah just gets swept away down a rabbit hole.

When one thing leads to another, doing the right thing means that Murhder has to wipe Sarah's memories of everything she knows about the Vampire world, even if it means losing her. As an independent male and free from the rules of the BDB, he asserts himself on occasion but I am still not convinced he is crazy cause he doesn't act it. He seems like he has his shit together when it comes to Sarah Watkins. I guess she brings out the good in him *shrugs

Her acceptance of the existence of vampires makes her job easier and she quickly assumes her role as a doctor and works with Manny, Ehlena and Dr. Jane to help them find a cure for a blood anomaly. When John Matthew is bitten by a dark shadow thing, her research prompts her to test out a new theory that might help save him from dying. Murhder volunteers to try it first. It works!

Nate has successfully transitioned but his role is not defined fully so he is swept under the rug until further notice :p

I am extremely satisfied with reading about my favourite vampires in The Savior.

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