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Double Feature by Owen King (2014)

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Review by CJ

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Page count:
419 [including credits, acknowledgements and Welsey Latsch’s List of Seventy-Four Seventy-Five Things That Cause Unnecessary Fatigue]

Format:
Hardcover

ISBN:
978-1-4516-7689-1

Sam Dolan has a strained relationship with his father, b-grade movie star Booth Dolan, due to the countless betrayals and disappointments Booth has enacted upon both Sam and his beloved mother.

After his own life-changing experiences, Sam is forced to re-evaluate relationships, his outlook and what his life has become.

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That Risen Snow: A Scary Tale of Snow White and Zombies by Rob E. Boley (2014)

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Review by CJ

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Page count:
242 [excluding acknowledgments and about the author]

Format:
Kindle eBook

ASIN:
B00JH1WUF6

 

When Snow White’s Prince arrives to deliver true love’s kiss, things don’t exactly go according to plan. Instead of a happily ever after, Snow awakens to a hunger that only human (or dwarf) flesh will satisfy. Can the seven dwarfs and Snow’s Prince save her from what she has become or will they join her in the world of the undead?

That Risen Snow is the first book in The Scary Tales series.

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ZOO by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (2012)

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Review by CJ

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Page count:
395 pages

Format:
Paperback

ISBN:
978-1-846-05830-1

 

When the animals of the world start to behave out of character and make targeted attacks against humans, Jackson Oz takes notice. Oz is a biologist whose obsession with his discovery has cost him his PhD, relationships and at least part of his sanity.

Oz shares a profound experience involving lions and crocodiles with ecologist Chloe Tousignant. During this experience, Oz records indisputable evidence of the change in animal behaviour. Oz and Chloe must then work together to convince the government that the world is changing in ways humanity never expected.

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Witch Hunt by SM Reine (2014)

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Review by CJ

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Page count:
234 pages

Format:
Kindle ebook

ASIN:
B00I9IM9MW

 

Office of Preternatural Affairs Agent Cèsar Hawke wakes up after a night of drinking with a hangover and a dead waitress in his bathroom. Neither his agency or local law enforcement believe Cèsar is innocent and his own memory was compromised by alcohol. If he is to get out of this, Cèsar must team up with his partner Suzy and the necrocognitive Isobel to reveal what actually happened.

Witch Hunt is the first book in the Preternatural Affairs series.

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Asylum by Madeleine Roux (2013)

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asylum

Page count:
311

Format:
Paperback

ISBN:
978-0-00-753822-5

 

Dan Crawford is a 16-year-old outcast who is thrilled to escape to a college preparation summer program in New Hampshire. Upon arriving he befriends the artistic Abby and Jordan whose tongue is as sharp as his wits are quick.

When the trio discover that their dorm for the summer used to be an asylum, they start exploring forbidden areas. It’s while exploring these areas that each of them awaken insanities of their own. Can they band together to solve the mysteries posed by the asylum or will they succumb to its madness?

Asylum is the first novel in the Asylum series.

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