Hello, hello!! We can’t believe it’s the end of september already!! It has been a very busy month! We had lots of new blog updates and many promotional tours as we are slowly catching up to our arcs on netgalley. It’s a process for sure but we are getting better, we can only read so fast after all! Today in preparation for spook-october we bring you a compilation of some very, very creepy reads. Do read trigger warnings before picking any of these up please! The Cover Recommends: Scary and Creepy Books The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell Synopsis When Elsie married handsome young heir Rupert Bainbridge, she believed she was destined for a life of luxury. But pregnant and widowed just weeks after their wedding, with her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie has only her late husband’s awkward cousin for company–or so she thinks. Inside her new home lies a locked door, beyond which is a painted wooden figure—a silent companion—that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself. The residents of the estate are terrified of the figure, but Elsie tries to shrug this off as simple superstition—that is until she notices the figure’s eyes following her.A Victorian ghost story that evokes a most unsettling kind of fear, The Silent Companions is a tale that creeps its way through the consciousness in ways you least expect—much like the companions themselves. Hex (Robert Grim #1) by Thomas Olde Heuvelt Synopsis Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay ’til death. Whoever settles, never leaves.Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children’s bed for nights on end. …
