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A review by deblyn
Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror by John F.D. Taff
3.0
3.5
Thanks to #netgalley and #Nightfirepublishing for an ARC of this book. I am a big horror fan, but not such a big anthology fan. I am often left wanting with short stories. This was the case here. I enjoyed the stories, but for some, the endings didn’t satisfy me. Three and a half stars is not a bad rating, it just didn’t blow my mind.
One of my favorites was The Familiar’s Assistant. I have always loved vampire stories. The ending for this left me wanting so much more!! It seemed rather abrupt. This would’ve been a good novella. I want to know what happened!
PapaEye was also good. This had a folky horror vibe for me and I liked it. I found All the Things He Called Memories disturbing and creepy. Quarantined with someone you come to not trust….yikes! Like a pandemic isn’t stressful enough!
I liked The Attentionist but the ending fell flat.
A Life in Nightmares was very confusing and I had no idea what was going on.
Thanks to #netgalley and #Nightfirepublishing for an ARC of this book. I am a big horror fan, but not such a big anthology fan. I am often left wanting with short stories. This was the case here. I enjoyed the stories, but for some, the endings didn’t satisfy me. Three and a half stars is not a bad rating, it just didn’t blow my mind.
One of my favorites was The Familiar’s Assistant. I have always loved vampire stories. The ending for this left me wanting so much more!! It seemed rather abrupt. This would’ve been a good novella. I want to know what happened!
PapaEye was also good. This had a folky horror vibe for me and I liked it. I found All the Things He Called Memories disturbing and creepy. Quarantined with someone you come to not trust….yikes! Like a pandemic isn’t stressful enough!
I liked The Attentionist but the ending fell flat.
A Life in Nightmares was very confusing and I had no idea what was going on.