Book Review: XXX by Rayne Havok

Posted on 01/15/2025 by Lenn

55068805 This had been sitting on my TBR since 2022-ish and I finally decided to read it for Winterween 2025! For those of you who aren’t familiar with Winterween, it’s a readathon hosted by Gabbyreads on Youtube, so feel free to check her out for more details because another readathon similar to this will happen in the summertime as well!

Anyway, I’ve read another book from this author a couple of years back called Mukbang Princess and actually really liked it. It was a short but immensely weird book but the ending was so unexpected that I had to rate it 4 stars. So I’m really looking forward to read more of this author’s works.
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Book Review: Am I Beautiful? by Jon Athan

Posted on 08/02/2023 by Lenn

Title: Am I Beautiful?

Author: Jon Athan

Publication Date: February 15, 2021

Number of Pages: 298

Format: E-book

Publisher: Independent

Genre: Horror, Splatterpunk

Synopsis:

Adam Miller, a successful marketing manager at a travel agency, visits Tokyo, Japan on business. During his trip, he has a one-night stand with a young Japanese woman, Miki Someya. But Miki latches onto him. She follows him— stalks him —through the streets of Tokyo, professing her love and begging for his. Adam manages to avoid her, but he loses control of himself when she confronts him and threatens to follow him home to tell his wife about their affair. In a fit of drunken rage, Adam attacks her. He beats her black and blue, then he carves a smile on her face with a pair of shears.

Afraid and ashamed, he flees the country and escapes prosecution. But years later, when children start vanishing in his city and the only suspect is a woman with a scarred face, he suspects his past has followed him home… Inspired by a classic urban legend, Jon Athan, the author of Lovesick and Maneater , brings you a disturbing new vision of sadistic romance. This novel contains graphic content. Reader discretion is advised. Continue reading →

Book Review: Ritualistic Human Sacrifice by C.V. Hunt

Posted on 05/09/2023 by Lenn

Title: Ritualistic Human Sacrifice

Author: C.V. Hunt

Publication Date: October 15, 2015

Number of Pages: 208

Format: Ebook

Publisher: GrindHouse Press

Genre: Horror, Bizarro Fiction, Splatterpunk, Occult

Synopsis:

Nick Graves is a miserable man. Every day he comes home from his dream job to a stale marriage. On the day he finally summons the courage to tell his wife, Eve, he wants a divorce she has exciting news for him – she’s pregnant.

Nick is a spiteful man. He purchases his dream home in an ideal location far away from family, friends, and coworkers. It’s a life changing decision he’s chosen to make without Eve’s consultation.

Nick is a terrified man. He quickly realizes the residents of his new hometown are a bit eccentric. After a trip to the local doctor’s office Eve begins to behave strangely. And once Nick finds out what’s really going on he’ll never be able to look at Eve the same way. Continue reading →

Book Review: You’ve Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric Larocca

Posted on 03/30/2023 by Lenn

Title: You’ve Lost A Lot of Blood

Author: Eric Larocca

Publication Date: March 11, 2022

Number of Pages: 210

Format: E-book

Publisher: Independent

Genre: Splatterpunk, Horror, Extreme Horror

Synopsis:

A disturbing new vision of terror from the author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.

“Each precious thing I show you in this book is a holy relic from the night we both perished-the night when I combed you from my hair and watered the moon with your blood.

You’ve lost a lot of blood . . .”
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Book Review: Mukbang Princess by Rayne Havok

Posted on 03/15/2023 by Lenn

Title: Mukbang Princess

Author: Rayne Havok

Publication Date: March 15, 2021

Number of Pages: 10

Format: E-book

Publisher: Independent

Genre: Splatterpunk, Horror

Synopsis:

Hot pink, glitter, and stars! Mukbang Princess’ profile has gotten my attention.
“I have a once in a lifetime meal planned for you all, something that will delight all the fans of filth.”
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Book Review: Talia by Daniel J. Volpe

Posted on 03/14/2023 by Lenn

Title: Talia

Author: Daniel J. Volpe

Publication Date: April 25, 2021

Number of Pages: 211

Format: Kindle

Publisher: Independent

Genre: Splatterpunk, Horror

Synopsis:

In the early 1990s the rising popularity of the video cassette gave birth to a seedy, underground world of illicit pornography.
Talia, a Midwest dreamer, leaves home in search of fame under the blinding Broadway lights. But nothing could have prepared her for what she finds instead. Savage violence, bottomless depravity, and no way out.

Talia will unapologetically drag you into the foul underbelly of society. A sanity straining journey, full of hot bloodshed and betrayal.
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Book Review: XXX by Rayne Havok