The sea was a fair master ~ Calvin Demmer ☆ Review Request
** Disclaimer: I have received a copy of this book from the author for review purpose. This has in no way, shape or form affected my opinion on it **
My second short story collection i’ve read, which contains 23 stories of fiction – Mixing genres of fantasy, sci-fi, horror and crime. The topic of thoses stories also get mixed; murder, dead and loss, revenge, greed, hate, hope, survival and love.
currently available on amazon
My review;
4 / 5 stars — nice read, I liked it! Would however not reread.
✘ The final twist on thoses stories are really good! Mostly goes in a direction you were not expecting.
✘ “Yara” was a really sweet one, I liked it alot.
✘ “The revenche of the myth” was so appreciated as I had watched that horror movie before ! Even if it was a bit wierd to read a christmas related one in the middle of august, ahah.
I genuinely liked how much variety there was in that collection! Perfect for a book hangover, as the stories don’t really stay in the same “thought process” and don’t go in the same direction.
On some cases the ending could be foreseen, while some had the shock effect – which was really well done, i physically had put my hand over my mouth a few times upon realizing what some endings had meant. Tiny detail, though I don’t read horror, i would put it more into gore category; as it didn’t had that “i am scared” effect.