Book Review: The Halloweeners by John Hennessy

by Rouge

Four children are all dressed up and ready for Halloween. There’s Kirsty, the witch. Craig the vampire. Then there’s Nula, the ghost, and Toby, who’s co-ordinating things whilst dressed as a zombie. They couldn’t just be a ragtag bunch of stereotypes though, so Toby christened them the Halloweeners.Craig was new to it, though the others had celebrated Halloween before, many times before. Most of the people in the street knew the children and were happy to take their part in trick or treating. One particular house owner isn’t so friendly, though it’s fair to say the occupant has been expecting them, and intends to offer the group a special kind of welcome. He’s been expecting them to knock on the door. He’s been planning their visit for a while. In fact, he’s been waiting for this all year….

Book Review: UnCommon Origins: A Collection of Gods, Monsters, Nature, and Science

by Rouge

UnCommon Origins presents 22 depictions of moments on the precipice, beginnings both beautiful and tragic. Fantastical stories of Creation, Feral Children, Gods and Goddesses (both holy and horrific), and possibilities you never dared imagine come to life. Including stories from some of the most talented Speculative Fiction and Magical Realism authors around, UnCommon Origins will revisit the oldest questions in the universe:
Where did we come from? and What comes next?

Review: Rukhsat The Departure

by Rouge

Twenty six stories flow – some into each other, some crossing one another and few charting their own path. Each breathe independently and fade away after reflecting on their own existence. Each story explore an independent emotion leaving you to make our own conclusion.

COVER REVEAL : ALL OF ME by Jonali Karmakar

by Rouge

Join us in the cover reveal of ALL OF ME by Jonali Karmakar

Book Review: Zenova 20 – Finest Assortment of 20 Short Stories by Reetwika Banerjee

by Rouge

‘Zenova’ is a non-dictionary word, which signifies author’s creative expansion at the same time injecting a pinch of curiosity among the readers. The word has been innovatively coined by conjugating couple of cantos from different lingos. ‘Zen’ in Japanese implies ‘Good and Improved’ while ‘Nova’ in Latin connotes ‘Fresh’; so ‘Zenova 20’ means a collection of 20 new stories which are not only fresh, but
also improved in the way cited by the critics of author’s debut title ‘Fantastic 40’.

Book Review: Second Heart: ‘First Heart Beats for Love, Second Heart Beats for Life by Sandeep H. Huilgol, Santosh Avvannavar

by Rouge

The book encompasses five different heart touching stories with simple narration to bring an awareness about the misconception about kidney (referred as Second Heart) issues among general public. These are partly based on true stories about individual experiences. The book attempts on non-technical handling of a technical issue through emotional stories.

Book Review: She: Ekla Cholo Re by Santosh Avvannavar, Shayan Haq

by Rouge

Set in the backdrop of 1990 Calcutta, She is a story about finding one’s own identity in spite of all odds. The story spins around the life of Kusum, a brave heart whose identity is often untitled and blurred; it does not belong anywhere, definitely not under the ‘he’ or ‘she’ bracket, thanks to our social conditioning. Will she be successful in her mission? Find out in She, an utterly absorbing read that derives inspiration from Tagore’s “Ekla Cholo Re” song, which urges everyone to move on despite the fear of abandonment from others. (official synopsis)

Book Review: Fantastic 40 – A Collection of 40 Micro Stories by Reetwika Banerjee

by Rouge

“Fantastic 40” is arguably one of India’s first assortment of English micro stories (shorter than a short story) which is an amalgamation of author’s figments of imagination based on fiction works depicted in the form of crispy narrations. It contains 40 stories encircling various moods of life including love, humour, trust, revenge, happiness, anguish, sarcasm, mystery, affection, sportsmanship, friendship, thrill, romance and forgiveness. Though all the events/characters depicted in the book are purely imaginary, yet readers can easily identify oneself with most of them. Target readers will mostly include the young readers – agewise or mindwise who enjoy reaching climaxes in a single breath. The language used being extremely crunchy, it will also attract anyone who enjoys witty puns and sweet love stories.

Book Review: Alex and the Wolpertinger- The Monster Inn by Koos Verkaik

by Rouge

Alex together with Shabby Tabby Chum, an old grey tomcat is on a trail send by the giant prince Ruff Rumble of Westland but it is not the easiest of journey as to survive you need the help of wolpertingers but they are said to give you troubles! Still, Alex made friends with a wolpertinger and together they traveled through the Downhills and had many wonder adventures

Book Review: Constricted (Flawed #1.1) by Becca J. Campbell

by Rouge

A short novella of the series flawless and elongating on the first book of the series, Empath, Constricted is the version of Logan where he is in turmoil over his feelings for Jade and trying to cope with his secrets

Book review: Unburied Past (Oakshade Manor, #1) by Larissa Ladd

by Rouge

Alexis has recently lost her job and to save her money she moves into a new apartment but as soon as she starts living there she experiences paranormal activities and midst them she gets clues about her missing mother. Suddenly there are a whole lot of secrets revolving around Alexis to unravel

Book Review: The Blood and the Raven (A Tale of Vampires, #2) by John Hennessy

by Rouge

A group of friends under the shadows of moon decides to tell each other the scariest of tales known to them but things does not go as anticipated as an ancient curse visits them. or is it really a curse?

Book Review: Murderous Little Darlings (A Tale of Vampires, #1) by John Hennessy

by Rouge

Three siblings who were orphaned on birth struggles with the fact that they are vampires and have to make certain choices ,even if it makes them turn against each other.

Wattpad Book review: Letters from Peyton

by Rouge

Life is not always bed of roses sometimes the thorns are what helps us see the beauty even in pain. Letters from Payton is a short story of a girl who is battling with cancer and during these ill fated days stumbles upon something really nice.

Book Review: Lucky Day by Barry Lyga (Jasper Dent #0.5)

by Rouge

Peaceful plains of Lobo’s Nod is disturbed by the disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of another. Lucky Day is the story of how G.william caught Billy Dent a notorious serial killer and father of Jasper Dent. Its a prequel to i hunt killers