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Thank you to NetGalley and Cemetery Dance Publication for my complimentary copy. I wouldn't hesitate to read more from this author, he definitely knows his way around keyboard, and I hope his future offerings give me the chills I'm looking for. So there are highlights, lowlights, and a little in-between. That's a big investment so the pay-off had better be stellar.Īnd the pay-off? It's pretty darn good considering.

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I personally think this book would have been much more successful at a 300 page count rather than 400+.

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While Tyson may have been struggling for words Fracassi suffers from no such ailment. One of my most common complaints is going to rear its ugly head yet again: this book is too long. I didn't get so much as a chill or a goosebump reading this. There are many ways you can show a characters descent into madness without resorting to that. Did this story really need a rape scene? No, it did not. Tyson went from a whiney slouch to a violent prick and neither version resonated with me as a reader. That being said I wish I had liked Tyson more right from the get go because I would have been a lot more invested in this story had I of been. Hey, I know what I signed up for after all. While this bothers me in almost every other genre I am much more forgiving in horror. Obviously if your reading a book about a possessed desk some suspension of disbelief has to be involved. Turning a once mild-mannered man into a monster of his own making. While the desk seems to be giving him everything he could ever ask for it's also taking from him the very essence of his being. As soon as he sits at the desk it's as if it's talking to him, becoming him, giving him the very ideas he needs for his next best-selling book. Tyson has never seen anything so beautiful. His lovely girlfriend, Sarah, has found the perfect gift for his 59th birthday: A new writing desk! An antique to be sure, high shine finish, engraved wood, intricate detailing make this a one of a kind showpiece and one that she hopes rekindles his writing spirit. He has a deadline looming, one his agent won't let him forget about, and the stress of it all is weighing on him. It appears his ideas and creativity have all but dried up. Tyson Parks was once a best selling author but nowadays not so much.

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