Synopsis:
Ariel Chylde is haunted by horrible
dreams, and on her eighteenth birthday sheds her skin as the nightmares emerge
to act out her deepest, darkest impulses.
But before Ariel can save her small
town from the terror of her dreams, she must first save herself from the sinister
secret of her subconscious.
A secret guarded by unspeakable
evil.
About
the author:
R.Queen is an accomplished comic
book creator, poet, fine artist, and writer.
In this, his first novel, Queen
brings a visual power and a lyrical sensibility to one girl’s struggle with
loss, identity, and nightmares beyond imagination. Shining a light into the
darkest depths of the heart to illuminate the courage of the human spirit. A
courage found only by facing the fears which dwell hungry and ancient within us
all.
More about: https://curiosityquills.com/books/darkchylde/
*Received
this books from the publisher and choose to review it honestly*
‘’Light is easy to love. Show me your darkness’’
First time diving into the horror
genre! I wasn’t even aware that I was doing it I must say! The synopsis (and
the cover!) had me from the moments my eyes fell on them!
It quite easily to fall into this
world, it’s quite similar to ours and so is Ariel, a girl hunted by nightmares
since the moment her mother killed herself. She’s someone who thinks
differently, she doesn’t laugh at other misery, she doesn’t like technology, so
people make fun of her.
‘’Ever close your eyes and wonder why, all that lives is born to die?’’
We follow mainly the story of Ariel
even though sometimes change to other characters’ points of view like Perry and
Jack.
This story is a tale about loss,
struggle, mind-illness and coming of age. Is a beautifully written tale of one’s
struggle to find the light in a path carved to be very dark.
Now to the things I think the
author should try to improve, even though his writing is fluid and not hard to follow,
he gets kind of confusing. I think he wants so much to transmit how confused
Ariel is feeling that he ends up confusing the reader. I found myself quite a
few time, confused about what happening. Also, the fighting/turning/racing
scenes, they are really well-done in the sense it could happen, there’s nothing
impossible there, but, I just didn’t feel them. They just kind of happened and
I got carry through it, more like a watcher than a participant.
‘’Some people just stand out, they’re not a whisper, they’re a shout.’’
That’s something to be improved,
you never feel like those characters, in fact, you feel very little towards
them. The romance, the despair, the rage, it’s supposed to make you feel
something and it just…doesn’t.
Those things aside, the story is so
good, so well planned and written that just sucks you in and you need to read ‘cause
you need to find out what’s going to happen!
‘’Rage, rage against the dying light, I will not go gentle into that good night’’
I will recommend this book to
anyone who is not afraid of being swallowed whole by the darkness.
Rating: 3.5/5
What do you think? Did you enjoy this book? Are you curious?
What do you think? Did you enjoy this book? Are you curious?
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