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Caitlin Hendrix is a young detective drawn into investigating a brutal, relentless serial killer, known as the Prophet, who had previously terrorised her city and destroyed her family twenty years previous. Following in the footsteps of her father, who was the lead investigator all those years ago, Caitlin is quickly sucked into the case, determined to be the one to decipher his sick twisted messages and bring an end to his killing spree. But will she become blinded by her obsession to do what her father couldn't and bring down the Prophet? "All Hope Abandon, Ye Who Enter Here" I received this ARC from Dutton books in exchange for an honest review. As a huge fan of Criminal Minds, serial killers and criminal profiling, this book was right up my street. With its short, snappy chapters, it's relatively easy to just breeze through, and the pace of the story is pretty consistent with twists and turns constantly happening. I found the main character Caitlin qui...

Finally - the box we've all been waiting for! Our Stephen King themed box. And it did not disappoint... We had been teased for so long with the alternate cover for King's latest release with Richard Chizmar, Gwendy's Button Box, and it is BEAUTIFUL. But first, here is the entirety of the box... Look at all the awesome! I thought I'd take a few closer-up photos of the contents within this amazing, well-thought out box. First, the beautiful Gwendy cover, designed by the awesome Justin Wisniewski, and the really cool coin that we got with it - a key component of the story. That little sign for Castle Rock just gets me so excited! Next up is the other book included within this box. A now out of print book by Peter Straub - who has written books with King before, of course. I have it on good authority from the guys at NRB that this is a great story - I'll have to get to it soon. It's also a beautiful edition, just from flicking through it. We a...

The first volume of the epic Lord of the Rings novel, The Fellowship of the Ring, basically focuses on the formation of the Fellowship - the group that will become responsible for the fate of the One Ring. After having been lost for centuries, the One Ring is passed from Bilbo Baggins to the young hobbit Frodo and as Ringbearer, the future of civilisation in Middle Earth rests upon his shoulders as he must travel to Mount Doom in order to destroy the ring in the fires in which it was forged. "The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." Reading The Lord of the Rings is like coming home. I came late to the Harry Potter series, I wasn't one of those children who grew up with Harry and co., so often people will ask me, "What were you doing when everyone else was dreaming of going to Hogwarts?" and I w...