Tag Archives: Daphne Press

The Whispering Night

by Stephen | Leave a comment

Susan Dennard. Daphne Press. (352p) ISBN: 9781837840571
The Whispering Night

The Whispering Night

I’ve been so anticipating this finale for ages now, and it really didn’t disappoint.

Talking about waiting to the end to pack all that tension in and then let it all out in one big explosive huff! I raced through this book always on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what was coming next.

Again we follow Winnie in her search for her dad and the source of the Whisperer, but Jay and Erica’s reveals at the end of book two add so many complications to the simple equation of Winnie and her quest to return to the Luminaries.

Expect a couple of massive reveals, and a couple that were sort of sitting there in the background but were satisfying all the same.

As Winnie pushes on through the Nightmare Masquerade she peels back more and more secrets that she can’t reveal to anyone, her father’s machinations and planning are all around her, she discovers some truths all the while being manipulated by Dianas and hunted by the Tuesdays (again).

I really didn’t want this to end but was so desperate to find out how it ended, such an exciting read and a world that is ripe to revisit, as Hemlock Falls is not the only site of a sleeping spirit.

I received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Bottom Ko-Fi

Share this:

The Hunting Moon

by Stephen | Leave a comment

Susan Dennard. Daphne Press. (352p) ISBN: 9781837840137
The Hunting Moon

The Hunting Moon

The follow up to The Luminaries takes us into the darker shadows of Hemlock Falls and secrets come to light and where everything is not as it seems.

Winnie Wednesday returns as The Girl Who Jumped and/or The Girl Who Was Bitten, you choose but she likes neither of these as both have lots of unanswered questions which add to all the confusion and revelations at the end of The Luminaries.

We find out more about the relationship between the Luminaries and the Dianas, both groups and the spirits, and more secrets about the nightmares are revealed. Though this doesn’t make anything much clearer and adds to the growing pile of questions Winnie has.

Then there is the questions of Jay, troubled and hunky Jay, what dos Winnie feel and what does he feel, what secrets is he keeping?

The Hunting Moon takes the intrigue from The Luminaries and ramps it up all the while developing the relationships between the main players. This increase in the focus on relationships throws out lots of red herrings and possibilities whilst developing The Whisperer.

And that very last chapter left so many unanswered questions and possible answers for where Dad has been the past four years.

Another great read from Susan Denning and now waiting for the the third in the series to see where that takes us.

Bottom Ko-Fi

Share this:

The Luminaries

by Stephen | Leave a comment

Susan Dennard. Daphne Press. (288p) ISBN: 9781837840007
The Luminaries

The Luminaries

Another book I received from NetGalley at the end of last year, thinking I’d dip my toe back into Teen/YA once more.

This sees us following a secret society protecting the world from forest spirits nightmares! This intrigued me from the start and I was pulled into the world immediately.

It is also a wonderful invention that explains all the worlds different mythical creatures and why they appear at night, with each regions spirit developing their own nightmares as they grow older but all starting out with the same basic ones.

Each night sees a different branch of the family go into the forest to hunt the nightmares, one for each night and they are named after the night they hunt on, our main character is Winnie Wednesday, but she doesn’t hunt as her family are outcasts.

The story is a fast-paced and thrilling adventure with so many twists and turn going on that it is sometimes hard to follow, I’m sure there are plenty of red herrings peppering the story as I’m thinking a couple of things about possible directions for the story to go in the next books, but I bet some of those are false trails.

We have some of the usual tropes, outsider protagonist, broody handsome boy, popular beautiful girl. All used to be friends but were forced apart… this is done well though and is really lending to the feel of possibilities and false trails.

Overall a great two day read, absolutely loved the cover, watch out for ghost-deer in your travels and hope that book 2 comes sometime quickly.

Bottom Ko-Fi

Share this: