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Violet Prynne
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Hey y'all, my name is Violet Prynne!
Welcome to my book loving world! I am an avid reader who loves all things horror, thriller, post-modern, classic, and occasionally science fiction and fantasy. Primarily, though, I read horror lit. Check out this channel for book reviews, unboxings, and monthly wrap-ups and hauls! I post every Monday, Thursday and sometimes Saturday and love to discuss books in my comment sections.
All of my opinions are 100% my own and I am never paid or persuaded to look another way. What I say online is what I truly believe about products or books. :)
Enjoy!
Welcome to my book loving world! I am an avid reader who loves all things horror, thriller, post-modern, classic, and occasionally science fiction and fantasy. Primarily, though, I read horror lit. Check out this channel for book reviews, unboxings, and monthly wrap-ups and hauls! I post every Monday, Thursday and sometimes Saturday and love to discuss books in my comment sections.
All of my opinions are 100% my own and I am never paid or persuaded to look another way. What I say online is what I truly believe about products or books. :)
Enjoy!
August 2024 Reading Wrap Up | Violet Prynne
What's up horror fiends and book lovers?
Today I'm so excited to share with you my August reading wrap up of 2024! As always, I read primarily horror and thriller books, so many of these books fall into those categories. I was able to get through five novels this month!
As always, my opinions are my own and just because I didn't like a book does not invalidate your opinions if you love it. I love discussing differing opinions on books, so feel free to chat with me in the comments below.
If you'd like to follow my reading journey, please follow me on Instagram @VioletPrynne and check out my reading statuses on GoodReads (www.goodreads.com/user/show/48138913-natasha-van-duser)
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Today I'm so excited to share with you my August reading wrap up of 2024! As always, I read primarily horror and thriller books, so many of these books fall into those categories. I was able to get through five novels this month!
As always, my opinions are my own and just because I didn't like a book does not invalidate your opinions if you love it. I love discussing differing opinions on books, so feel free to chat with me in the comments below.
If you'd like to follow my reading journey, please follow me on Instagram @VioletPrynne and check out my reading statuses on GoodReads (www.goodreads.com/user/show/48138913-natasha-van-duser)
My Pango Books Store: pangobooks.com/bookstore/violetprynne
Check out my merch: www.zazzle.com/store/violet_prynne
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Book Review: Gage Greenwood's On A Clear Day, You Can See Block Island | Violet Prynne
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What's up horror fiends and book lovers? Today I want to share with you my thoughts on Gage Greenwood's latest novel, On a Clear Day, You Can See Block Island! I tried to make this video as spoiler free as possible. These opinions are all my own, but feel free to discuss your own thoughts on this novel in the comments below! If you'd like to follow my reading journey, please follow me on Instag...
Book Review: Adam Cesare's Clown In A Cornfield 3: The Church Of Frendo | Violet Prynne
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What's up horror fiends and book lovers? Today I want to share with you my thoughts on Adam Cesare's latest novel, Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo! I tried to make the first half of this video as spoiler free as possible. There are spoilers noted towards the second half of the video. These opinions are all my own, but feel free to discuss your own thoughts on this novel in the comm...
Book Review: Josh Winning's Heads Will Roll | Violet Prynne
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What's up horror fiends and book lovers? Today I want to share with you my thoughts on Josh Winning's latest novel, Heads Will Roll! I tried to make the first half of this video as spoiler free as possible. There are spoilers noted towards the second half of the video. These opinions are all my own, but feel free to discuss your own thoughts on this novel in the comments below! If you'd like to...
Twisted Retreat Book Box Unboxing: August 2024 | Violet Prynne
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Hey horror fiends and book lovers! Today I am so excited to do another Twisted Retreat Book Box Unboxing! This box is for the August 2024 box and retails for $52 shipping/handling, which for me comes out to about $62 every month. I subscribed to this box back in September 2022 and pay for this box with my own money. All my opinions are entirely my own. If you're interested in subscribing, pleas...
Book Review: Kristopher Triana's The Old Lady | Violet Prynne
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What's up horror fiends and book lovers? Today I want to share with you my thoughts on Kristopher Triana's latest novel, The Old Lady! I tried to make this video as spoiler free as possible. These opinions are all my own, but feel free to discuss your own thoughts on this novel in the comments below! If you'd like to follow my reading journey, please follow me on Instagram @VioletPrynne and che...
Horror Books I Hate With High Ratings On Goodreads | Violet Prynne
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What's up horror fiends and book lovers? Today I wanted to share with you a bunch of one/two star horror novels that I greatly dislike that have fairly high ratings on Goodreads. Books are very subjective, so not everything works for everyone, but I was stunned to see that some of my least favorite novels of all time had very high ratings on Goodreads! For this video I define a high rating as a...
Horror Books I Love With Low Ratings On Goodreads | Violet Prynne
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What's up horror fiends and book lovers? Today I wanted to share with you a bunch of five star horror novels that I love that have low ratings on Goodreads. Books are very subjective, so not everything works for everyone, but I was stunned to see that some of my favorite novels of all time had lower than expected ratings! For this video I define a low rating as anything below a 3.7 average. As ...
Book Review: Riley Sager's Final Girls | Violet Prynne
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What's up horror fiends and book lovers? Today I want to share with you my thoughts on Riley Sager's debut novel, Final Girls! I tried to make the first half of this video as spoiler free as possible. There are spoilers noted towards the second half of the video. These opinions are all my own, but feel free to discuss your own thoughts on this novel in the comments below! If you'd like to follo...
Night Worms Book Box August 2024 Unboxing | Violet Prynne
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Hey horror fiends and book lovers! Today I am so excited to do another Night Worms Book Subscription Box Unboxing! This box is the August 2024 box and retails for $39.99 shipping/handling, which for me comes out to about $48.34 every month. I subscribed to this box back in April 2020 and pay for this box with my own money. All my opinions are entirely my own. If interested in subscribing to Nig...
July 2024 Reading Wrap Up | Violet Prynne
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What's up horror fiends and book lovers? Today I'm so excited to share with you my July reading wrap up of 2024! As always, I read primarily horror and thriller books, so many of these books fall into those categories. I was able to get through four novels this month! As always, my opinions are my own and just because I didn't like a book does not invalidate your opinions if you love it. I love...
Book Review: Kate Weston's You May Now K*ll The Bride | Violet Prynne
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What's up horror fiends and book lovers? Today I want to share with you my thoughts on Kate Weston's latest novel, You May Now K*ll The Bride! I tried to make this video as spoiler free as possible. These opinions are all my own, but feel free to discuss your own thoughts on this novel in the comments below! If you'd like to follow my reading journey, please follow me on Instagram @VioletPrynne...
Book Review: Stephen Graham Jones' The Angel of Indian Lake | Violet Prynne
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What's up horror fiends and book lovers? Today I want to share with you my thoughts on Stephen Graham Jones' novel, The Angel of Indian Lake! This is book 3 in The Indian Lake Trilogy and contains spoilers for the first two books. I tried to make the first half of this video as spoiler free as possible; however, there is a marked spoiler section around the halfway point of this video. These opi...
Twisted Retreat Book Box Unboxing: July 2024 | Violet Prynne
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Hey horror fiends and book lovers! Today I am so excited to do another Twisted Retreat Book Box Unboxing! This box is for the July 2024 box and retails for $52 shipping/handling, which for me comes out to about $62 every month. I subscribed to this box back in September 2022 and pay for this box with my own money. All my opinions are entirely my own. If you're interested in subscribing, please ...
Best and Worst Horror Books of 2024 So Far | Violet Prynne
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What's up horror fiends and book lovers? Today I wanted to share with you a follow up to my most anticipated books of 2024! Back in January I released a series of videos on my most anticipated horror/thriller book releases of the year, and now I've made a pretty good dent into reading them! Some were incredible, and some were quite the let down. So here's a mini breakdown on the 9 novels I've r...
Widow Obsession Goth Box Unboxing: Summer 2024 | Violet Prynne
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Widow Obsession Goth Box Unboxing: Summer 2024 | Violet Prynne
Book Review: Josh Malerman's Incidents Around The House | Violet Prynne
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Book Review: Josh Malerman's Daphne | Violet Prynne
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Book Review: Josh Malerman's Daphne | Violet Prynne
Widow Obsession Goth Box Unboxing: Spring 2024 | Violet Prynne
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Twisted Retreat Book Box Unboxing: June 2024 | Violet Prynne
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Night Worms Book Box July 2024 Unboxing | Violet Prynne
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My Favorite Psychological Thriller Novels | Violet Prynne
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My Favorite Psychological Thriller Novels | Violet Prynne
June 2024 Reading Wrap Up | Violet Prynne
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Book Review: Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie | Violet Prynne
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Most Anticipated Horror & Thriller Books of 2024 Part 4 | Violet Prynne
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Book Review: Riley Sager's Middle of the Night | Violet Prynne
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Book Review: Alan Baxter's Blood Covenant | Violet Prynne
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Top 5 Cult Novels in Horror | Violet Prynne
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Book Review: Tananarive Due's The Reformatory | Violet Prynne
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Night Worms Book Box June 2024 Unboxing | Violet Prynne
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Its an okay book. It's a slow burn until more than half way through and then it suddenly takes a turn into more action packed, yet as we reach the final chapters it begins to drag again. However, I went into this book on the blurb alone thinking it would be a creepy story at least, set around halloween which I thought would be perfect as halloween approaches. I thought that there would be more depth to the cunning man, but there just wasn't. Some characters were good I enjoyed Rick, Barbara, Tony and Julia but the rest of the characters for me were just meh. There were a few times throughout the book where you forget who is who or who is related to who / what connection they have with each other. Which is a pity and ultimately comes with a lot of chapter changes and characters in a short space of time. There was one death in particular that was a bit of a let down in the sense of its a shame that character died, the way that they did, as it was out if nowhere. I like the concept, but I think the ideas of the cunning man and the kids was a bit rushed the cunning man didn't really do much to be honest. I feel there was a spark missing from this book, though I can't quite place my finger on it. Overall its okay, it's not great. And did anyone else see a little typo of one of the characters in the last two pages? It made me laugh considering who the character was.
Great wrap up. Happy Autumn 🍁🧟🧛🦇👻💀🍁🍂🍄🎃☕📚
Gotta mention the first title in the first 60 seconds or I'm out.
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Honestly, this book sounds like a lot of fun lol I’ve been in the mood for something more light hearted… I may check it out! 😅
I’m waiting for you to tell me Clown in a Cornfield #8 is wonderful until I pick up any more than #1. 🤣🤣🤣 Block Island is next up on my list. 😊
❤❤❤❤❤ great review
What was that moment that scared you in the Reddening? Do you still remember? I just finished it yesterday and I loved it.
I was just wondering if you read Ghost Camera by Darcy Coates and what you thought about it
I grabbed this book after seeing your review of it. I'm about halfway through it & I absolutely love it so far. I bought a copy for my sister too because she's all about horror. I can't wait to see how it all comes together. Thanks for putting a review out for it
You should add THE VERMIN SLEEP to your fall TBR! I promise it’s worth your time! 🐀🔨🩸💀
Just finished…holy shit. Great review
Hi violet, just bought this book, can't wait to read ! Also bought Bunker Dogs and Mean Spirited, both by Gage Greenwood. They sound just as intriguing! Can't wait !!! ❤❤
Loved the review mate 😁👍
Dead of Winter was my first Darcy Coates book. I finished it today, and felt much the way you did. As soon as the first chapter came to an end I knew who the killer was, and all the misdirections just made it more concrete to me. If the rest of her novels are better I may give her a second try, but that book was a one star for me. Btw, it’s pronounced “Eye-Rah”
Just finished, loved it! Had a few holy shibby moments. It was a 4 star read for me.
I googled the lange blasse nebelwohner and nothing showed up. Do you have that link you found?
@@darrylhughes7797 I just put it into google translate! Which is how I got what it meant. Hope that helps!
One of my readers sent me this video and I can’t tell you how much it made my day. This is a great review and I’m so happy you caught a lot of the vibes and themes I was aiming for. And you even looked up the monster’s name meaning! You’re awesome. To answer your question on Angela and Chrissy’s age, I was going for a few things there. In the few chapters where ages are mentioned it mostly comes from Jackson’s narrative, and I intentionally got wonky with all the kid’s ages (including a little in the chapter where Jackson remembers the camping trip) because I wanted to show that even before he became who he was, he never really KNEW his children. So he kind of gets it wrong just a little bit. Also, I wanted the ages to be a little amorphous because these poor kids never really got to be kids anyway. I also tried to showcase this with the dialogue, where sometimes they talk above their ages and sometimes turn into almost toddlers in their thinking. In one example, Angela makes a comment about kids her age should just be talking about vaping, which is kind of something an older person would say about “kids these days.” I wanted to show that she’s completely out of touch with her own age group because she’s never really had the chance to be one. Anyway, this review is just so amazing and it made my day. Thanks for your review. You absolutely rock.
@@GageGreenwoodWrites that makes so much sense!!! Thank you for explaining that. And thanks for watching! I absolutely ADORED this novel and cannot wait to read more from you. This book was so well written and just so beautifully devastating. Definitely one of my favorite reads of the year by far!
@@violetprynne my short story collection dropped yesterday. If you’d like a free ebook of it, just send me an email and I’ll send you an epub and pdf.
Greetings from Poland!
This sounds terrific! Definitely adding to my TBR. 🙌
I'm so happy to hear you liked this so much! It was a 5-star read for me too, one of my favorite reading experiences of the year so far. The characters are just amazing, flawed and damaged and wonderful. And, like you say, I loved how no one is safe and just how relentless the story felt. And yet, it never got too heavy. Such a well crafted book, I'm so happy I found it.
@@mariewesterlind It was so amazing!! I’m so glad Twisted Retreat included it in their box, otherwise I don’t know if I would have ever come across it. Definitely a top 5 read for me so far this year 🤗
❤❤❤❤❤ love this
@@user-cy1bt8qu7z thank you!!
3 stars. You’re so generous
Easily a one star for me.
Question! Don’t know if anyone can answer this, I was looking at twisted retreat subscription and noticed they had an option just to get the books, are the books in this subscription the same books as the box? As far as the designs?
@@blaine418 I believe they are the exact same books!
@@violetprynne Thank you Violet! :)
Thanks for the review. I had stayed away from the first one because it was marketed as YA. But given your thoughts on it, I may have to reconsider. I'm 100% with you on authors' inserting themselves in their work and giving us their social or political commentary. That's what essays, editorial pieces, or blog articles are for. I prefer my horror devoid of that. Unfortunately, I'm finding that to be less and less the case, especially with releases coming from the US.
I highly recommend the first one. It's very campy and fun, but also very much a slasher. I truly have no idea why it's marketed as YA.
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I loved your review! I just finished it, and it was so good and well written. I did experience a roller coaster of emotions as well. Five star read for me, too.
Thanks for watching! So glad you loved the book, too!
I agree with book 2 (not read 3 yet). Series can be hard going. The only trilogy I've enjoyed in the last few years was the Mina and the Undead trilogy (after seeing your review of book 1). Slayers was my favorite, and Cult was a really good ending. I think with it being set in the 90's it avoids all of the politics of today.
The Mina books are so fun! I always have such a hard time with series. The only one that has been consistent so far for me is Darcy Coates' Gravekeeper series. I could read those all day.
Do you use a noise canceling mic? I have the same issue with sirens and my ac when I’m streaming on twitch. The noise canceling mic is a game changer
I do not, but I will be looking into one! Thanks!
Your reviews of Book #3 from both of those series reinforces my belief that sometimes a good book does not need a sequel or series. I loved the first Clown in a Cornfield and My Heart is a Chainsaw and probably won’t continue either series. Thank you for once again saving me precious hours of reading time. Have a wonderful vacation!
Thanks for watching! I actually have a whole video coming out soon ranting about this exact topic. Sometimes one book is just fine to tell a great story with. They don't all need to be franchised.
@@violetprynne that will be a good one, I look forward to it! I wonder if it’s more the publishing houses and agents who push for the series or sequels because they see an easy payday more than the author wanting to continue. At any rate, I think when the sequels are not up to the quality of the first great book, its legacy is tarnished. That’s why I hesitate to read them, I don’t want my initial wonderful impression to be destroyed.
The first book was fun, I enjoyed it. I skipped the second book once I heard it was mostly today's politics, and I live today's politics so I don't want it in my horror fiction. I guess I shouldn't read the third if I didn't read the second. These covers are fantastic, though.
Honestly, you could probably read the third without reading the second solely because it follows almost none of the previous characters except for Quinn. It could sort of be a spinoff or stand alone imo. Maybe read a brief summary of book 2 and you'd be fine for book 3.
Love the A/C it is very relaxing. Enjoy your vacation!!!
Thank you!
❤❤❤❤ great video
Thank you!
I hate the 5 star rating system. A 3.5 sounds bad but would probably be a 7.5 or 8 if we used a 10-point scale which would be considered good.
I totally agree. A 10 scale would be much better. My four and three star ratings are always a vast range of whether I liked or disliked the book.
I did not see the ending coming. Loved the book. I had to resist just sitting down and reading the whole book in one setting. Had me on the edge of my seat from page 1. The killers motivation was Revenge.
I’m curious to hear people’s thoughts on the lotion scent. At first it smelled like ludens cough drops but then that weird smell came in that reminds me of smelling like I just went swimming in Lake Michigan. Overall I was very happy with this month’s box.
It took me so long to open the lotion lol but I didn't mind the scent. It kind of reminded me of like generic dish soap or air freshener.
In the authors note he says this is one of the most importants novels he has ever wrotten because of his own fears of an alien invasion. He also explains why Karl is how he is. He portrays how most humans would be in that position. In reality it wouldn't matter who you were, in that situation you would be fucked up. And I think he did that very well with karl😂 What did you think about the black horrors and the sculptures they built with humans hanging? Sorry for my bad english 😅
Thanks for sharing this! I thought the aliens were very well done and quite scary and that the way they acted felt very realistic, but also still a nod back to Nevill's love of folk horror. It was a very well written alien invasion book and I'm so happy Nevill is writing more like his older works than some of his newer releases.
It's my first box, and I'm already loving it! I'm also glad I'm not the only one who had issues opening the lotion. 😅
The lotion took me forever to open!!!! It was so confusing. lol
So glad I found you 😊. I’m not into bloody gorey books, just spooky fun, and interesting mysteries along with fantasy. Your reviews are really helping me decide which books to read. I understand about being unhappy with the ending of books when you loved the beginning. That has happened to me me twice in a row lately, and at times in the past. Thank you for the review 😊
Thanks for watching!! And it's always so frustrating when a book starts off so strong but doesn't stick the landing. I've read a few like that this year and it's always such a let down!
❤❤❤❤❤ great review
Thank you!
In my TBR pile. Looking forward to it.
I hope you enjoy it!
Can't wait to hear your opinion on "On a clear day..."! I loved that book, it was one of my favorite reads of the year. Wonderful characters, and the whole story just really resonated with me, it felt so sad and melancholy, it was a very exciting and emotional ride to be on. I truly disliked "Stolen Tongues", though... So many people seem to love it, but I found it repetitive and quite boring. And it has one of my least favorite tropes in there, I don't wanna spoil anything though, so I'm not gonna go into that. :) But I look forward to hearing your opinions on that one too, maybe it will work for you.
I just finished Block Island and omg it was incredible and SO devastating. I can't wait to read more from Greenwood after that one. I'm also adding Stolen Tongues to my tbr. I now need to know what all the hype is about. haha
@@violetprynne Yay, I'm happy to hear you liked it! I read Bunker Dogs from Gage Greenwood too, and I found it well written, but not really my thing. Will for sure pick up his next one, though, I think he has a short story collection coming up.
What a terrific book! Your comments are spot on! Thanks for a great review.
Thanks for watching!
The thing I love about this book is that it isn't really part of that "religious horror" genre. Thinking on it the basic plot is... a husband allows his wife to be raped to have a kid in order to further hus own fortunes. In the book, it's Satan doing the rape but that could be removed and replaced with something more mundane (say a mafiodo head) and the horror remains. The horror is about using a woman as a thing rather than a person. As an incubator rather than a person. If anything this book has more in common sith "the strpfird wives" than "the exircust" since it falls much closer to the feminine women's lib themed horror than the religious catholic horror.
I just got Horror Movie :\ now I feel unmotivated to read it
I would be very interested to hear your thoughts about Stolen Tongues…. I heard so much hype about it and when I read it I was …… underwhelmed.
I'm adding it to my tbr! Hoping to get to it this month. :D
RE: The Exorcist --Understanding your pov, I won't recommend it for anyone but I loved how it read to me as what can happen when you lose faith.
I am a book only subscriber so I am hoping they got a few extra pizza cutters because I want that . They did say they ordered extra copies of the 2nd book so I will be getting that one for sure. I just love these special editions
The pizza cutter is too funny. I really hope they have extra so you can grab one!
I have just started Ghost Stories of Henry James
Enjoy! They're so good!