Publisher: Silver Thistle Press
Publication Date: 8th March 2025
Genre: Horror
Summary:
Five unnerving tales of the weird and uncanny from award-winning author Victoria Williamson.
A room full of screaming butterflies.
An unsettling smile on the face of a carved sarcophagus.
A painting that draws its viewer into the disturbing past.
A stuffed bear that growls in the dead of night.
And a shell that whispers more sinister sounds than the sigh of the sea…
Dare you cross the threshold of the old Museum and view its eerie exhibits?
Review:
Firstly thank you to TheWriteReads, Silver Thistle Press and Victoria Williamson for having me on this tour and sending me a copy of the book.
Firstly thank you to TheWriteReads, Silver Thistle Press and Victoria Williamson for having me on this tour and sending me a copy of the book.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, each story in this collection only had a single line description which admittedly drew me in immediately but also left me curious as to what level of horror i was about to dive into.
I do enjoy a well written horror and a well written on can stay on your mind days after you've finished it, and i have to say these stories stayed bouncing about in my head well after id finished them. Its an aptly named collection because these stories are Eerie, sinister at times and have a way of making you think unexpectedly. I actually had to put the book down after id read The Screaming Room, its ending made me sit back and think it was so brilliantly crafted to leave you not fully putting all the pieces together until that final chapter and then having to sit back and reflect on the story as a whole. I thoroughly enjoyed having to sit with the thoughts it gave me.
The pacing throughout each of the stories is perfect, it gradually leads you to that sinister twist dropping breadcrumbs of foreshadowing as it does so you get that smallest hint of what to expect without the end being spoiled in anyway.
I've really loved Victoria Williamson's witing style, she has a knack for writing this genre and i defiantly need to check out her back catalogue for more by her because I've enjoyed this book so much. I'd already recommended it to several friends, before id even finished reading it, anyone who enjoys the horror genre needs to give this a read.
I do enjoy a well written horror and a well written on can stay on your mind days after you've finished it, and i have to say these stories stayed bouncing about in my head well after id finished them. Its an aptly named collection because these stories are Eerie, sinister at times and have a way of making you think unexpectedly. I actually had to put the book down after id read The Screaming Room, its ending made me sit back and think it was so brilliantly crafted to leave you not fully putting all the pieces together until that final chapter and then having to sit back and reflect on the story as a whole. I thoroughly enjoyed having to sit with the thoughts it gave me.
The pacing throughout each of the stories is perfect, it gradually leads you to that sinister twist dropping breadcrumbs of foreshadowing as it does so you get that smallest hint of what to expect without the end being spoiled in anyway.
I've really loved Victoria Williamson's witing style, she has a knack for writing this genre and i defiantly need to check out her back catalogue for more by her because I've enjoyed this book so much. I'd already recommended it to several friends, before id even finished reading it, anyone who enjoys the horror genre needs to give this a read.
Krystina xx
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