Short serial, awful format. ( )

Intriguing and dark. As the first of four parts of a serial, it naturally has a cliff hanger ending, so go into this book expecting to need to read the next installments. And this book certainly makes you want to continue on. ( )

Haunting Possession
Review of the Amazon Original Kindle eBook (May 2021)

This was an excellent creepy thriller with a haunting/possession theme that involves four adults who were summer friends in their teenage youth. The haunting is centred around the house of Matthew Merle's grandfather which he has now inherited. This first part of the serial involves the return back to the house by Matthew and his wife Samantha and daughter Jewel. Matthew is a disgraced university professor who was fired due to an apparent affair with a student. This first story toggles between Matthew's subplot and that of his childhood friend Claire, a psychologist studying a serial murderer. A cliffhanger ending guarantees that you'll want to read the next episode.

All My Darkest Impulses is one of the 4 novellas making up the serialized supernatural fiction novel House of Crows, released simultaneously on May 27, 2021 as an eBook by Amazon Original and as an audiobook by Audible Original. ( )

Highly enjoyable short story (the first in a four-book continuing serial) about a man (Matthew Merle) returning to his late grandfather’s home (Merle House) which he has inherited. But now, old memories are stirring of his times at Merle House in the past along with strange situations from the present.

With a captivating plot, some creepy characters, and good atmosphere of spooky Merle House, this was a very entertaining read. The story didn’t come to a complete conclusion, since it’s a continuing serial, so it’s best to read the whole series. I really look forward to reading the second book, “Fog Descending”. ( )