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Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Castle of Sorrows – Jonathan Janz. This tour is hosted by Random Things Tours! Check out my review and let me know what you think in the comments.
Ben Shadeland’s infant daughter has been kidnapped and he’s convinced
that the malevolent creature that lives in the catacombs beneath Castle
Blackwood – an ancient god named Gabriel – is responsible. It has
summoned unspeakable monsters to the Sorrows – both human and
supernatural. And Gabriel won’t rest until he has his revenge.
Review:
I search and I search for horror movies. I love to be scared, but I can never find anything that does it for me. I knew Castle of Sorrows was a horror novel, but I had no idea it would actually scare me! Oh, Jonathan Janz has just jumped right into my favorite author pile. Holy crow. I’m so impressed, I haven’t been able to get this one out of my head.
I read this novel as a standalone, and did fine understanding everything. However, now I have to go back and read the first book because I know it’s going to be just as good!
The atmosphere in this novel…the pace…the characters…the plot. Wow. Just wow. I am so impressed with how captivating and terrifying this novel was. I was glued to the pages, but needed to turn on another light because it freaked me out. Love it.
I want to keep going on and on about how much I loved this book, but I’m taking up your reading time. Go grab this one and the first book while you’re at it. Make sure you leave the light on while you’re reading!
Rating:
5/5☆
Jonathan Janz grew up between a dark forest and a graveyard, which explains everything. Brian Keene named his debut novel The Sorrows “the best horror novel of 2012.” The Library Journal deemed his follow-up, House of Skin, “reminiscent of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill Houseand Peter Straub’s Ghost Story”
Since then Jonathan’s work has been lauded by writers like Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee, Tim Waggoner, Bryan Smith,and Ronald Kelly. Novels like The Nightmare Girl, Wolf Land, Savage Species,and Dust Devils prompted Thunderstorm Books to sign Jonathan to an eleven-book deal and to give him his own imprint, Jonathan Janz’s Shadow Side.
His novel Children of the Dark received a starred review in Booklist and was
chosen by their board as one of the Top Ten Horror Books of the Year
(August 2015-September 2016). Children of the Dark will soon be translated
into German and has been championed by the Library Journal, the School
Library Journal,and Cemetery Dance. In early 2017, his novel Exorcist Falls
was released to critical acclaim.
Jonathan’s primary interests are his wonderful wife and his three amazing children, and though he realizes that every author’s wife and children are wonderful and amazing, in this case the cliché happens to be true. You can learn more about Janz at www.jonathanjanz.com.
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