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Episodes of Violence
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Amber had been looking forward to college life. She loved high school and was certain college would be even better, especially since she pledged one of the sororities on campus. At least that was what she thought until the night her soul was fractured, waking the darkness within her. Unable to cope, she returns home, hoping to heal.
Unfortunately, her hometown is wrought with brutal violence. People are being slaughtered in random fashion. The police are clueless. Despite the surrounding chaos, she is still determined to thrive. However, when the violence shows up at her front door and rips her life apart, she realizes that the darkness within her is the only thing that will keep her sane and alive.
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Sally
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“I flew through this book in 2 sittings. It would have been one if I could talk my family into shushing! David Bernstein is new to me. After reading Episodes of Violence, I will absolutely be checking out more of his work. His writing is tight, no purple prose to be seen, and the story moved along at an extremely quick pace.
Part 1: Path of Destruction- Bobby, Daemon and Jade are a trio of troublemakers. They spend their free time playing mailbox baseball to satisfy their need to destroy. After a mishap with another vehicle during their game, the three friends get a taste for destroying more than mailboxes. This part of the story is really fun. I found myself cheering for these three because they were having such a blast causing massive chaos.
Part 2: Amber- This part of the story was more intense and infuriating for me. I found myself getting more and more angry at all of the people letting Amber down after something awful happens to her.
At some point, these two tales of brutality meld together to become an amazing tale of revenge, mental illness, and evil. Bobby, Daemon, and Jade are still running around doling out violence and chaos, while Amber is trying to move on with her life and ignore the voice in her head trying to control her actions. The level of utter glee that these characters, save Amber, experience while causing pain is infectious. This is evidence of a masterful wordsmith, the ability to make you enjoy these violent scenes without feeling dirty. (Just me? Whatever.)
Highly recommend! Releases March 30th, 2024 by Uncomfortably Dark Horror”
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“3.75/5⭐️
Not going to lie. Almost DnFd at 30%. Didn’t care for Bobby, Jade and Daemon. Too much time was spent on them and not enough on Amber whose character I really liked. How her character evolves was chefs kiss and I was not disappointed.
This story is straight forward. Picture a small town. The first 3 are introduced. They’re trouble. What starts as busting mailboxes evolves into a delve into enjoying the dark. And we go dark.
Amber is introduced and the events of college become horrid, spiraling into a side she didn’t know she had. As she’s trying to cope something happens that breaks the camels back for her.
There is a lot of violence. And though it’s a straight forward story, I feel it paints an interesting picture of how some people are just bad and some become bad.
Please check trigger warnings. (Bullying, SA, torture, mutilation, gore, gun violence)
Thank you netgalley, publisher and author for the opportunity to read this book.”
selina ryles
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“I would firstly like to thank RDS Publishing , David Bernstein and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of ' Episodes of Violence. Due for publication at the end of March . This is definitely not a book to be overlooked .
I have been an avid reader of splatterpunk for many years , but this is the first novel by David Bernstein I have read .
In all honesty the book is an uncomfortable read in the sense that it is very realistic at times ( The best ones always are ) The murder scenes are brutal and sadistic as the book follows a small group of undesirables and loners with a kinship for violence and terror whatever the cost .
I loved the way the book seemed to tell two completely different stories that merged together to intertwine for the conclusion .
It is certainly not a read for the Squeamish and faint of heart and belongs in the niche genre of extreme and graphic horror . The ending is action packed as the book embarks in a cat and mouse game of the hunter being hunted concluding in the anticipation that a sequel maybe still to come . A brilliant fast paced read and highly recommended #EpisodesofViolence #NetGalley”
About David Bernstein
David Bernstein spent twenty years residing in NYC. Missing the countryside, with its chainsaw- wielding maniacs, werewolves and backwoods dwellers, he moved back to Upstate NY where he was raised and feels much more at home. He spends most of his time with his wife and daughter when not writing, reading or hiding bodies.
Candace Nola
Candace Nola is a multiple award-winning author, editor, and publisher. She writes poetry, horror, dark fantasy, and extreme horror content. She is the creator of UncomfortablyDark.com, a horror community platform which focuses primarily on promoting indie horror authors and small presses with weekly book reviews, interviews, and special features.
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