Whispers in the Dark by Laurel Hightower – Blog Tour

by Chasity · October 25, 2019

I’m back in the blog tour game and I’m so happy that I came back with this book! It’s the perfect horror for this lovely Halloween season. I’ve raved about this author on twitter but I’m really excited for this post! There is even a giveaway at the end! Stick around, you may even win! -gasp-

In all seriousness, that you to R&R Book Tours and to Laurel Hightower for writing this epic awesomeness! Let’s get into it!

Publication Date: December 7th, 2018

Genre: Paranormal Thriller/ Horror

Publisher: JournalStone

Rose McFarland is a trained killer–a Memphis S.W.A.T. sniper with a secret. Her team knows about the burn scars that lurk under her clothes, a legacy of the house fire that killed her father and brother sixteen years before. Her supervisors know that she spent two years in a rehabilitative facility, healing and learning to cope with the emotional trauma of the fire. But no one knows about the visions that drove her there, angry spirits that consumed her childhood, alienated her from her family and made her doubt her own sanity–the Whispers.

When Charlie Akers, a half-brother she never knew, ends up on the wrong side of Rose’s rifle, she unwittingly sets off a chain of events that puts her family in the middle of increasingly dangerous paranormal visitations. Charlie won’t stay dead, and soon ghosts from Rose’s past are creeping back into her life. People she’s killed in the line of duty, family she thought long buried, every one of them under the influence of Rose’s greatest fear, the Whispers themselves.

As the walls between our world and the world of the dead grow thin, Rose will have to face her old nightmares to stop the Whispers from breaking free. If she can’t, it won’t just be Memphis that falls to the dead–there will be no safe place left on earth for the living.

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Review:

There are so many things that I could say about this book but I think I’ll keep this one short and to the point. Buy it. Just. Buy it. I didn’t know what to expect when I started reading it, that’s the trouble with horror is that you never really know for sure. What I found was one of the wonderfully written books I’ve ever read.

I’m not even going to get into the ship that I had the entire book that I need to survive…

From the characterization of the main characters, Rose and Sam, to the descriptions that told me exactly what was happening without being too wordy. The pacing was quick, but slow. There was a lot that had to happen, the build up to the climax of the book was hefty but frankly I feel like it really needed to be.

Rose is a bad ass, she doesn’t take anyone shit and I love that but she’s also vulnerable and soft. She has a terrible past but she pulled herself out of it to try and make a life that was better. I loved that she wasn’t wimpy, she wasn’t weak but she wasn’t so powerful that you had to roll your eyes at the perfectness. She was flawed and broken. For me those are the best characters.

There was so much tension, so much suspense and it was perfectly full of horror. It will definitely be in my top 5 horror books! Seriously. BUY IT!

About the Author:

Laurel Hightower grew up in Kentucky, attending college in California and Tennessee before returning home to horse country, where she lives with her husband, son and two rescue animals, Yattering the cat (named for the Clive Barker short story) and Ladybug the adorable mutt. She definitely wants to see a picture of your dog, and often bonds with complete strangers over animal stories. A lifetime reader, she would raid her parents’ bookshelves from an early age, resulting in a number of awkward conversations about things like, “what does getting laid mean?” She loves discovering new favorite authors, and supporting the writing and reading community.

Laurel works as a paralegal in a mid-size firm, wrangling litigators by day and writing at night. A bourbon and beer girl, she’s a fan of horror movies and true life ghost stories. Whispers in the Dark is her first novel, though there are always more in the pipeline, and she loves researching anything horror related. She can usually be found working on the next project into the wee hours, sometimes as late as ten at night, as long as her toddler allows. Follow her on social media, even though she’s really bad at it, and she’ll follow you back. Plus you’ll be rewarded by pictures of cute dogs and kids.

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Blog Tour Schedule

October 21^st

Reads & Reels (Review) http://readsandreels.com

Viviana MacKade (Guest Post) https://viviana-mackade.blog/

I Smell Sheep (Spotlight) http://www.ismellsheep.com/

Jessica Belmont (Review) https://jessicabelmont.wordpress.com/

The Reading Chemist (Review) https://thereadingchemist.com/

I Love Books and Stuff (Spotlight) https://ilovebooksandstuffblog.wordpress.com

October 22^nd

Breakeven Books (Spotlight) https://breakevenbooks.com