Spidersight (Tirzah M.M. Hawkins Horror Stories) by Tirzah M.M. Hawkins – Review by Angela Hayes

SpidersightSpidersight by Tirzah M.M. Hawkins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

 

3.5 Stars

 

OMG! Spiders creep me out sooooo bad!!! As did this book lol. It took quite a bit of fortitude on my part to even pick up this book to read. I am an arachnophobe from way back. But being as it is spooky season, and as an attempt to push myself out of my comfort zone- I grabbed a copy and carefully opened the cover with my eyes half closed. But let me tell you, it didn’t take long before they were fully opened.
Spidersight by Tirzah M.M. Hawkins turned out to be the perfect spooky season read. A creature horror with a wonderfully creepy, scary, and suspenseful plot.
I will never contemplate the idea of childhood imaginary friends the same way, ever again. This was such a chilling story to read and definitely creeped me out good and proper. The idea that a child’s imaginary friend could turn out to be so sinister, evil, and twisted. And did I mention, SPIDERS- everywhere!!!!!! Just about broke out in cold sweats in parts. Confession- some parts might have been read through small gaps between my fingers as I held my hands over my eyes.
The premise was clever- weave in a five-year-old child, her imaginary friend who definitely isn’t so make-believe, then add in the SPIDER element, plenty of danger, murder, agendas, mystery, dread, a pervading sense of hopelessness, a rather large helping of fear, some tragedy, and lots of heat-pounding developments- made the story quite the twisted tale.
There were a few small issues with the story, for me, where the dialogue felt a little ‘off’, and where some scenes/bits didn’t seem to be in keeping with the rest of the storyline- but these factors didn’t detract too much from my overall reading experience.
I will definitely be keeping an eye out for more stories from this author in the future.
If you love creature horror, or are simply looking for a creepy story to read, or a twisted tale to put you in the mood for spooky season- then this is definitely the book for you.
Happy Reading!

Thank you, Tirzah M.M. Hawkins!

 

Reviewed by @angelahayes

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