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The Hostile #2
Holiday for the Hostile
Holiday for The Hostile, second book in The Hostile series, is probably even stranger than the first. Serena, plus her unusual friend and partner in crime, Tile X, reluctantly find themselves suffering a family holiday at her eccentric grandfather’s hovel in Ireland. Who will escape intact from their dramatic holiday from Hell? A gripping paranormal thriller with a splash of horror.
218 pages, Paperback
Published November 30, 2016
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Joy Mutter
32 books144 followersAuthor of Random Bullets, 4 books in The Hostile series, Her Demonic Angel, Living with Postcards, Potholes and Magic Carpets, The Mug Trilogy, The Trouble with Liam, The Trouble with Trouble, Trouble in Cornwall, Troubled, Nuru and his Crows, The Storms of Padstow, Punishing the Innocent, The Brothers Grimshaw, A Sunny Day in Oldham, Friends in Need, Chasing her Shadow, and Caravan of Nightmares.
Joy Mutter started writing books in 2007 but waited until 2015 to publish six of them on Amazon. More books soon followed. All her books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions. Nine books also have audiobook versions on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.
Joy was born in Jersey in the Channel Islands and lived there for 18 years. After gaining a Graphic Design Degree at Coventry University, she lived and worked in Kent as a professional graphic designer for 20 years. She moved from Kent to Oldham in 2012 and has been writing, designing, and publishing her books full-time ever since.
Her first 3 books are third-person autobiographies and form The Mug Trilogy. Books in this series are A Slice of the Seventies, The Lying Scotsman, and Straws.
Potholes and Magic Carpets is a contemporary character-led novel.
Living with Postcards is her first non-fiction book.
Random Bullets is a psychological thriller with a paranormal twist.
Her Demonic Angel was published in early 2016 in Kindle, paperback, and audiobook. It contains fourteen of Joy Mutter's short stories written in various genres.
In 2016-2017, Joy published The Hostile Series of unusual paranormal crime thrillers. Books in the series are The Hostile, Holiday for The Hostile, The Hostile Game, Confronting The Hostile, and The Hostile Series Box Set. Each book in The Hostile series is available in Kindle, paperback, and audiobook editions.
The Trouble with Liam, a psychological thriller was published in 2018. Between 2019 and 2020, she published 3 erotic thrillers; The Trouble With Trouble, Trouble In Cornwall, and Troubled.
In 2021, Joy published Nuru And His Crows, a dark erotic thriller. Her first novella, The Brothers Grimshaw, was published in 2022 along with A Sunny Day in Oldham. In March 2023, she published her 20th book, The Storms of Padstow, book 2 of the Nuru and his Crows series. Punishing the Innocent, book 3 of the series soon followed.
She then wrote a third-person memoir called The Brothers Grimshaw, and a novel called Friends in Need.
In 2025, she published a thriller called Chasing her Shadow and her second collection of short stories called Caravan of Nightmares.
Joy is currently writing her third collection of short stories.
Joy Mutter started writing books in 2007 but waited until 2015 to publish six of them on Amazon. More books soon followed. All her books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions. Nine books also have audiobook versions on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.
Joy was born in Jersey in the Channel Islands and lived there for 18 years. After gaining a Graphic Design Degree at Coventry University, she lived and worked in Kent as a professional graphic designer for 20 years. She moved from Kent to Oldham in 2012 and has been writing, designing, and publishing her books full-time ever since.
Her first 3 books are third-person autobiographies and form The Mug Trilogy. Books in this series are A Slice of the Seventies, The Lying Scotsman, and Straws.
Potholes and Magic Carpets is a contemporary character-led novel.
Living with Postcards is her first non-fiction book.
Random Bullets is a psychological thriller with a paranormal twist.
Her Demonic Angel was published in early 2016 in Kindle, paperback, and audiobook. It contains fourteen of Joy Mutter's short stories written in various genres.
In 2016-2017, Joy published The Hostile Series of unusual paranormal crime thrillers. Books in the series are The Hostile, Holiday for The Hostile, The Hostile Game, Confronting The Hostile, and The Hostile Series Box Set. Each book in The Hostile series is available in Kindle, paperback, and audiobook editions.
The Trouble with Liam, a psychological thriller was published in 2018. Between 2019 and 2020, she published 3 erotic thrillers; The Trouble With Trouble, Trouble In Cornwall, and Troubled.
In 2021, Joy published Nuru And His Crows, a dark erotic thriller. Her first novella, The Brothers Grimshaw, was published in 2022 along with A Sunny Day in Oldham. In March 2023, she published her 20th book, The Storms of Padstow, book 2 of the Nuru and his Crows series. Punishing the Innocent, book 3 of the series soon followed.
She then wrote a third-person memoir called The Brothers Grimshaw, and a novel called Friends in Need.
In 2025, she published a thriller called Chasing her Shadow and her second collection of short stories called Caravan of Nightmares.
Joy is currently writing her third collection of short stories.
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January 26, 2017
Joy Mutter's follow up to Hostile is an interested piece of work. I sometimes feel the author is writing very tongue in check and the next moment turns around and kills someone off totally unexpectedly and at times in quite a gruesome manner. The "action" moves to Ireland this time (hence the Holiday) with lots of unforeseen consequences, and with 2 guardian ghosts looking out for Serena, acting almost like Bill and Ben at times, there really is some light hearted moments.
The end is a total surprise. Was expecting a skeleton in the family closet, but it turns in a completely different direction, keeping you on your toes and guessing. I'm still not sure what to make of this Mr (tile) X, whether he's a baddie with a soft spot? This is certainly an original story and in my opinion, actually better than it's predecessor. I'll definitely look out for the next novel as I understand there's still another 12 tiles to go.
The end is a total surprise. Was expecting a skeleton in the family closet, but it turns in a completely different direction, keeping you on your toes and guessing. I'm still not sure what to make of this Mr (tile) X, whether he's a baddie with a soft spot? This is certainly an original story and in my opinion, actually better than it's predecessor. I'll definitely look out for the next novel as I understand there's still another 12 tiles to go.
April 13, 2020
Having read book one in the Hostile series, book two did not disappoint.
Serena Drummond is now two years older and reunited with her murderous, ceramic friend, Tile X, she reluctantly has to go on a family holiday to her paternal grandfather's ramshackle home.
However, her break away from Manchester is not a holiday away from death and destruction, and Serena certainly gives the Garda a run for their money.
The story goes on with another two books in the series to follow.
Serena Drummond is now two years older and reunited with her murderous, ceramic friend, Tile X, she reluctantly has to go on a family holiday to her paternal grandfather's ramshackle home.
However, her break away from Manchester is not a holiday away from death and destruction, and Serena certainly gives the Garda a run for their money.
The story goes on with another two books in the series to follow.
July 21, 2017
( Format : audiobook )
""I'm the best friend you have.""
This is an unusual book made even more strange in this audio presentation. So much so, it is hard to quantify. Firstly, the main protagonist is a 14 year old girl and although written in the third person apart from a first person prologue is seen in large part from her point of view. It is inevitable filled with teenage angst, guilt and anger. And is juvenile. But there iare also some fairly violent, semi-graphic scenes of death and a lot of listing and sexual congress references, mixed with a fair amount of humour. It suggests a book to be lightheartedly enjoyed by adults looking for a fun story with a hint of paranormal horror, or older teens feeling grown up but naughty. However, the narration is such that it sounds like a book for older children, read in the sort of sing song reading, with wide ranging intonation and an eternal upbeat cadence reserved for telling silly stories of make-believe adventures. It certainly does not fit the content of this book. So for whom was it written?
The idea of the story is really fun: a tile which is able to cause injury or death, but only at the request of it's human companion, in this case the girl, Serina. She is one of seven children, living pretty miserably together with her mother, both her father and step dad having been killed off by Tile X previously. Temporarily blinded by the evil tile, she tries to get on with a normal life but, afraid it might hurt her again, carries it with her even when the whole family (other than one sister) are taken to Ireland to stay with her grandfather. None of them want to go.
Most characterisation is brief but enough to give a vague impression of the people, a sort of self obsessed teen's eye view of them. Almost all of them are unpleasant, human cartoons rather in the style of Rails Dahl. The author captures well the put upon attitude of a fourteen years old girl, especially one who also does feel at least a little responsible for the deaths of two parental figures but not enough to to see hurt of anyone else. It is funny and quirky, an entertaining light read for young adults and older adults alike.
But not as a listen. The narration is often very good. Alexander Roddy's pleasant voice is well accented for the location of the story, namely Manchester, in England, and his vocalisations of the different characters is great, being distinctive and individual, well suited to each person speaking. But it is the reading of the between conversation text which is so perculiar. Very enthusiastic but with a wry twist, his intonations soar up and down without much relevance to what has been written and there are odd out of place pauses where none need to exist but none at all where they would be welcome, for example at the end of a chapter. At first, this just seemed to add quirkiness to the story. By half way through, it had become a maddening distraction. And, as previously mentioned, raised considerable doubt over who was expected to be hearing this book.
I was freely gifted my copy of Holiday for the Hostile, by the rights holder, via Audiobook Boom. My thanks for that: it was an experience. I cannot recommend it, however, as I really cannot see a suitable audience - the story is too old for the very young style of narration. Better to buy the print book.
""I'm the best friend you have.""
This is an unusual book made even more strange in this audio presentation. So much so, it is hard to quantify. Firstly, the main protagonist is a 14 year old girl and although written in the third person apart from a first person prologue is seen in large part from her point of view. It is inevitable filled with teenage angst, guilt and anger. And is juvenile. But there iare also some fairly violent, semi-graphic scenes of death and a lot of listing and sexual congress references, mixed with a fair amount of humour. It suggests a book to be lightheartedly enjoyed by adults looking for a fun story with a hint of paranormal horror, or older teens feeling grown up but naughty. However, the narration is such that it sounds like a book for older children, read in the sort of sing song reading, with wide ranging intonation and an eternal upbeat cadence reserved for telling silly stories of make-believe adventures. It certainly does not fit the content of this book. So for whom was it written?
The idea of the story is really fun: a tile which is able to cause injury or death, but only at the request of it's human companion, in this case the girl, Serina. She is one of seven children, living pretty miserably together with her mother, both her father and step dad having been killed off by Tile X previously. Temporarily blinded by the evil tile, she tries to get on with a normal life but, afraid it might hurt her again, carries it with her even when the whole family (other than one sister) are taken to Ireland to stay with her grandfather. None of them want to go.
Most characterisation is brief but enough to give a vague impression of the people, a sort of self obsessed teen's eye view of them. Almost all of them are unpleasant, human cartoons rather in the style of Rails Dahl. The author captures well the put upon attitude of a fourteen years old girl, especially one who also does feel at least a little responsible for the deaths of two parental figures but not enough to to see hurt of anyone else. It is funny and quirky, an entertaining light read for young adults and older adults alike.
But not as a listen. The narration is often very good. Alexander Roddy's pleasant voice is well accented for the location of the story, namely Manchester, in England, and his vocalisations of the different characters is great, being distinctive and individual, well suited to each person speaking. But it is the reading of the between conversation text which is so perculiar. Very enthusiastic but with a wry twist, his intonations soar up and down without much relevance to what has been written and there are odd out of place pauses where none need to exist but none at all where they would be welcome, for example at the end of a chapter. At first, this just seemed to add quirkiness to the story. By half way through, it had become a maddening distraction. And, as previously mentioned, raised considerable doubt over who was expected to be hearing this book.
I was freely gifted my copy of Holiday for the Hostile, by the rights holder, via Audiobook Boom. My thanks for that: it was an experience. I cannot recommend it, however, as I really cannot see a suitable audience - the story is too old for the very young style of narration. Better to buy the print book.
December 30, 2017
Having read and enjoyed the first book to this series, I was very much looking forward to reading this second instalment.
Again I found this to be an enjoyable and entertaining read and I was pleasantly surprised by the return of a couple of characters from book 1. Never expected that, so it was a interesting development to the story for sure.
It was great to be reacquainted with Serena and her unusual friend and partner in crime, Tile X. I couldn't wait to see what they would get up to next and I certainly wasn't disappointed. It was addictively page turning material, could not put the book down.
I wonder what book 3 will bring, certainly can't wait to find out.
If you like a bit of supernatural weirdness then you should definitely give this series a go.
Again I found this to be an enjoyable and entertaining read and I was pleasantly surprised by the return of a couple of characters from book 1. Never expected that, so it was a interesting development to the story for sure.
It was great to be reacquainted with Serena and her unusual friend and partner in crime, Tile X. I couldn't wait to see what they would get up to next and I certainly wasn't disappointed. It was addictively page turning material, could not put the book down.
I wonder what book 3 will bring, certainly can't wait to find out.
If you like a bit of supernatural weirdness then you should definitely give this series a go.
December 8, 2016
This book was even more fast paced than the earlier one as all the main characters were well introduced there. The Hostile was taken along for a gloomy holiday in Ireland but things can't be too boring when Tile X is around. Murder and mayhem ensue as Serena fights for her life from a crazy murderer but only to saved to be questioned to death by the officials.
Serena uses Tile X to get out of every stick situation on her holiday. As her father's ghost watches on hopelessly she becomes even more remorseless with the people she kills.
Wonderfully humorous with dark twists, this book is a winner!
Serena uses Tile X to get out of every stick situation on her holiday. As her father's ghost watches on hopelessly she becomes even more remorseless with the people she kills.
Wonderfully humorous with dark twists, this book is a winner!
August 8, 2017
This book is one is a kind. It defies genres. Horror? Thriller? Murder mystery? Something entirely new and different...? It took me a bit to orient myself in this book, but in once I got my bearings I enjoyed being swept away for the ride.
The narration is pretty strong for this book, though I did need to speed it up to fit with the level of suspense and anticipation I needed to get in the right mindset for the story. I love that any character might die and I wasn't able to see the ending from a mile away. I already have the next book and can't wait to get started on it!
I received a free copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
The narration is pretty strong for this book, though I did need to speed it up to fit with the level of suspense and anticipation I needed to get in the right mindset for the story. I love that any character might die and I wasn't able to see the ending from a mile away. I already have the next book and can't wait to get started on it!
I received a free copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
October 29, 2017
Although I didn't read book one, I think this book stands alone and gives enough review so readers aren't lost. This is a story that is going to take readers down a dark hole and into the paranormal and horror genre like no other. Serena Drummond is a young woman with a secret. She has a friend called tile x that is really from a different dimension. Serena's friend is not above murder and in fact, seems to enjoy it. The horror and paranormal that began in Manchester has moved to Ireland where Serena and the one she calls"Tile-X" are going to take readers on a dark journey they won't soon forget.
December 4, 2016
This is the second book of the author's, and I haven't been disappointed yet. Along with the suspense is an element of mirth, that adds an even greater depth and makes the story a more interesting read. We're familiar with the characters, since this is a series, and their character continues to develop here. Things we thought we knew about them are challenged, adding a greater element of intrigue to the story. This is a series worth the read.
January 14, 2017
a delightfully dark book. its nice to see people who should probably be flogged individually come together to be malignant in a group. The bonus is some of them die. (HUZZAH!) Occasionally gruesome, this book appeals to anyone that's been on holiday with less than civil-minded family :)
March 1, 2018
Delightfully dark!
This is the first I’ve read in the series, and I see this easily as a standalone. Joy Mutter has written a great story, funny, with lots of suspense and a twist of horror. I don’t think I will ever be able to look at floor tile the same way. Clever tale.
This is the first I’ve read in the series, and I see this easily as a standalone. Joy Mutter has written a great story, funny, with lots of suspense and a twist of horror. I don’t think I will ever be able to look at floor tile the same way. Clever tale.
November 1, 2021
This story is really great. Already started book 3. This seems at first like it could be a young adult book but it definitely is not. I feel like this story could have been started on a dare. Like I bet you can’t write a story about a killer bathroom tile…. Joy Mutter says yeah? Watch me and it will be damn good too! And it is!
Serena is definitely a person you do not want to cross. I love how she can have a heart and also be heartless at the same time. Her innocence is going fast. She gets involved with a serial killer. Becomes more of a killer herself and gets the attention of some who should run. Her mother is now suspicious of her as well. Her dead dad and moms ex boyfriend are always watching and trying to keep the family and world safe. Being dead and floating around as ghosts hasn’t stopped their efforts. Tile-X is a burden and a helper at the same time. He can see the ghosts…. And I am sure he enjoyed toying with them.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
Narration by Alexander Doddy was excellent. Enjoyed him very much!
Serena is definitely a person you do not want to cross. I love how she can have a heart and also be heartless at the same time. Her innocence is going fast. She gets involved with a serial killer. Becomes more of a killer herself and gets the attention of some who should run. Her mother is now suspicious of her as well. Her dead dad and moms ex boyfriend are always watching and trying to keep the family and world safe. Being dead and floating around as ghosts hasn’t stopped their efforts. Tile-X is a burden and a helper at the same time. He can see the ghosts…. And I am sure he enjoyed toying with them.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
Narration by Alexander Doddy was excellent. Enjoyed him very much!
July 10, 2018
I see that there is a 3rd book.I can't wait to read it!These books are so weird,but good if you have an imagination.Having talked to bathroom tiles as a kid,ours reminded me of elephants,I get it.I never expected tham to be murderers!This one tile has been killing for this girl for a few years now.Will it end?I hope not. Alexander Doddy was a good narrator.I was given this book by the narrator,author or publisher free for an honest review.
December 19, 2018
The horror intensifies
I knew when I read the first book I would indulge the whole series. When Serena and her family go to spend time with her paternal Grandfather things go from bad to worse. Tile X is increasing his hold and things are getting gruesome. Ireland turns into a complete nightmare. I'm heading straight for book three. I love the authors style.
I knew when I read the first book I would indulge the whole series. When Serena and her family go to spend time with her paternal Grandfather things go from bad to worse. Tile X is increasing his hold and things are getting gruesome. Ireland turns into a complete nightmare. I'm heading straight for book three. I love the authors style.
December 3, 2016
Following on from Book 1 (The Hostile), where 12-year-old Serena meets powerful entity Tile X, the story continues as the family and their dead relatives decide to take a holiday to Ireland. Needless to say, staying in a remote village in a grotty house with Keith's eccentric father, is not Serena's idea of fun, but she soon learns the old man may not be the easy-going idler he appears. A series of shocking discoveries lead Serena to some equally shocking conclusions, which could shatter the lives of her family. Thankfully, help is at hand in the shape of handsome art-lover Jimmy, who, if she plays her cards right, could be well placed to help her solve the gruesome mystery...
I hadn't read the first book in this series, and while I think it would be helpful in understanding the background to the characters and their strange lives, it's certainly not essential. Joy Mutter has taken a rather bizarre idea and turned it into a rather bizarre book. However, she also tells a good story, creates believable and well-rounded (mostly) characters, and has a worrying knack of describing some pretty frightful murders. (Although, as most of them are committed by a bathroom tile, maybe they aren't murders at all).
With some books, you get an idea where things are going and where they're likely to end. Not this one. Every chapter was a surprise with new characters and situations and a bunch of wonderfully inventive deaths. Now, I've heard rumours about this book being a 'horror'. Well, maybe it is, maybe it isn't. It kind of depends on your definition of the genre. There's a fair bit of frayed flesh and several large portions of blood and guts, so if you're prone to nightmares, you might want to give it a miss. However, it's also very funny which for me, nicely offsets the gore.
I thoroughly enjoyed Holiday for the Hostile - it's a clever and witty book that'll no doubt generate mixed opinions, not least in terms of its genre. It'll be interesting to see what other readers think of it, but I reckon Ms Mutter has carved out a new niche for herself. And from where I'm standing, she's way out in front.
I hadn't read the first book in this series, and while I think it would be helpful in understanding the background to the characters and their strange lives, it's certainly not essential. Joy Mutter has taken a rather bizarre idea and turned it into a rather bizarre book. However, she also tells a good story, creates believable and well-rounded (mostly) characters, and has a worrying knack of describing some pretty frightful murders. (Although, as most of them are committed by a bathroom tile, maybe they aren't murders at all).
With some books, you get an idea where things are going and where they're likely to end. Not this one. Every chapter was a surprise with new characters and situations and a bunch of wonderfully inventive deaths. Now, I've heard rumours about this book being a 'horror'. Well, maybe it is, maybe it isn't. It kind of depends on your definition of the genre. There's a fair bit of frayed flesh and several large portions of blood and guts, so if you're prone to nightmares, you might want to give it a miss. However, it's also very funny which for me, nicely offsets the gore.
I thoroughly enjoyed Holiday for the Hostile - it's a clever and witty book that'll no doubt generate mixed opinions, not least in terms of its genre. It'll be interesting to see what other readers think of it, but I reckon Ms Mutter has carved out a new niche for herself. And from where I'm standing, she's way out in front.
January 17, 2017
I have never read anything like this crime/thriller/supernatural book. At first, I was not comprehending what I was reading only because my mind had to wrap around this very clever, unique idea. But once I got into the story, I really enjoyed it. I was surprised by it too, because the story would detour off into a totally different direction that what I thought it would go. There were ghosts, serial killers, investigators, a floozy mother, a grandpa with secrets and a very weird 14-year old girl. Her best friend is Tile X. Who is this Tile X? I don't really know, but he loves to kill people in bizarre ways and in his words: "I'm not Marry Poppins. I'm the anti-Mary Poppins." Only he knows his ultimate, master plan. Sounds like Book III is on the horizon!
I recommend this story for people who want to get into something different, who believe in ghosts and think outside the box. This book will scare you (I chuckled a few times too), and may even make you detour around the tile and carpet area at Home Depot.
Author Joy Mutter does a great job of taking a unique idea and running with it, and putting it into words in a way that others can understand her complex left-brain thinking. Kudos to a well told story.
I recommend this story for people who want to get into something different, who believe in ghosts and think outside the box. This book will scare you (I chuckled a few times too), and may even make you detour around the tile and carpet area at Home Depot.
Author Joy Mutter does a great job of taking a unique idea and running with it, and putting it into words in a way that others can understand her complex left-brain thinking. Kudos to a well told story.
January 6, 2017
I enjoy reading something a little different and this paranormal adventure has all the ingredients that make a great and absorbing story. Though unusual, it’s essentially the story of misfit teenager, Serena, out of sorts and out of place in the mundane world around her. Nothing unusual there, until you realise she’s befriended by a powerful ‘force’ that can grant her darkest wishes. As she struggles to cope with the results of her past wishes, she’s faced with new threats on a family holiday in Ireland.
Imaginative, irreverent, and packed full of colourful characters, the unusual and outlandish events Serena precipitates seems quite normal, thanks to great writing and storytelling, underpinned by a lovely, wry sense of humour that urges you to simply enjoy the thrilling ride.
Whatever your preferences, a great story is a great story and Holiday for the Hostile kept me absorbed and entertained from start to finish. I loved it and eagerly await the next book in the series.
Imaginative, irreverent, and packed full of colourful characters, the unusual and outlandish events Serena precipitates seems quite normal, thanks to great writing and storytelling, underpinned by a lovely, wry sense of humour that urges you to simply enjoy the thrilling ride.
Whatever your preferences, a great story is a great story and Holiday for the Hostile kept me absorbed and entertained from start to finish. I loved it and eagerly await the next book in the series.
December 1, 2016
The first few chapters are a reminder of what happened in book one the hostile so if you haven't read it not to worry you can catch up from here in book two the fun starts when serena and family set off on holiday to Ireland having regained her sight and found tile x under her brothers bed it's not long before tile x starts following orders and causing yet more blood thirsty killings I won't give to much of the storyline away but there's a novel idea for bird feeders and I'll think twice before using a lift it's described as a paranormal thriller and there are plenty of scary bits so if you don't like scary bits then maybe this is not the book for you but me personally I can't what for book three to come out
December 2, 2016
Excellent. The story got deeper & you get to know more about Serena & Tile X drops a deep hint!
I enjoyed the 1st Hostile but this 1 just got more into it. Really looking forward to more. Joy tells a good tale
I enjoyed the 1st Hostile but this 1 just got more into it. Really looking forward to more. Joy tells a good tale
July 17, 2017
Great narration, thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook. Great to hear it again.
June 27, 2025
The second instalment of Joy Mutter’s Hostile series is not for the faint hearted.
Having unexpectedly reconnected with Tile X, and having since regained her sight, copper haired teenager Serena is not at all happy to learn her mother Beatrice is dragging their family away to Ireland for the school holidays. She’s only just reignited her friendship with Jack after all.
Meanwhile, following their horrific and untimely deaths, Serena’s late father Keith and her mother’s late boyfriend Carl, strike up an unlikely friendship in the spirit world after discovering the truth about their ill-fated demise. Desperate to support Serena from the other side, and to try and warn the rest of the family about Tile X, their frustrations grow at their powerlessness.
When Serena crosses paths with Jimmy Poodle, her heart is all a flutter. Until she makes a grisly discovery. Will Tile X step in before it’s too late?
This is a raw, dark, gritty paranormal tale interspersed with magical realism. The author has created a delicious tale full of suspense, that is not for the faint hearted.
Having unexpectedly reconnected with Tile X, and having since regained her sight, copper haired teenager Serena is not at all happy to learn her mother Beatrice is dragging their family away to Ireland for the school holidays. She’s only just reignited her friendship with Jack after all.
Meanwhile, following their horrific and untimely deaths, Serena’s late father Keith and her mother’s late boyfriend Carl, strike up an unlikely friendship in the spirit world after discovering the truth about their ill-fated demise. Desperate to support Serena from the other side, and to try and warn the rest of the family about Tile X, their frustrations grow at their powerlessness.
When Serena crosses paths with Jimmy Poodle, her heart is all a flutter. Until she makes a grisly discovery. Will Tile X step in before it’s too late?
This is a raw, dark, gritty paranormal tale interspersed with magical realism. The author has created a delicious tale full of suspense, that is not for the faint hearted.
June 18, 2019
Weird follow up to a weird first book, with some more weird people. Some who deserved what they got and some who did not.
December 31, 2017
I received this from the author in exchange for an honest review. When I finish this audiobook, I will complete this review, but so far the storyline is very weird..... Tile X is a talking tile from a bathroom wall that wrecks havoc on those around him.
I gave up on this one. I may pick it up again sometime, but I really could not get into it at this time.
I gave up on this one. I may pick it up again sometime, but I really could not get into it at this time.
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