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Graham Downs

GrahamDowns@bookwyrm.social

Joined 1 year, 5 months ago

South African Christian, husband, Software Developer, and author of the urban fantasy novella, Memoirs of a Guardian Angel.

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2025 Reading Goal

33% complete! Graham Downs has read 4 of 12 books.

reviewed A Song of Reverie by Sunee Le Roux (Reverie Flash Fiction, #3)

Sunee Le Roux: A Song of Reverie (EBook, Strawberry Moon Press) 3 stars

Let the melodies of magic carry you away in this spellbinding collection of tales.

Step …

Flash Fiction is always good

3 stars

Flash Fiction is always good. And good flash fiction is short, doesn't waffle, can be read in a couple of minutes each, and always leaves you with something to think about. As the author says, don't rush through the stories in this book. Give each one time to sink in and resonate.

I must admit, these ones didn't grab me quite as much as the ones in the previous two books. But maybe that's just me, not being in the right mental state or something. I still enjoyed them, and I still eagerly anticipate the next one in the series.

reviewed Wolf Logic by Masha du Toit (Crooked World, #2)

Masha du Toit: Wolf Logic (EBook, 2023, Masha Du Toit) 4 stars

Never trust a werewolf. That's Gia's first lesson as she enters the wolf cages at …

Authentically South African

4 stars

A fine conclusion to the story started in Crooks and Straights. I can't talk about the story too much for fear of spoilers, if you haven't read the first one. Just to say that this is more of the same, and it picks up right where the first book left off. It's perhaps slightly darker/more mature than the first one was, but not by much.

reviewed Delirium by J.F. Penn (Brooke and Daniel, #2)

J.F. Penn: Delirium (EBook, 2015, Curl Up Press) 5 stars

"Those who the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad."

Devastated by grief after …

Dark and edgy

5 stars

I'm really enjoying this series. It's much darker and edgier than ARKANE. Even though it follows the same basic formula, the themes are much more adult in nature, and the subject matter really makes you think.

This one's about the dark side of mental health, and how it can drive people to do all sorts of depraved things. And it asks some questions about whether we're all a little insane, what the definition of "insanity" is, and whether or not it can ever be CURED.