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Darkened Wings Flutter Kindle Edition

by Lou Yardley (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
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“The end is nigh when darkened wings flutter…”

The small town of Crow’s Foot Hollow is thrown into turmoil when a local boy called Dwayne goes missing. For teacher Beth Harwood, it soon becomes clear that the nearby forest is connected to his disappearance. Clouded in mystery, scary stories and haunting nursery rhymes, that forest seems like just the kind of place to swallow a young boy whole.

But the forest isn’t the only thing you have to worry about in Crow’s Foot Hollow. Sometimes the dangers are much closer to home. Chuck Graves lives next door to a family with their share of problems - a couple that always argues, a little girl called Imogen who creeps the hell out of everyone - but they appear to be held together by little Ryan who keeps on smiling regardless of what’s going on. Everything appears normal, but Chuck can’t help but wonder what’s going on behind closed doors.

Crawling with monsters big and small, “Darkened Wings Flutter” wants to get under your skin.
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    April 3, 2020
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B085HPBSBR
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lou Yardley (April 3, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 3, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2050 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 273 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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Lou Yardley

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Hiya,

I'm an author. And a weirdo. I'm sorta part Deadite and part Hobbit. Sometimes I feel like I'm four goblins in a trench-coat masquerading as a human.

Up until recently, I've lurked mainly in the horror realms, but now I'm taking my first gore-coated steps into the world of dark fantasy. Rather than just write one fantasy book, I'm creating a whole world... and a dragon's hoard's worth of books.

"Banished" was released in 2020 and was my first adventure in the monstrous world of Venari. 2021 has seen it joined by "Creep" (a novella) and "Everfrost" (a werewolf flavoured novel). After that, I've got a whole series planned and plenty of spin-offs.

Thanks for checking out my page!

Blood, guts, and hugs,

Lou

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
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DHC
5.0 out of 5 stars Creepy, vile, and utterly captivating
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2020
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I flew through this book, because every page-turn was better than the last. The author knows her stuff! Loved switching POV through a cast of characters. The reveal is incredible! I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves psychological and/or body horror.
TW for child abuse, spousal abuse, & mutilation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Crazy Intense & Disturbing
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2020
This is my 1st novel by Yardley & I'm a fan now!!! Definitely gonna check her other novels/novellas

Started rather innocently -I presumed it's gonna be a coming-of-age story & a creature feature (cover) where situations will be somewhat righted in the end. But NO!

Yardley went all out. She spared no characters including her readers
As the plot progresses, it got really intense, uncomfortable, gory, creepy, & downright messed up
There were some unexpected twists and turns - I was like what???

Nevertheless, I was hooked - the burning desire to know the predicament of the characters was relentless. And each character is well-developed

Most depressing, disturbing, and horrifying scenes to me:
1)Bathtub scene
2)Dwayne's entrapment/plight - this was heart-rending (WHY!!!)
3)Ryan and Kev father and son chat
4)Ending of course

Despite the eerie and distressing moments, the dark humours made me laugh out loud.

I appreciate that the symbol to evoke the monsters/Old Ones is included & the moth on the onset of every chapter is beautiful.
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Yvonne - The coycaterpillar Reads
4.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly propulsive and unique
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2020
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Darkened Wings Flutter is a story that categorically highlight the reasons why everything isn’t as it seems. A story so dark and evil it makes your insides clench and your spine stiffen. Lou Yardley has once again stepped up that benchmark of bone aching horror. Review of The Deal Maker. She knows what her readers ache for and she delivers with eye popping clarity. This is the kind of horror that unseats you, makes you deftly uncomfortable and hurtles you into the story at one hundred miles per hour. Moths and Monsters meet humanity. Cancel your plans, kick back and experience the high dimensional terror that awaits you!

Chuck. Ryan. Imogen. Beth. Four people who couldn’t be more different. Valid reactions. Layer upon layer of mannerisms, strength and for one a realisation of what life has in store for them. The events that spill out around them breaks the reader down to the extent that you know that you won’t be able to tear the book out of your cold dead fingers! Individual character arcs balanced so intricately that you have to take your hat off to Lou Yardley. She spins the story with a remarkable sense of ease but dipped a megaton of dread. Your heart feels the chill, as does your body – the perfect combination when you have the pleasure of reading a good horror novel.

Imogen was an almost unattainable figure for me. She always felt like she was an ethereal being, creeping into the edges of the scene. Threatening and pulling taut the realms of possibility. Assessing her prey, appearing when you least expect her. Her mannerisms appearing as creepy but is it nature or nurture? Her brother Ryan, is much more approachable, making a firm friendship with the family’s neighbour, Chuck.

Beth teaches in the local school in Crow’s Foot Hollow (did I mention how much I love that name?) She has had her run ins with Imogen and feeling extremely unnerved by her aura of creepiness. She strikes a friendship with Chuck when they pair up to search for Dwayne who mysteriously goes missing during school. They know the forest is connected somehow to his disappearance but, how? Chuck has long had his suspicions about his neighbours. Strange sounds in the middle of the night. The mum being knocked about by their father. He’s often wanted to phone social services but what impact would that have on the children?

I was drawn immediately to Imogen. I viewed as a sort of Wednesday Adams character. Her life force surrounded by black magic. She is a figure that emits such a level of paranoia in you that you constantly have to check over your shoulder for threat. All the protagonists become connected, in a way that you won’t see coming. There is a punch to the jugular moment, breaking free within the pain and suffering. Lou Yardley has exquisitely created characters that make you shiver, make you cower and above all delight in the experience.

Darkened Wings Flutter is incredibly propulsive and unique. It chills the marrow and Yardley is proving just how fertile her storytelling is in a populated genre.
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