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Ghost Eaters

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A terrifying supernatural audiobook that explores ghosts, grief, and god complexes

Ever since their on-again, off-again college romance, Erin hasn’t been able to set a single boundary with charismatic but reckless Silas, who has been chasing the next big high since graduation. When he texts her to spring him out of rehab, she knows enough is enough. She is ready to start a career, make new friends, and meet a great guy—even if that means cutting Silas off. But when Silas turns up dead from an overdose, Erin’s world falls apart.

When Erin learns that Silas discovered a drug that allowed him to see the dead, she doesn’t believe it’s real but agrees to a pill-popping “séance” to ease her guilt and pain. When she steps back into the real world, she starts to see ghosts everywhere from her Southern hometown’s bloody and brutal past. Are the effects pharmacological or something more sinister? And will Erin be able to shut the Pandora’s box of horrors she has opened?

With propulsive momentum, bone-chilling scares, and dark meditations on the weight of history, this Southern horror will make you think twice about opening doors to the unknown.

©2022 Clay McLeod Chapman (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing Horror Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Scary Paranormal Haunted Exciting Ghost

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Really good story with an interesting premise. The narration was excellent. I’m becoming a real fan of this author.

Really enjoyed it

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Unusual take on mushrooms, composting and addiction but fast paced and kept me listening to the end.

Mushroomed into a cracking yarn!

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I wanted to love this book since Id recently read wake up and open your eyes which is five stars all the way. I didn't enjoy this one as much, the writing is great and there's some excellent scenes but it did feel like the second act went on a bit too long. The story would have benefited by being shorter.

An interesting idea but it felt longer than it needed to be

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This amazing novel had me gripped from the very beginning, a testament to a talented author. Sometimes harrowing, sometimes emotional, I was gripped until the last word. Excellent work by the narrator had me feeling the entire story and joining her on her journey.

Enticing narrative

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This book is primarily about getting lost in addiction, with dreamlike sequences and lots of the-protagonist-acts-crazy moments. The ghosts are almost sidelined. The plot gets muddy and becomes a bit of a slog. The characters are almost universally unlikable, including the protagonist. But I wanted to see how it ended, and the audiobook performance was impeccable. So, it gripped me as much as I wanted to quit it. You could almost say the story mimics it’s subject matter that way, but perhaps just a little too much.

Too much of itself…

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