Book Review: The Devil's Whispers

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  "Who has a why to live can bear almost any how"
Name: The Devil's Whisper

Author: Lucas Hault

Publisher : TCK Publishing

Genre: Horror/Thriller

Format: Kindle/Paperback

Price: 149/1125INR

Buy from Here: The Devil's Whisper

         A British Lawyer Gerard woodward is summoned to an ancient castle to assist a dying lord in his final times, However his excitement soon to horror has he finds himself more as a poisoner than a guest, Will Gerard Woodward be able to escape? What is the mysterious yellow eyed creature roaming the castle and what is the mystery of ancient vase?
      
The Author has successfully maintained the horror element alive in different settings be it an old spooky castle or be it in board day light of London Street. Plot of the story revolves around classic old fashioned, gothic concept. I loved the imagination of author in creating the creature and its characteristics, which I found to be quite unique and interesting. The language of the book is crisp and the pace is free flowing. I loved the cover of the book, it doe proper justice to the story.

    Even though the Cover of book was spot on I feel the author should have given more thought on the title of the book, I wish author would have given more detail description of Xana and their characters to aid the imagination of readers. Also , I feel I would have found it more interesting if the story would have been given more scientific rather than a spiritual angle. Readers need to concentrate on minute details, only thorough reading  can be helpful to understand the concept when piece finally do fall into places. I feel the whole journaling part to be interesting however skipping though dates could be confusion nd effort required to remember the timeline takes away the continuity of the story element.

Conclusion: Anyone into Gothic, horror, ancient tale would definitely fall in love with the story.
Rating: It's 4.0/5 for me.

About the Author: Lucas Hault is the pen name of  Indian Author named Faisal Johar residing in Ranchi. He graduated from Jamia millia Islamia in the year 2017. He self published his fist novel named "Shadow of death - Conquering the darkness was in the year 2018 under prowess publishing.
Other Books by the author include "The Maligan"(Available here).


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