Book Review

Basic Details:

Book Title: The Doctor's Curse

Subtitle:

Author: Heather Quinto

Genre: Thriller

Part of a series?

Order in series:

Best read after earlier books in series?

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58435504-the-doctor-s-curse

Overall score:

I scored this book 5/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Short Summary of the book:

Do you believe in evil? Well, once you’ve read this book you might. Ted only wanted to renovate a home and care for his mother. However, following her death and some murders, he sold the house and now lives with his girlfriend in an apartment. But strange things are happening. Will he be able to stop what is happening to him?

What I liked about the book:

It is full of suspense.

What I didn’t like about the book:

I really enjoyed reading this book and was rooting for the characters.

My favourite bits in the book:

When they meet with the nephew of a previous owner of the house.

My least favourite bits in the book:

I enjoyed the entire book.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

This appears to be the second book in a series but can be read as a stand-alone.

What books could this be compared to and why?

It is a great thriller.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:

Children No

Young Adult Maybe

Adult Yes

If you like your thrillers dark, but full of hope for the future, this thriller may be the book for you.

I’m certainly looking forward to reading more by this author.

Book Description by Author:

In the city of Saratoga Springs lay the ruins of a demolished mansion, amid the destruction gaps a hole that no one created, swallowing parts of the ruins, and refusing to be filled...Nightmares and memories of his deceased mother, and an incident from two years prior, haunt Ted, refusing to allow him the peace of forgetting. As he slips deeper into darkness, so consuming it begins to warp his mind. Ted seeks answers at the house where it all started after hearing a hidden room discovered there. Instead of the relief he sought, Ted is pulled deeper into the consuming depression and frustration. Waking up with a knife in his hand as his girlfriend, Christina sleeps in their bed is more than he can take. Ted flees, leaving behind his loved ones to protect them from whatever force has a grip on him. Christina refuses to give up on Ted and turns to an old friend for assistance. Together they delve into research and learn of an ancient curse thought to twist the minds of those who encountered it. Could possession be responsible for the sudden change in Ted? Christina knows something happened in that secret room, something that exacerbated the turmoil with which Ted struggled, but the truth seems too gruesome to be real. As the threads of macabre history unravel, the answers slowly begin to emerge. There may still be time to save Ted and protect others from the malevolent energies laying in wait for their next victim. But how do they fight that which they cannot see?The Doctor's Curse is a twisting, chilling thrill ride that will pull you in and haunt you until long after you turn the last page. Whatever you do, do not fall asleep...

About the Author:

Heather Quinto resides in Fresno, California, and is an online undergraduate student majoring in Creative Writing at Southern New Hampshire University. She is a self-published author of the paranormal series, Inhuman. She is currently working on the second book in the series, which should be released in Fall 2015.

Heather always had a strong urge to write and create imaginative stories ever since she could pick up a pencil. She started off by drawing picture books when she was four years old, and began writing short stories when she was eight years old. Heather’s main inspiration behind writing is to be able to leave the greatest impact on whoever picks up one of her books by influencing a more positive and spiritual outlook on life. She strives to create fresh and original stories that grasps a reader’s attention, and hooks them with her strong and compassionate characters. Heather brings in unique storylines that no one has ever read before, and this is what caters to her originality. Her writing uses humor to teach self-confidence by encouraging her readers to laugh at themselves every once in a while. She accomplishes this by having her characters react in a comical and humorous way to embarrassing moments and certain hardships. She writes of relatable hardships that help her readers feel less alone, and makes them feel more accepted.

Although, Heather’s current target audience are teens, she doesn’t stick to one given genre or age group. Her genre varies from book to book. She’s written science fiction novels, mystery novels, romance novels, fantasy novels, thriller novels, and many more. Heather’s ultimate goal is to be a major impact on the world for the better. She hopes that her books challenge others to think both philosophically and spiritually. She also strives to eventually make a comfortable living off of being a full time writer. Once Heather finishes her book series, she will be working on publishing her science fiction novel.