#booktour Asylum by Tamera Lawrence #bookreview

 

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It feels like it has been sometime since I last posted.

Today I have book tour stop via Blackthorn Book Tours, 

Asylum by Tamera Lawrence 

Genre:  Psychological thriller

Published March 10th 2021 by THE WILD ROSE PRESS

About Asylum

Like all children living at Rose Hill Asylum, Kyle Hampton wanted freedom from the abusive staff and violent residents. When at nine he was adopted into a loving family, he left his younger brother behind and didn’t look back. Twenty-eight years later, his choices have returned to haunt him.

Now a family man, Kyle has hidden his true childhood from his wife, only to stir up the past when, as a lark, he revisits the underground tunnels and the abandoned asylum with a friend. A dark figure wants revenge and emerges ready to destroy Kyle and everyone he loves. But Kyle isn’t going down without a fight—he’s played in the shadows before.

Will his childhood, rooted in terror, be what saves him

My Review

⭐⭐⭐⭐

(3.5 rounded up to 4)

So if you know me, the word asylum is one of the buzzwords that will get my attention and interest in a book, so clearly a book titled Asylum was going to get my attention and interest. And yes it did for the whole book.

Asylum takes place in the now, and the life Kyle Hampton is living as an adult. Rose Hill Asylum the place that both he and his brother were born in is the past, something he doesn't or hasn't been thinking about. Other then his recent searching for Roy his brother. He has lost touch with him since being 14. See Kyle was adopted out, and his brother Roy was not and eventually was moved to another group home when the truth of the horrible, disgusting, sadistic treatment that went on in Ross Hill was let known and the Asylum then closed down. 

The building stands abandoned, and Kyle's best friend Randy, also a former resident enjoys urban exploring. Kyle likes to go with him to do so, despite his wife not happy with the idea of him doing things to risk himself. I just have to say, I don't like this pairing, I can't lie. I don't these two characters at all, I'm not sure if the author wanted us to, but I just couldn't even with them. If we were meant to be annoyed by them great job at portraying them as not likable.

Enter Stiches. 

He wants revenge

Stiches, is a messed up "jester" he's an evil vile human monster. As someone with a clown fear it was surprising that it was his scenes that I enjoyed the most. Because he is sinister and creepy, and kudos to Tamera Lawrence on such wonderful job and making him so. 

So with this being an honest review, I have to say I almost stopped reading this been early on, happy I didn't but I almost did. I did not like any of the characters. Other then Stiches, and I liked him because he was how he was suppose to be creepy, sinister and evil.

Asylum is written well and very fast read. Perfect for this time of year.  If one wanted to they could possibly do it in a sitting. It could have been longer I feel as if I would like more flash backs in the actual asylum. But it kept my attention even when I was glaring at Kyle, Beth and Randy for some of the stupid things they said and did. But I think that is a thing/trope in psychological thrillers/horror, the annoying character.

I had my suspicions as to who Stiches was. I flip flopped a few times but in the end I was right my guess. There was a twist I did not see coming which made me go "hmmm was I wrong and the rest just red hearings?"  I liked the twist, could have had more information with it but I liked it because I didn't see it coming and when we were nearing it I thought my initial guess were off base. So yet again kudos to Tamera Lawrence for keeping me on my toes.

Asylum was not the horror novel that I originally thought it was going to be, but it is horrific with keep you gripped. 

    But I guess then again it is a horror when you think about it. What the children of Rose Hill Asylum went through is horrific but that didn't create the human monster, sometimes someone is born that way.

I am interested to know what the authors other books are like. 

Purchase link

About the Author:

With a passion for writing, Award winning author Tamera Lawrence likes to entertain readers with edgy thrillers and mysteries. As a mother of six, Tamera draws on personal experiences to bring to life interesting characters set in today’s complex world. She loves meeting fans and writes book reviews upon request.

Tamera also likes to play softball and clang out a tune or two on the piano.

Other books include: THE POND, GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER: A PENNHURST HAUNTING & PENNHURST GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER 11 

Praise for Asylum

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This book properly belongs in the horror section. Humans are the biggest monsters of all, and Asylum is full of them. There is an intensity to this story … Rose Hill isn’t real, but it is based on reality….while this isn’t quite a book about social justice, she make me think about these issues. KarnagesMistress 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

This was a quick and enjoyable read that I finished within 48 hours. When I wasn’t reading this book, I was thinking about reading it and wanting to know what happens! Kelly Okonski 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is very different from other mental psych ward thrillers I have read. The inmates are not running the asylum but they are the only ones who can save themselves from its terrifying grip.  David Kempf author of They Laughed At Me.