{"id":11005,"date":"2020-09-24T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/?p=11005"},"modified":"2020-09-23T10:14:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T17:14:44","slug":"book-review-freak-by-elizabeth-dunlap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/24\/book-review-freak-by-elizabeth-dunlap\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Freak by Elizabeth Dunlap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3hUsQ0Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freak-1599506635.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Freak by Elizabeth Dunlap\" class=\"wp-image-11002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freak-1599506635.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freak-1599506635.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freak-1599506635.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freak-1599506635.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freak-1599506635.jpg?resize=1366%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1366w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freak-1599506635.jpg?w=1667&amp;ssl=1 1667w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Freak-1599506635.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Freak by Elizabeth Dunlap<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Title: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/53207387-freak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Freak<\/a> (Highborn Asylum #0.5)<br>Author: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/14199051.Elizabeth_Dunlap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elizabeth Dunlap<\/a><br>Genre: Paranormal Romance<br>My rating:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3545538589\">4 of 5<\/a> stars<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freak is a short little wind-up Prequel for the Highborn Asylum Series. Usually, I feel like there isn&#8217;t enough of a bite to chomp on with these novelettes, but this was a brilliant nosh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Violet, known as Letty, is a patient at Highborn Asylum, where she can hear the walls hum and fellow patient Olivander follows her like an eerie shadow. I kept picturing Olivander as a Gerard Way-esque character, and then Guy is introduced, and I&#8217;m further sunk because I envisioned an Andy Black-like sort&#8211;you can see I have a type.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highborn Asylum isn&#8217;t just any psychiatric facility; there is something very shady of the paranormal bent here, especially since they try to hold and control a witch with a harem. After all, they have to keep wiping Letty&#8217;s memory and telling her that the walls don&#8217;t make noises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait for this series. I&#8217;m hoping it lives up to this nosh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary advance copy of this book<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-IG-Freak.png?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Freak by Elizabeth Dunlap\" class=\"wp-image-11003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-IG-Freak.png?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-IG-Freak.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-IG-Freak.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-IG-Freak.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Freak by Elizabeth Dunlap<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Elizabeth Dunlap:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing books should never be about making money or shelling out a paper cut-out story we\u2019ve read a thousand times. Writing is about the passion. About telling a story worth telling, with characters that grow and change before your eyes. It\u2019s about letting the story take you places you never thought possible. Expanding your view of a tired subject and making it brand new. You can find all that and more with Elizabeth Dunlap\u2019s books, i.e. MY books! Come sit, stay awhile, and discover the worlds I create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect with Elizabeth Dunlap:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethdunlap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a> | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edunlapnifty\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edunlapnifty\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/authors\/elizabeth-dunlap\" target=\"_blank\">BookBub<\/a> | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2G7IRD6\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01N209ZJP\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;linkCode=li2&#038;tag=hcnb1click-20&#038;linkId=0da23486fe99678dc31c8e428f396f3b&#038;language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&#038;ASIN=B01N209ZJP&#038;Format=_SL160_&#038;ID=AsinImage&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;WS=1&#038;tag=hcnb1click-20&#038;language=en_US\" ><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hcnb1click-20&#038;language=en_US&#038;l=li2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B01N209ZJP\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; 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