This book has yet to fully leave my mind, despite my reading it three or four years ago. It's a demon possession story being told BY the person who is being possessed. She experiences losing time and coming to in weird places. Her life falls apart in a sad and horrifying manner. It's a short read, so if there are any horror fans reading this, I really do recommend it." Bella wrote: "I love Night, by Elie Wiesel, but it is disturbing. It is a must read about the Holocaust, and you will remember it..." Livi wrote: "Right so i love really gory and bloody books and some of the recommendations down below say some are 'twisted' i'm guessing 'twisted' is dark and i'm not that old so should i just go or 'horror' no..." Childhood Disrupted is a timely book that summarizes the effects of childhood adversity, incorporating the current science in a very personalized and approachable way. The more we understand about childhood adversity and its imprint on our body and brain, the more we can help each other recover from its harmful effects. This is an important read for anyone looking to help those afflicted by childhood adversity, whether personally or in a caring role such as parents, teachers, and health care workers.” Dark and Quirky Summer - Carian Cole, Kate Canterbary, Lena Hendrix and C.W. Farnsworth — Regular price

Fast forward to the present and we find that Chelsea is still reeling from her ordeal and barely leaves her apartment. Her only solace is her best friend Elizabeth. Then, out of the blue, Boyd re-enters her life. That's when the strange messages start arriving. She is terrified that Ethan is stalking her and wants his revenge. Let's just hope that there's currently a sequel in the works. There's no way Jennifer Jaynes can leave it at that. Or is there? Well-Being, Self-Care, and ACEs, as part of ACEs Connection 2017 Parenting With ACEs Fall Chat Series She had a nasty scar on her cheek that extended from the side of her nose to her left ear. Chelsea had been diagnosed with amnesia and lost memories, nightmares and flashes. Now 5 years later, she still lived in fear with the thought of the killer’s return. After the murders of her roommates, Chelsea left Springfield and moved to Boston, where she lives an isolated life working from home as a medical transcriptionist. Elizabeth, a nurse she met after the murders, is the only person she can trust. I had this read in a matter of hours, so I'm happy to say my second experience with this author was much better than my first! ( The Stranger Inside and I didn't get along well)Her biological parents had been dead since she was six years old. There were a long string of foster families whom she had lived with until she turned eighteen and started college. I am one in a row of specimens. It’s when I try to flutter out of line that he hates me. I’m meant to be dead, pinned, always the same, always beautiful. He knows that part of my beauty is being alive, but it’s the dead me he wants. He wants me living-but-dead.’ – Miranda, The Collector

Kafka is always challenging and an excellent example of there being no ‘right’ answer in interpreting a work of literature, and it seems to actively try to resist interpretation.” – Readers quote The Halloween night that her college roommates (Christine and Amy) had been murdered and she had been carved up and left for dead. Disturbed is a crime fiction novel, with intriguing characters, a fascinating plot kept me on edge and a twist at the end that I did not see coming. I’m glad that I’m not the only one that was disturbed by that scene. Obviously the rest of the book is next-level horror compared to a lot of other books but that section, the first time I finished reading it I kind of just marked my place, set the book down and just sat there staring into space. I was just numbed by it.” – Readers quote in regards to a particularly gruesome scene

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In the 1850’s, a 14 year old teenager joins a band of wild west criminals that kills Indians, peels away their scalps from the head and then sell them. Your biography becomes your biology. The emotional trauma we suffer as children not only shapes our emotional lives as adults, it also affects our physical health, longevity, and overall wellbeing. Scientists now know on a bio-chemical level exactly how parents’ chronic fights, divorce, death in the family, being bullied or hazed, and growing up with a hypercritical, alcoholic, or mentally ill parent can leave permanent, physical “fingerprints” on our brains.

I absolutely loved this book! I'm a huge fan of books where a character is being stalked, or feels like they are being stalked, so Disturbed was right up my alley. I absolutely loved Chelsea as our protagonist, and most of the book was told from her point of view, though there were a few additional POVs, especially at the end of the book, but I think they worked really well in this book in lending to the creepy nature of the story. Chelsea barely survives a horrific murder at Halloween which sees her 2 flat mates slaughtered. She is stabbed, slashed and bleeding out when Lang and his police colleagues arrive. Her life is saved and she recovers physically, albeit scarred. Mentally the scars will never heal and she spends some time in a psychiatric hospital after attempting suicide. I really liked this one. It’s one of those psychological thrillers that you’ll enjoy it! It’s well-written and fast-paced. Told in multiple POV, 3rd person. It’s a stand-alone novel. It was truly enjoyable for me and hope you like it, too! Lolita is a wonderful book abut a disturbing situation. Some people just can’t handle facing the fact that situations like this actually happen, or they refuse to expose themselves to a book that might make them (gasp) empathize or understand how it might happen. – Readers quote The book I found the most disturbing is one that people have rarely heard of, so I thought I'd share it here for fans of the genre who might be interested:As always, I will endeavor to keep this review spoiler free. I think all books are more enjoyable when you go in as plot-blind as possible, but that’s especially true with murder mystery thrillers. So if it’s not mentioned in the official synopsis, I’ll do my level best to avoid mentioning it here. On Halloween night five years ago, Chelsea Dutton and her roommates are celebrating their friend Amy's birthday. The night ends with two girls brutally stabbed and murdered to death and Chelsea is found in her bathtub with multiple stab wounds clinging on to her life.... A message is written in the bathroom next to Chelsea's body "YOU MADE ME'' (ugh... can we say creeeepppyyy) She's spent almost five years ashamed of her scars and trying not to be recognized. Her life is about to change. She goes to a farmer's market with Elizabeth and recognizes a familiar face. It's Boyd, who was friends with Ethan and left right before the murders. She doesn't understand exactly why she approaches him at first, but they both feel a connection. It's nice to be honest with a man. He seems nearly perfect... but is he?

To learn everything I could, I spent two years interviewing the leading scientists who research and study the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and toxic childhood stress. I combed through seventy research papers that comprise the ACE Study and hundreds of other studies from our nation’s best research institutions that support and complement these findings. And I followed thirteen individuals who suffered early adversity and later faced adult health struggles, who were able to forge their own life-changing paths to physical and emotional healing. I've read several books by this author, and this was another one I really enjoyed. It's a fast-paced psychological thriller, I read it in one sitting. Once again I thought I had everything all figured out, but nope! Seen through the lens of the new field of research into Adverse Childhood Experiences, it suddenly seemed almost predictable that, by the time I was in my early forties, my health would deteriorate and I would be brought—in my case, quite literally—to my knees. I would like to thank Thomas & Mercer & NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review. There's so many ways this story could have gone, I slowly started to put the pieces together. At about 60% into the book I was certain where it was headed, and I was correct. Though I must admit, briefly I started to change my mind. I thought maybe the story was headed in a different direction, but soon realized that's what Jennifer Jaynes wants the reader to think. Well played Jennifer, well played. Even though I had predicted where it was headed, I was not at all disappointed with how it played out. This is a great psychological thriller!Jennifer Jaynes knowns how to keep you interested and on your toes throughout the whole story! She is such a vivid story teller. I was literally gasping out loud. I was so invested in the outcome. I had absolutely no idea what was gonna happen. One girl was left alive in the tub. Multiple stab wounds. One of them deep in the side of her abdomen. Blood everywhere. Chelsea has been living, barely, a very reclusive life since being the sole survivor of the gruesome murders of her roommates while she was in college. Thankfully she has her lifeline and only friend, Elizabeth to help her cope with the aftereffects and memory loss of the horrifying event.