All Smoke Rises

Milk-Blood Redux

By: Mark Matthews

Narrated by: Lori Faiella

Ten-year-old Lilly is the victim of a terrible house fire and a wretched family. Her father is an addict with mental illness, her mother was murdered and then buried across the street, and her uncle got her addicted to heroin.

Lilly's tragic story has been told in the book All Smoke Rises, and it may be true, for the author has broken into your house, and placed Lilly's body on your kitchen counter. He demands you hear the manuscript, before cutting his own wrists and bleeding out on your floor.

Now you have decisions to make, for her body may not be dead, and her family is coming for her.

©2016 Mark Matthews (P)2016 Mark Matthews

Just ok

Story and narrator were ok..... didn't really keep me engaged, decent read though, I suppose

All smoke rises

What did you like best about this story?

This is a hard breaking story at the life of a drug users and the effects such behavior has on society and friends and family. It kept my interest from beginning to end.

Great Story

What did you love best about All Smoke Rises?

The perfect sequel to Mark Matthews urban horror tale of drug addiction and extreme dysfunction

What about Lori Faiella’s performance did you like?

Enjoyed her performance greatly

If you could take any character from All Smoke Rises out to dinner, who would it be and why?

I liked Crystal. Even though she was doing terrible things, she was doing them for the love of the two children, Oscar and Lilly

Any additional comments?

I was given a review copy of this audiobook from the author in exchange for an honest review and this was it

Confused But Enjoyed

Any additional comments?

This book was very different, never read anything like it.

While I enjoyed the story, this book is a bit confusing throughout. I have a feeling that reading a paper copy as opposed to listening would solve this issue. It's a creepy tale that will satisfy horror fans who like character driven horror stories.

This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Blast.

Disturbing read that sticks with you

I listened to the Audible version of this book and utilized Whispersync by reading my Kindle when I couldn't listen. This book is really disturbing, and I think it will stay with me for a long time (a mark of a good book, in my opinion). Apparently, this book is a sequel, but I read this one without having read the previous book in the series. It didn't hamper my enjoyment one bit, but I definitely want to go back and read the other. This is a dark, paranormal, urban horror story that centers around addiction, poverty, child abuse, and more of the dark struggles in society. It is haunting, and will stick with you long after you finish reading it. As far as the narration goes, I thought it was decent. I wasn't blown away by it, and I had a couple times I had a hard time hearing it because the "voice" the narrator was using was so quiet. Still, it wasn't bad. Overall, great book (albeit disturbing), and I really want to check out the previous book in the series.