I didn't know what to expect from this book. It was recommended by several other readers I trust, so I thought I would give it a shot. It was very different from anything else I've read recently. The story was told through alternate chapters/sections going from the past to the present. I won't get into the story line as plenty of others already have. I will say that the ending of this book absolutely ROCKED! I originally thought that perhaps "Seed" was the first of a series because by approximat...

This is the book that started it all for Ania Ahlborn. I can see why this launched her into her successful horror writing career. There is some great mood building here where the reader is very nervous for our story's characters: The Winters family, but the family themselves are not nervous enough which creates yummy tension.We, the reader, get insight into what's going on through the main character, Jack. We're in his head most of the time and he's pretty unreliable. We're not sure about Jack t...

BRAVO!!!! this book is fantastic. I haven't read a book this scary since reading Adam Neville's the ritual years ago. the characters are great & realistic. the story is great, scary & keeps you hooked. i just loved it! you should read it too! <3 (view spoiler)[ calling the demon /devil mr. scratch is great! i love that! (hide spoiler)]

Seed is a story about a cute little girl and her somewhat feckless father and a bad case of possible demonic possession. it is less about a Bad Apple and more about Does a Bad Apple Fall from a Bad Tree? it features a possible supernatural presence known as Mr. Scratch. it includes a great little scene that simply has a mom tying her child's shoes. i was really creeped out by that one. good scene!i have an open mind when i read horror. it is one of my favorite genres so i like a lot of different...

Here's the thing.I've been busy lately. I haven't had a lot of free time to write my reviews because I was recently promoted at my job and unfortunately that means I have to actually work at my job instead of killing a few hours a day on goodreads with my fellow book junkies. Now I have to read and then try to hammer out my reviews when I can. Normally this wouldn't be a problem. But normally I don't forget that I read a book.In fact- I don't even remember the last time I forgot that I read a bo...

Jack Winter grew up in a trailer off an isolated road in Rosewood, Georgia. As a child he explored the land around his home, and one day he sat down to rest in a cemetery, where he spied a shadow with two black eyes and it followed him home--for years crouching at the end of his bed; keeping him up at night; smiling its crooked, razor-toothed smile; making him do things to animals and his parents.One night he ran away from home and kept running, and his memory was suppressed long enough for him

The second greatest pleasure in reading is opening a favorite author's new book. But the greatest, for me at least, is discovering a new voice. It's deciding to give that sample a shot, getting through those first few pages, and becoming awestruck with the mounting feeling that you're reading something different and new and masterfully created.It doesn't happen often. There's so much to read, and life is simply too short to slog through bad, or even mediocre books.Such was my attitude as I began...

Initial thoughts: Well fuck me sideways...that was a scary ass book!!!! Review to come...Actual rating: 4.5 stars. No spoilers!Review:I started this book all smiles and happy, like this lil guy... Then BAM!!! The craziness kicked in and I was scuuuurrrrred!!!!So everyone who knows me knows how much I love scary anything, and horror books. I have been reading more and more of them lately. I often do pay a little attention to the average star rating when choosing a book, so I was hesitant with

A solid 5 star read.I love cerebral horror stories. Seed definitely falls into this category. It is the story of Jack Winter, husband, father and rocker. The Winter's are hanging on by a slender thread financially, their immediate goal is a modest one: buy a new car before their old Saturn gives up the ghost and leaves them stranded.Shortly into the story, things go from bad to worse when a freakish car accident sends the car to an early grave and the cause of the accident forces Jack to face a

This was a creepy read! A man and his family survive a terrible car crash, but from there things start getting sinister. The story wraps around one of the daughters becoming possessed by a demon as her family just thinks it is growing pains. The father realizes that he faced the same demon as a child and now he must face it again within his daughter. The book moved at a fast pace and kept me entertained. Has twists and a gripping creepy factor throughout the whole book.I would have given it five...

*Buddy Read with Latasha and some peeps over at Horror Aficionados*Well, that was creepy right from the get go and then it sort of fizzled out for me and then picked back up. The creepy little Charlie girl freaked me right out! Jack and his family, wife Aimee and daughters, Charlie and Abby get in a wreck one night on the way home. Jack thought he saw something in the road and so did Charlie. From then on out it's crazeville. This book is about possession, but some of it wasn't explained good en...

What a gem this turned out to be! Whilst looking on Amazon for kindle reads I discovered Seed by Ania Ahlborn and with a bunch of really good reviews and a price tag of $0.99 I decided to give it a whirl and I must say I am really glad I did. Demonic possession in fiction and cinema is well trodden ground, but for some reason I am always drawn to these types of stories (Don’t ask me why as they scare the shit out of me!) and Anina Ahlborn does not disappoint. The prose is wonderful and the use

Finally, a demonic possession novel other than The Exorcist that is not only worth reading but is outstanding in its own right.Read 2012 and 2015.

Seed by Ania Ahlborn has been patiently sitting on my kindle waiting to be remembered until recently I came across the audiobook and at just over 6 hours immediately thought, yep that’s easily doable in a day, perfect.Seed is an almost perfect slow building horror, it plans and executes a clinical attack on your emotions as the screw gradually turns and the tension ratchets to unbearable levels. It all starts with a car crash, as the protagonist and driver of the car Jack, sees something at the

"It was you, it was me, it was us, it was we."Ania Ahlborn's books seem to be hit or miss with me. This is my 4th book of hers and I will say it's the best one I've read so far. I really didn't care for The Neighbors or The Bird Eater because one I found cheesy and the other just boring. Not the case with Seed. This book delivers some seriously chilling moments. A possessed child is something I will always gravitate to in a story and this one does deliver in brutal fashion.

There is something terribly wrong in the Winter household. It begins with the subtle sound of scratching, then skittering noises, soon turning into a lurking shadow, a glint of teeth. The insidious darkness is creeping in, pooling like blood. Sleep becomes impossible, you don't dare close your eyes for fear of it drawing closer. Keep a lookout for a bearded man who cruises the back roads in a rusty red pickup truck late at night. He almost seems familiar, but you can't quite place him . . . is h...

"Jack knew those eyes, and it terrified him that they had found him again."Jack Winter fled his rural home when he was just a boy, thinking he was leaving his nightmare behind forever. Now, years later, him and his family are in a car crash and he sees glowing eyes that he recognises... the evil thing that had followed him as a child has found him again.This is my second Ahlborn book after The Devil Crept In and I'm already hailing her as my Queen of Horror! It takes a lot to leave me feeling un...

Driving home from a family outing, Jack sees glowing eyes in his path. He swerves to avoid whatever it is that might be in the road and flips his car. Everyone is okay; at first . . . Soon after the accident? Well let’s just say things are very far from ok. Jack’s youngest daughter develops a high fever and begins acting very strangely. It’s later revealed that she also “saw the eyes” and things spiral out of control from thereafter. It turns out Jack has been suppressing memories of those damn

Seed is a creepy, scary story with a monster from hell.....literally. (no spoiler here)Imagine driving along on a pitch black road when suddenly your headlights go out, and the last thing you remember is a pair of soulless, empty eyes reflecting bright silver.....yikes! After miraculously surviving the violent car crash, Jack's memory of his terrifying childhood slowly begins to return along with an evil presence that endangers his family and threatens his world.Not Stephen King quality, but spi...