Comfort Blanket

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Description

The only thing scarier than being alone in the dark, is not being alone in the dark.

Alice had always been good at keeping secrets. However, when a young man mysteriously disappears, a catastrophic series of events are triggered, threatening to upend Alice’s seemingly quiet life. Haunting memories of her past threaten to make themselves known. A childhood protector turns predator, threatening to defend her from all threats – No matter the cost.

Can she navigate the dangers of the unpredictable present? More importantly, is her secret worth dying for?

Information

Status: Completed
Year: 2021
Author: Astrille

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
Followers: 32
Views: 14,767

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Community Reviews(3)

One-eyed MikeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
An excellent job done by the author Astrille.
This story has a nice touch of horror, blended beautifully with a depiction of real life.
Alice's story is engaging, and draws in the reader. Her life and her family background are clearly depicted, so that she has a strong sense of reality. We can understand the fears of a young girl in the dark. And she has found a good friend and companion to protect her...
The story is good, and the writing is good. In a short piece, we easily understand what is happening in her family home, and in her aunt and uncle's house. The characters are developed, and make sense, and the events are well-described
It was my first taste of writing by Astrille, and I was impressed. I'll read other fiction by this writer.
BullerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Written in the style of a comment to the author. You have been warned.
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Read this one as well. Pretty short for now, but I won't mind making an advanced review when this gets a bit longer. I am enjoying what I see if you catch my drift. Sure, this isn't truly my usual reading choice, but it does cause some amount of interest. While I wouldn't exactly call it an S-tier, I wouldn't mind giving it a solid B- Good enough to read while on break, but not enough that it puts Hamlet to shame. The premise is fun, and I am sure that it will be that much later on.
Though, I do have the same ideas about conversation as your other fiction. It feels a bit rusty. While this fiction might not heavily rely on dialogue, I can still see some faults in the realism of their talking. Not anything truly serious, but I could still see it.
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Overall, I will be giving this a 4.5. Better than the author's other works, though it might just prove to be much better soon.
MrNobodyisHome (E. Anderson)Royal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Sometimes, you came across a story that clearly has an exciting premise and a massive world to explore, but you may find yourself suffering from disorientation as they shove so many details into your brain. Like your friend trying to help you absorb a semester’s worth of material for that final you procrastinated studying for several weeks.
“Subtlety” is a keyword that authors should abide by. And this author didn’t miss that memo. Good for them. No need for obvious foreshadowing or obnoxious hinting at something far bigger coming in the future.
Incongruous to the short spiel I started this review with—no—this isn’t an epic fantasy story, and I am not critiquing it as such. This is a slow-burning, character-focused story with an eerie, palpable presence looming over the events that’ll keep you questioning what is going on as you read.
This story knows exactly what it is and it owns it. I live for mystery. What can I say? I like being confused.
Impressively, the author maintained the word count of each chapter in a way where they end abruptly (but gracefully) and leave you curious to see what happens next.
The fear factor manifests in the form of rising tension that may leave you clenching a muscle or two. It keeps me very intrigued!
Let’s start with style. At times it has some fun wordplay and doesn’t always take itself too seriously, which is something I greatly appreciate giving it personality—making way to the formation of its own identity. Although, some phrases used in the narration may be cliched, but nothing worth docking off points for.
Characters are difficult to make a comment on. I do enjoy the protagonist and seeing her struggles and the moldering of her mental state from an early age is great character building to me. It is easy to connect with the character. The rest of the cast, however, seems a bit underwhelming for now, but I do think saying that is unfair because it is fully possible, I haven’t read enough to see enough of them (As of now I am on c