{"id":27402,"date":"2025-04-01T09:14:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=27402"},"modified":"2025-04-01T09:14:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:14:03","slug":"visage-of-moros-by-tamel-wino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=27402","title":{"rendered":"Visage of Moros by Tamel Wino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A dark, gut-punch of a psychological thriller\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grief turns toxic for a grieving father in Wino\u2019s Decay Abloom series opener.&nbsp; Drystan Caine\u2019s daughter is gone, and the search for answers warps into a ruthless obsession. As the investigation stalls, his paranoia deepens, his grip on reality slips, and vengeance becomes his only purpose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wino portrays Drystan with understanding and sympathy. He\u2019s not a hero, nor entirely a villain\u2014just a broken man teetering on the edge, unable to let go. Grief twists his need for justice into obsession, corroding his judgment and morality. The tension builds relentlessly, with no clear relief, making Drystan\u2019s descent into obsession feel inevitable. The novel\u2019s disjointed pacing creates an immersive, almost suffocating reading experience. The narrative doesn\u2019t rush; it lingers in pain, forcing readers to sit with Drystan\u2019s despair. Moments of quiet devastation hit just as hard as the novel\u2019s more violent outbursts. The result is a relentless but deeply affecting read that grips hard and doesn\u2019t let go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Visage-Moros-Decay-Abloom-Tamel\/dp\/B0F1N3HGQV\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Visage-Moros-Decay-Abloom-Tamel\/dp\/B0F1N3HGQV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date March 16, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 978-1069182401<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Price $15.99 (USD) Paperback<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dark, gut-punch of a psychological thriller\u2026 Grief turns toxic for a grieving father in Wino\u2019s Decay Abloom series opener.&nbsp; Drystan Caine\u2019s daughter is gone, and the search for answers warps into a ruthless obsession. As the investigation stalls, his paranoia deepens, his grip on reality slips, and vengeance becomes his only purpose.&nbsp; Wino portrays Drystan with understanding and sympathy. He\u2019s not a hero, nor entirely a villain\u2014just a broken man teetering on the edge, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":27404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[7223,91,3328,178,1136176,929713,1473,1008073,856121,309,723770779,723769818,723770778,349],"class_list":["post-27402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-indie-books","tag-psychological-thriller","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-tamel-wino","tag-thriller","tag-visage-of-moros","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-77Y","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/visage.jpg?fit=279%2C445&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27406,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27402\/revisions\/27406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}