{"id":8628,"date":"2021-04-11T11:16:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T17:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=8628"},"modified":"2021-04-11T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T17:21:42","slug":"8628","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=8628","title":{"rendered":"Grasp of the Night (Grasp, #1) by Sadaf Zulfikar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"346\" data-attachment-id=\"8630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?attachment_id=8630\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/grasp-of-the-night.jpg?fit=217%2C346&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"217,346\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"grasp-of-the-night\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/grasp-of-the-night.jpg?fit=217%2C346&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/grasp-of-the-night.jpg?resize=217%2C346&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8630\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Intriguing and haunting\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zulfikar combines elements of occult horror and thriller while delving into loss of innocence, grief, guilt, and mortality in her latest. After losing her family, real identity, and memory, Alice is living alone, with the fear of the unknown constantly weighing her down. When she meets Derek, an immediate spark ignites a strange attraction between the two. But Derek is her neighbor\u2019s boyfriend, and Alice owes her heart to a man from her past. When Grasp, a demonic cult, sets their eyes on Alice, she knows the time has come for her to unravel her past. An intriguing premise, plenty of twists, and cast of deeply flawed characters\u2014the deeply troubled Derek, Steph with her waspish anger, and Rave, with her enduring guilt\u2014will keep readers invested. The gloomy, haunting setting and well-integrated thriller elements will delight and entertain supernatural thriller readers. The winding, loosely plotted storyline gets confusing at times, and the shocking, disheartening ending may disappoint some readers. Nonetheless, this grim, often unnerving story makes for an impressive read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Grasp of the Night <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">(Grasp, #1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Sadaf Zulfikar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Later-Stephen-King-ebook\/dp\/B08F4GYM8W\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White Falcon Publishing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date February 5, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ASIN B08W9L1VHN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price $3.06 (USD) Kindle edition, $9.99 Paperback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intriguing and haunting\u2026 Zulfikar combines elements of occult horror and thriller while delving into loss of innocence, grief, guilt, and mortality in her latest. After losing her family, real identity, and memory, Alice is living alone, with the fear of the unknown constantly weighing her down. When she meets Derek, an immediate spark ignites a strange attraction between the two. But Derek is her neighbor\u2019s boyfriend, and Alice owes her heart to a man from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":8630,"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":false,"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":[861626,56739],"tags":[38100332,24777292,7223,3328,178,1136176,610903656,62857929,1473,1008073,856121,309,33102,349],"class_list":["post-8628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paranormal-supernatural","category-short-reviews","tag-amreading","tag-amwriting","tag-author","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-indie-books","tag-indie-books-review","tag-indiebooks","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-supernatural","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sajKJn-8628","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/grasp-of-the-night.jpg?fit=217%2C346&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8628","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=8628"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8635,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8628\/revisions\/8635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}