Tegan
I'm keeping this as spoiler free as possible. I'd love to be able to rate this more than 5 stars but we gotta work with what we've got. As of this review, this book comes out in 2 days so I highly recommend you pick it up!
This is exactly the type of horror that I love. It's like The Descent (2005) in an ancient forest with a sprinkling of historical drama and murder mysteries (and red herrings) about loggers.
I almost put this book down to due to content warnings on the first page and I'm so glad I didn't. To clarify, there's no SA on page, only the mention of it. The rest of the CWs are accurate.
The prologue blew me away (I literally made a note that said "oh hell yeah, that fxcking ROCKED" at the end of that chapter) and hooked me so deep. I read 99% of this book in one day and it felt like 5 minutes. I didn't just read it, I devoured it. I fell into the story like I was there with the characters.
Speaking of, the characters were *chefs kiss* perfection. They were so very human; flawed but trying their best in the circumstances. I obviously loved Jasmine the most and I also enjoyed Henry.
The plot was excellent and I particularly liked the red herrings that are dropped early on. I kept changing my mind about things and I love that we, the readers, are on par with the characters as they discover what's going on. Towards the end I was getting adrenaline spikes, I was that into it.
The ending was everything I could ask for. All ties are closed, 99% of questions answered. None of the flashbacks were boring or felt like filler. The plot is written so tightly, there were no words wasted. This book reminded me of House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland in that way. That book is also a eco-horror and was my most recent paperback purchase (2021) just so I can read it again and again. This book will be the same for me. I need to have a physical copy asap.
You ever reach the end of a book and wish the ending had been more grandiose, all encompassing, reached further or affected more? The ending was exactly what I craved for this book. I was slightly worried because horror books have the tendency to not stick the landing at the end but Allison Mick crushed it.
I have so many feelings about this book that's it's difficult to put them all into words, in a good way. I'm absolutely thrilled to have been given the opportunity to read this ARC so a big thank you needs to go to Allison Mick, Kensington Publishing, and Netgalley for providing this to me.
I'm keeping this as spoiler free as possible. I'd love to be able to rate this more than 5 stars but we gotta work with what we've got. As of this review, this book comes out in 2 days so I highly recommend you pick it up!
This is exactly the type of horror that I love. It's like The Descent (2005) in an ancient forest with a sprinkling of historical drama and murder mysteries (and red herrings) about loggers.
I almost put this book down to due to content warnings on the first page and I'm so glad I didn't. To clarify, there's no SA on page, only the mention of it. The rest of the CWs are accurate.
The prologue blew me away (I literally made a note that said "oh hell yeah, that fxcking ROCKED" at the end of that chapter) and hooked me so deep. I read 99% of this book in one day and it felt like 5 minutes. I didn't just read it, I devoured it. I fell into the story like I was there with the characters.
Speaking of, the characters were *chefs kiss* perfection. They were so very human; flawed but trying their best in the circumstances. I obviously loved Jasmine the most and I also enjoyed Henry.
The plot was excellent and I particularly liked the red herrings that are dropped early on. I kept changing my mind about things and I love that we, the readers, are on par with the characters as they discover what's going on. Towards the end I was getting adrenaline spikes, I was that into it.
The ending was everything I could ask for. All ties are closed, 99% of questions answered. None of the flashbacks were boring or felt like filler. The plot is written so tightly, there were no words wasted. This book reminded me of House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland in that way. That book is also a eco-horror and was my most recent paperback purchase (2021) just so I can read it again and again. This book will be the same for me. I need to have a physical copy asap.
You ever reach the end of a book and wish the ending had been more grandiose, all encompassing, reached further or affected more? The ending was exactly what I craved for this book. I was slightly worried because horror books have the tendency to not stick the landing at the end but Allison Mick crushed it.
I have so many feelings about this book that's it's difficult to put them all into words, in a good way. I'm absolutely thrilled to have been given the opportunity to read this ARC so a big thank you needs to go to Allison Mick, Kensington Publishing, and Netgalley for providing this to me.