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by Elena Taylor

pub date: Nov 4

Rating:

Review:

I tend to refer to over the top thriller page turners as popcorn thrillers – this is not what I would refer to as a popcorn thriller. This is a thriller that is dark will potentially rip you in half and will make you have to finish it immediately.

I really love the writing style of this book so I need to read more from this author, and this book was dark enough that it was healing. It covers a really dark concept and I totally cried, and the atmosphere is also written so elegantly and so well.

I’m kind of at a loss for words with how well this book was executed and how artfully it was done because I feel like it’s hard to find thrillers that rip you in half in this way. While it does cover some very dark topics such as stillborn children and loss of a partner and burial of both daughter/baby/infant and mother, which is very dark, it’s not treated as a light topic.

My entire body was covered in chills while reading this book. To me, that’s a sign of a really excellent dark novel.

It’s really hard to get me to have full body chills from a thriller let alone a horror or anything so I am thoroughly impressed with this one.

There were also a few scenes that were confusing and over the top ever so slightly so it kept me engaged and it allowed the narrative and the novel self to not be exaggerated. I definitely felt like this novel was handled really well as far as dialogue goes because dialogue tends to be what will make a novel over the top.

The character development was also impressive, and the pacing was done really well.

Overall, I’m just really impressed with this read and I’m excited and grateful that I was able to find this book.

Thank you for the arc. I appreciate the opportunity to leave honest feedback voluntarily.