I started this book with intrigue however was left feeling very deflated.
Nothing seemed to happen ot was all very one level. Just plodded along.

This little dark place is just that...dark. Twisted. Captivating. Intense. I couldn’t stop reading, needing to know the answers. What a story and what an ending.

This is a book of letters written by Daniel. Through them we meet his girlfriend and his prison pen pal. There are plenty of plot twists and unexpected happenings which kept me completely hooked to the end. Highly recommended.

Overall I liked this book. It jumps around quite a bit making it confusing at times. I didn't find it as thrilling and twisty as I had hoped, as I figured out the ending well before the end of the book. Overall 3/5 stars from me.

This was such a weird read for me. I almost felt like I was the author of those letters I felt his fears his ups his downs but it’s not until near the end that you realize about two of the characters in the book and then it all makes sense. The author should add a prologue maybe? If they reunited? It left me with Hope

Very good read !!!!

I was so intrigued and kept waiting for this book to pay off. It never did for me. I just wanted to like it so much but I could not care about anything that was happening. I could not get involved. I could not get lost in the story. By the end, it just didn't matter to me. I just wanted to finish.

The story concept was really interesting and for that, I give this story two stars. This is the debut novel of the author.
Now to the plot or rather something that was supposed to be it... 80/90% of the book it is very little they happen and the ending was SO OUT OF NOWHERE that I was rereading that part for quite a few times. Still nothing.
This format would be a blessing or a curse for the book. And it happens to be the second option. Unfortunately, as the whole story had potential that was lost in the middle of something that I'm not sure what to call.

This novel has such a brilliant and appealing synopsis. We immediately know it will be a psychological thriller riddled with suspense and we are NOT let down.
The novel revolves around the characters of Daniel, Victoria and pen-pal Ruby. We are aware that Daniel is enrolled in a pen-pal programme, but the messages end up going so much deeper than a mere friendship…
‘Two damaged souls, reaching out for a connection’
It isn’t long before Daniel is divulging far too many details of his personal life and relationships. When Ruby reciprocates this response, we the reader immediately know it isn’t going to end well for either of them…
‘I didn’t intend to write back to her but of course I did’
Daniel is at times, an unreliable narrator and I never knew if he was telling the truth or playing games. You just simply can’t trust him and neither should Victoria or Ruby.
The novel is fast paced, edgy and modern. A cracking debut might I add. I raced through the pages and couldn’t wait to get to the end.
Daniel is most definitely a weirdo, but that doesn’t make him a criminal or does it? 4*

This was so eerie.... I was quite mesmerized by the plot and the writing. I liked the novel concept.

A pen pal program caused Daniel and girlfriend Vic to come in contact with Ruby. Initially the mail were neutral till they became intimate and Ruby decided to meet him and never leave him.

The story started with letters to Lucy whose identity was kept a secret till the end. I was tempted to read the last few chapters first. The writing was superfluous in the way it created a sense of isolation for Daniel. The complications and shocks kept dropping on him.

The suspense built up with every page and my need to know who Lucy was too grew exponentially. The ending was certainly not what I expected. The book was certainly chilling.

Overall, a dark thriller which kept awake late at night. This was a great midnight read.

A very dark and suspenseful book! A.S Hatch delivers a solid story line with some dark twists and great characters! So glad I got chosen to review this book!

I so desperately wanted to say I loved this book. The writing was outstanding, it was both emotive and evocative and dripping with tension.
The characters came alive in my head, I could see them, hear then and experienced their lives on every level. I connected with them through every page of the book..
I loved the concept of the book, it was intriguing and very clever.

However, I found my reading experience an extremely confusing one. It was difficult to orientate myself to time and place, it jumped about constantly and although by the end it made sense and worked itself out, my personal reading experience would have been enhanced with some clearer orientation throughout and this is the only reason I did not award a higher star rating.
I'd rate 3.5 but have rounded it up to 4 stars

This is a slow burn of a novel. The narrator, Daniel is writing to a woman called Lucy, 16 years after the events he’s narrating. From the outset, there’s a sense of menace. Who is Lucy, why is she writing to Daniel and why would she have seen his pictures in the newspapers?
Daniel is the classic unreliable narrator. His relationship with two women determines his life’s course. One is his wife, Victoria. The other is Ruby, with whom he starts an online correspondence. But at all times, we feel Daniel’s side of the story is not the full picture, and long to know how both women experience the events he is describing..
Suspenseful and well-written, I’d definitely recommend this book.

I really enjoyed this book from beginning to end. Great character development, and I didn't want to put the book down towards the end. I read this book in two day, which is always a good sign of enjoyment.

Unfortunately this book really didn't hit the mark for me and I gave up about 30% of the way in. I tried to enjoy it but felt it was too forced and slow. A great synopsis that didn't translate into a great read for me personally.

This book was very slow moving for me. Unfortunately it was a DNF for me, I may circle back around to this for a reread but wasn't in the mood for a book this slow moving.

It has received great reviews from others, just wasn't for me.

I received a digital advanced reader copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a very interesting read. It was written in a very unique format. I loved how it was letters written by our protagonist. The story was very dark and twisty. I kept questioning who could be trusted.

I really just could not put this book down. I ignored all my house work until this was finished. The tension builds so quickly, you can just feel that something big is around the corner at every page turn.

The writing style in my opinion was amazing. It really kept me on edge. The ending was SOOO GOOD. I won’t say the story is creepy per say, but the story is intriguing and really just catches your attention.

Thank you to the author, the publisher, and Netgalley for allowing me to review this story.

Received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for a honest review. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own

It’s a dark and creepy tale that sadly didn’t work for me. It’s confusing with the time jumps and the few chapters,

I am no longer interested in the content of this book. So, I'm DNF'ing this book for now. I may circle back around to this book one day.

DNF-ed at 44%

PROS:
•  The synopsis. Unfortunately, this is all that I liked in this book...

CONS:
• 2 big chapters. That's all! When I started the book and saw this, I thought that is something wrong with my e-ARC. But no, there were just 2 chapters. Not saying that this is necessarily a bad thing, but it didn't work well for me. I felt like, even though it's a book under 300 pages, these 2 chapters were pushing me to read, without really allowing me breaks. I think this kind of book dividing it's cruelty for most of the contemporary readers.
• Future main timeline. The main timeline is placed in 2033, which for a thriller, again, for me, it's not appealing at all. Like, I am reading a sci-fi without anything sci-fi in it... It may sound weird but in my opinion, thrillers should be placed in the present or past timeline. Whatever is in the future, is either sci-fi or dystopian.
• No transition between moments and timelines. Not even a '*' or something for the most parts! Now I was reading from the past and then the exact next paragraph was from the future (the present line of the book). This was very disturbing and hope that the final copy doesn't look the same.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:
• I didn't care about anything and anyone in this book, which is a bummer because I really wanted to read this book, I was intrigued by the synopsis. I felt confused almost all the time because of the lack of delimitation and transition between moments and timelines, and by how faded the characters where.

This Little Dark Place is a quite slow moving book but is an eerie book so on the whole I enjoyed this as I wasn’t sure which direction it was going to go in.
Daniel is the main character he and his partner Victoria are trying for a baby but it’s just not happening, things happen and Victoria throws herself into her fitness regime whilst Daniel finds himself in a penpal but not any penpal no, this is one from prison and is called Ruby and things start to slide out of control.
The book is split into dual timelines and in 2033 I couldn’t work out who Daniel was writing to but You find out who Lucy is and it made reading to the end well worth it. This book didn’t really make me want to read it for the first quarter but then emotions got a lot deeper and I found it had a lot going for it. The only thing I disliked was there were only 2 chapters in the whole book and as a busy working mum there has to be natural points to enable me to leave the book and come back to it and not be thinking what just happened as your halfway through a sentence.
I would like to thank Netgalley and Serpents Tail/ Profile Books for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.