I really was looking forward to this book, however it fell flat.

I love slow roll thrillers/horror but this wasn't slow roll... it had no roll.

I also am one who lobes WELL EXECUTED dislikable characters. But I couldn't care less about any of them.

Additionally, I really thought there would be a more creepy vibe, but there wasn't.

This was a fast paced thriller and a fun time. I didn't find it to be overly groundbreaking, but had fun nevertheless.

This one wasn't for me. I had a hard time getting into the story and a hard time caring what happened to the characters. Perhaps it was just the timing as I had high hopes. I did not finish this title.

This book was ok. There were elements that I liked and wished they had been expanded on, especially the creepiness. My main issue was that this was a really slow burn. I wanted the pace to pick up.

I don't know if it was me or the book but it was one of those books I read and at the end I really had no idea what even happened. It wasn't for the way it ended it was just that it didn't seem to go very smoothly throughout and half the time I had to stop and try to figure out if anything was happening. It felt like there was a story in there, just it didn't seem to come out well. I love the way this author writes, I just really didn't have a pleasant experience reading this book.
I do encourage you, though, to give this book a shot because I'm really not sure if it was just me having a disconnect with a story or if it really was the book itself.

This was just an ok read for me. I kept waiting for something more to happen and I was expecting a lot more from the story. It was an easy read and a listen but there wasn't the depth or action I look for in a thriller. I felt the story building by then to me there wasn't that climax that one expects when a story builds.

I had high hopes for this book based on the description. I almost put it down to not finish it a few times as it was very slow. I did finish it but I can’t really find much to praise about it.

This one was not my cup of tea. I'm still interested in reading, but I didn't connect with it this time. I don't know if it's because I wasn't in love with the audio or the story, but I'm still interested in the description, so I think I'll give it another try later.

I did not enjoy this one at all. Not even in the slightest. It was way too slow paced, and don’t get me started on the world building.

A slow slow burn. I am honestly largely confused and found the plot very difficult to follow and even when I could follow I wasn't engaged because of how slow of a burn it was. This book I think would have made more sense if I was more passionate about the paranormal aspect of thrillers. I just didn't vibe with it but it may make more sense to those who love the specific sub genre!!

A suspenseful thriller with a mysterious plot. The story was slow to start and I think it gets exciting as I continued listening. The narrator did a great job telling this suspenseful story. An entertaining thriller.


Disclaimer: Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for this Audiobook, I received review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This slow burn horror novel failed to grab my interest and I just had a really hard time getting into this story. The story begins following a widow Nora who finds comfort in her friend Paul. Paul and Nora decide to get married and things were going fine till one day Paul gets a message from his estranged brother about his parents poor health. They decide to fix up the summer camp that his parents lived on to sell. To accomplish this they end up moving to the camp for a few months to help fix it up. When they get there Nora is able to meet Paul’s brothers family who are very strange especially the wife who seems a little unhinged she is obsessed with these 13 knives that were passed down to her. As they start working strange things start happening including the 13 knives going missing one by one. We follow Nora as she try’s to figure out what was going on.

When I read the synopsis this book seemed right up my alley as I love horror thrillers that take place at camps and in nature but this book I really struggled with. I just did not like nor care about the characters. This combined with the fact this is a slow burn and kind of depends on you caring about the characters really caused me to struggle. I did listen to the audio and did enjoy the narrator I thought they were easy to understand and engaging in fact I don’t think I would have made it through without the audiobook. I will say this story may be for others who can relate better with the characters I just found them strange and annoying. I would like to thank the publishers for a chance to read this book for an honest review.

Sadly, a DNF. After the loss of her husband, our main character finds comfort in his best friend, Paul. Later, they go out to meet Paul’s family where our main character feels as if she is going crazy. This is a very slow burn book, which is not for me. Also, the inner conversation with the dead husband? That was just too much for me.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* Great fall read! would buy, recommend and reread, also watch if made into a show lmao

This book did not stay with me. I read it a month ago and I know there was a knife set and the knives kept going missing one by one. There was a lot of family drama and I remember not being impressed. Like inlaws accepting the protagonist and how she comes to spend a weekend with her husband's family and is blamed for the disappearing knifes. Also, there's always the question of what her relationship is with her husband and I can’t remember too much from a month ago, but this is not a book that really spoke to me.

This was a great read and enjoyed listening to it ! I loved the cover and narrator !!! I was really happy to be able to read this audiobook! I definitely recommend this book if you love mysteries and a good plot!

This book wasn’t my favorite. It was really slow and didn’t hold my interest. It’s about a woman that goes to her husband’s family home/camp and mysterious things happen there

This book was pretty good but very weird! I would NOT have stayed nearly that long with all those weirdos running around that place. Half the time I spent wondering WFT is even happening here and WHY are the normal people staying??? In the end it's great that the kids were spared/saved from their weird-ass parents! I will for sure be looking for more books by this author!

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I had high hopes for this audiobook since the blurb sounded intriguing but it didn’t work out for me. It seems like the perfect thriller: isolated location, odd characters you can’t trust, strange possibly paranormal happenings, but there was no suspense, sense of dread or creepy atmosphere. Most of the time it did not feel very cohesive-I felt either bored like nothing was really happening or confused because it meandered a lot. I kept listening hoping the ending would piece everything together but it was underwhelming and left me with so many unanswered questions.

Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for this ALC.

Interesting and well written I just personally couldn’t get into the story. Just a little slow and unbelievable at some points. Slow start and end. Not sure where the thriller part in this was. Very slow and just couldn’t engage in it. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.