The Trapper

This is my first book by this author snd certainly won't be the last. My heart was breaking for these kids. The characters were well developed and the situation truly frightening. My heart started pounding at the start of thus book and didn't let up.

this was a great horror novel, the characters were great and I really enjoyed going on this journey. it leaves you in a suspenseful zone and I really enjoyed that.

‘Every time she closed her eyes, she saw her dad shooting her mother in the back of her head, and hen aggressively turning the gun on her.’


4.5/5. Alaska, 1972. Minor spoilers

After their mother is brutally murdered by their father, siblings Blake and Kitty barely escape into the Alaskan wilderness and are quickly separated. After Blake is shot in the head, he is taken under the care of psychopath T.C., a sadistic madman who takes pleasure in watching his weakened prisoner suffer. Kitty, on the other hand, ends up befriending a pack of wolves, and after they take her in (chuckles), she quickly adapts to her surroundings and finds solace in the murderous rampage she once escaped.

‘The Trapper’ is predictable, but it’s a quick read with a scenic direction and meticulous beauty. Chalk this one up as a grisly take on London’s ‘Call of the Wild.’

Young siblings Blake and Kitty have been through a horrific experience which leads them to run into the winter forest without proper clothing and provisions. They become separated and lost. There are many suspenseful challenges faces as the kids try to find each other.

The description in THE TRAPPER is phenomenal. There are times I pictured the woods as Blake and Kitty tried to navigate them. Ellie Douglas used multiple viewpoints, even from animals, and it works well with the story.

I liked that the danger didn’t just come from nature, and both kids dealt with their issues pretty realistically. I’m not sure why there was a bit of a change in the timeline. Maybe it was because Blake’s story jumped ahead a bit. The story doesn’t lose anything. I just wonder if something else could have been done to get their timelines to meet up.

I received an advance review copy for free from NetGalley and am leaving my honest review voluntarily. I will be adding this review to my website EveHallows.com.

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Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to preview The Trapper by Ellie Douglas. This is a terrifying novel that will have you holding your breath.
Two small children that live a relatively normal life are suddenly put in a precarious situaton - They are running for their lives. Everything they know about their parents is turned around and they are on the run - for their lives.
This is a fast paced book that takes place in a secluded area in Canada. Can these two children survive, outrun, and live on their own in a dangerous world that they never knew, but will know now.
Vivid and imaginative as well as real and scary.
Very good - 4 stars.

Blake and his younger sister Kitty live happily with their parents. One night their father is late coming home. He takes the rifle and kills his wife. Kitty cries out for help when the rifle is pointed at her. Blake comes to the rescue for Kitty. Escaping the house, they run as their father chases them. As they run out of energy, Blake tells Kitty that they must separate and run to escape their father. Blake promises to find her. Kitty is scare but does as her brother tells her to do. She finds a place to sleep in some boulders that have just enough room to crawl into. When she wakes in the morning, she continues on in the forest. She is scared, thirsty and hungry when she meets a wolf. The wolf becomes her friend and shows her what berries to eat and then where there is water she can drink. As the season grows colder, The wolf takes her to a cave where she meets other wolves that scare her but the wolf interferes as he is the wolf “in charge” of the pack. Kitty discovers in the cave that the wolf who Kitty will name Ash has a wife and 4 young pups. She does become friends with the wolves though Ash and his puppies are her best friends. Meanwhile Blake is now living with a trapper named T.C. Blake is mistreated by T.C. As Blake gets to know the T.C.,he knows he needs to escape or he will most likely die. T.C. Decides that he will have Blake run for his life and he will chase him. On more than one occasion, he falls into T.C.’s traps. Will Blake and Kitty ever get back together?

The author has written a novel that is well drawn out with details of nature and characters personalities. It is an exciting journey with more surprises than expected. I became very attached to Blake and Kitty’s problems as they try to survive. They learn much about themselves. It is an amazing story.

The Trapper
By: Ellie Douglas

I was totally blown away by this book! Instantly being hooked just in the first few pages, children Blak and his sister Kitty witness their father brutally kill their mother then turn on them. This forces them to escape into the Tongass National Forest, where they encounter even more terrifying situations involving a wolf pack and a crazy, sadistic trapper. Right from the start, this book will have you on the edge of your seat, unable to put it down.

I rate this book at 5/5 stars and recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good, captivating thriller that sticks with you even after you have finished reading it.

Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to preview this fantastic piece of work in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book. Character development was good. The plot was very interesting. Not a lot of typos.