Ten years ago a mysterious and tragic hunting accident deep in the Adirondack Mountains left a boy buried in a storied piece of land known as Coombs' Gulch and four friends with a terrible secret.
Now, Jonathan Hollis and brothers Michael and Conner Braddick must return to the place that changed their lives forever in order to keep their secret buried. What they don't realize is that they are walking into a trap - one set decades earlier by a supernatural being who is not confined by time or place: a demon that demands a sacrifice.
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(@flametreepress, 23 April 2020, 288 pages, e-book, #ARC from @flametreepress via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 2 May via #RandomThingsTours)
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I'd never heard the author before so I had no idea what to expect. The blurb intrigued me and I wanted to know the story so I decided to take part in the tour. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I found the concept very original, part thriller and part horror story. The author does a fantastic job of piecing together both narrative strands, the tragic accident ten years ago and its repercussions and the supernatural events that affect the present. I loved the setting, creepy woods in the middle of nowhere, a place where you just know bad shit is going to happen. The book is perfectly paced, not so fast you lose some sense of what's going on and now so slow you get bored. The characters are all fleshed out and easy to sympathise wise, despite the terrible secret they share. I will definitely read more by the author.
