146 reviews for:

Palmetto

Ania Ahlborn

3.57 AVERAGE

dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I feel things all over my skin now. Absolutely not. 🤢
dark tense fast-paced
challenging dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Kim's dream is coming true, she's married to the love of her life, is pregnant with their first child, and somehow they finagled their dream house at way below the asking price. Yet, she can't shake the feeling that something is wrong. 

This book grasps the character's deepest fear by the antennas and takes it for a horrific ride. It's quick, dark, and horrifying, making you want to reach for the bug spray and the moving van and get the heck out of dodge. Bleh. I love the unease and escalation, the growing sense of dread and potential paranoia. 

I've been itching to read this and am grateful to have finally gotten a copy. There has not been anything I've read of Ahlborn's yet that I wouldn't read again or recommend to fellow horror/thriller readers.
challenging mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

'“This is stupid,” she whispered. “You’re being so stupid.” Because really, it was just a bug.'

There is such a visceral reaction to bug horror. All those creepy crawly skittering legs and exploring antennae. Goosebumps and jump scares just waiting to happen. I like bugs, but I wouldn't want to be a new mom in a new house driven nuts by a cockroach infestation. Which is exactly where poor bug-hating Kim is at. It's a nightmare. You won't believe all the places these roaches turn up and the extreme lengths they drive Kim to. Quick and nasty read!

'It was the house. It was getting under her skin. Burrowing beneath it.'