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Gray After Dark

Noelle W. Ihli

4.08 AVERAGE


DNF'D at 70%, but I still deserve credit for my pain. what an unoriginal, predictable and boring story, holy shit
dark medium-paced

A little hard to believe these guys would fall for her becoming tame so fast. The tracking and search info is good.

This was literally my face basically the whole time: 🤨🙄 I didn’t care for the characters and Brent was especially annoying. & these guys searching and living in the woods for weeks??? Okay, sure🤣🤣🤣

I did not enjoy this, but decided to push through because for some reason I want to like this author (and honestly I want it to count towards my reading goal lol). Idk why I keep trying to give her a chance. Unfortunately, this author just isn’t for me.
dark emotional tense fast-paced

5 Stars

Ummm… wow. I’m honestly a little speechless.

Gray After Dark completely consumed me. The fact that it’s loosely based on a true story? Absolutely chilling. Noelle W. Ihli has a terrifyingly good talent for tapping into real-life fear and turning it into something you can’t stop reading—even when your heart is racing.

From the first page, she had me in a chokehold. The tension builds in this eerie, creeping way that makes you second-guess everything. I kept thinking I knew what was coming... but I didn’t. When that thing happened? My stomach dropped and I literally stopped breathing for a second. I was completely wrecked—in the best way.

There’s this dark, emotional undercurrent through the whole book that makes it feel too real. And yet, it’s so addictive. I couldn’t focus on anything else until I finished.

And the ending? Listen, I always try to predict where a book is going—plot twists are my thing. But this one threw me completely off. I was dead wrong, and I LOVED being wrong.

Noelle W. Ihli is officially in my top 5 authors. Her writing is sharp, gripping, and just the right amount of disturbing. I’ll read everything she puts out, no hesitation.
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

Olympic challenger moves to small town for a new start and is training for next season. All to get caught in the woods and trapped in a cabin in the woods to be married and bred to have a family with there crazy men thinking they are the real men. Lady is beat to an inch of her life with the other woman companion being someone that had been missing for 4 years where ppl thought she’s died from a bear attack. Eventually they go on a walk after the wedding to go and find a chicken and stumbles upon two men that had been searching for the FMC. They eventually get out the woods and compete once again in the Olympics and got a medal.

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dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No