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Laurel Hightower

3.66 AVERAGE


mid

almost gave up a couple of times

kissmypineapple's review

4.5
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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saerux's review

4.0

Was a nice short read. Wasn't that big of a fan of the ending but overall a good book.
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bee_reads_horror's review

4.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I cannot remember the last time I felt so much tension and anxiety while reading a book. The action is fast-paced and the horrors do not cease. Addy, the main character, has night blindness which is something that I also deal with and her foray into darkness and the horrors with in had me enthralled. 

I love a good creature feature but they aren't easy to write well. I was delighted to find that there was so much depth in this one. Not only was this an action packed creature horror, it was a story of a woman finding her voice and herself along the way. It's been days since I've finished this book and I'm still thinking about it. I cannot wait to read more by this author.

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brendankailukaitis's review

3.5
adventurous dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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stephschambs's review

3.75
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: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced

A creepy and adrenaline rush filled story about Addy, fresh out of a controlling marriage and on a solo journey to meet some friends. When an Indrid Cold-like creep with a permanent wide grin tries running her off the road, the weather turns bad and high strangeness begins to occur. Things get worse for Addy and before she knows it is fighting for her life, cold and alone. Will she survive? See for yourself.

I liked the Mothman character leaning into all the various reports of some people being so terrified and sensing danger, to other reports being warnings

The story went by quick because of how much adrenaline the main character experiences, at the end of each chapter things seem to get worse for Addy in some creepy new way before it levels out for the ending.

I enjoyed this quick read. Although I feel like there was perhaps a little too much of these bad-to-worse scenarios, it got a bit much by the end of the book and a little too much repetition of outlining that her husband was a controlling asshole (this was done fine by the inner voices already). I did like Addy finally embracing her voice and anger and letting it loose on the men who ignored her.

jey_reads_247's review

2.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes