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Gallows Hill
by Darcy Coates
A few years ago when I started reading in earnest again, Darcy Coates made me fall in love with haunted house stories all over again. She has such a great talent for setting the atmosphere that I can't help but be completely immersed in what I am reading to the point that every little creak and groan of my own home will make me jump and I get startled at shadows.
The blurb for Gallows Hill had me intrigued immediately. I loved the idea of the house and winery being on this horrible land and couldn't wait to see what Darcy Coates came up with for the story. Margot (the main character), gets put through the ringer and you're with her every step of the way, feeling what she's experienceing because her entire ordeal and state is represented so well.
The story does have a bit of a build up and a slow start, and for the first little but I wasn't 100% into it, but once things started kicking off and being revealed little by little I got sucked in more and more. If I had one complaint about the book it was that at times, things were a little too drawn out and there were certain parts and situations where, in my opinion, a "less-is-more" approach should have been taken word-wise.
**Thank you to Netgalley, the author and publisher for an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review**
The blurb for Gallows Hill had me intrigued immediately. I loved the idea of the house and winery being on this horrible land and couldn't wait to see what Darcy Coates came up with for the story. Margot (the main character), gets put through the ringer and you're with her every step of the way, feeling what she's experienceing because her entire ordeal and state is represented so well.
The story does have a bit of a build up and a slow start, and for the first little but I wasn't 100% into it, but once things started kicking off and being revealed little by little I got sucked in more and more. If I had one complaint about the book it was that at times, things were a little too drawn out and there were certain parts and situations where, in my opinion, a "less-is-more" approach should have been taken word-wise.
**Thank you to Netgalley, the author and publisher for an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review**