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Brimstone by Cherie Priest
4.0
Reasonably frightening.
The book follows medium Alice Dartle and war veteran Tomas Cordero who meet in a dream and battle evil in the spiritualist town of Cassadaga.
I liked Tomas` side of the story from the outset while Alice initially came across as a bit of an annoying wet blanket. She seemed much younger than her years and while I slightly warmed to her the Tomas chapters were always preferable and he was a much more fleshed out and rounded character.
The fires and the big bad we're genuinely scary at points and Priest had clearly done her research into Spiritualism.
Well written, enjoyable and decently scary but the ending was slightly too cheesy for my tastes.
3.5/5
The book follows medium Alice Dartle and war veteran Tomas Cordero who meet in a dream and battle evil in the spiritualist town of Cassadaga.
I liked Tomas` side of the story from the outset while Alice initially came across as a bit of an annoying wet blanket. She seemed much younger than her years and while I slightly warmed to her the Tomas chapters were always preferable and he was a much more fleshed out and rounded character.
The fires and the big bad we're genuinely scary at points and Priest had clearly done her research into Spiritualism.
Well written, enjoyable and decently scary but the ending was slightly too cheesy for my tastes.
3.5/5