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A review by jasonlee77
Forsaken: Book One of the Shadow Cove Saga by J.D. Barker
4.0
Wow, what a debut novel this is for J.D Barker! This is how you write a book if you want to get noticed right away!
FORSAKEN has two stories, simultaneously playing out; one in the 1600's and one in present day, weaving a witchy tale of terror that is sure to raise your blood pressure.
I love reading stories about authors and them writing, promoting books and that is what main character Thad does for a living in this book. His stories are dark tales of witchcraft and the witch persecution period of the 1600's. His stories gradually become more real and when we hook up with him at the beginning of this book, his latest novel is seemingly coming to life as his wife Rachael is having nightmares about characters from his book, their lawn suddenly turns up dead one day, their daughter keeps seeing creatures that are living in their walls as the mysterious witch priestess of Thad’s seemingly non –fiction novel, puts him and his family into a life and death struggle against her ancient evil.
There were many creepy moments throughout this book that could hang with the best of today's horror elite such as King (King’s Needful Things story actually plays into this book!), Koontz and others. The story gets darker, more sinister, more supernatural and more threatening to all characters involved as it goes along, culminating into a crescendo of evil witchery that is sure to leave horror novel fans with a cringe up their spine and a smile on their face. This book certainly cast its spell on me and was hard to put down until it was finished!
J.D Barker has came out of the gate with a bang here; a strong, captivating story with great characters that we care about and great writing to back it all up. Bring on the follow up novel!
FORSAKEN has two stories, simultaneously playing out; one in the 1600's and one in present day, weaving a witchy tale of terror that is sure to raise your blood pressure.
I love reading stories about authors and them writing, promoting books and that is what main character Thad does for a living in this book. His stories are dark tales of witchcraft and the witch persecution period of the 1600's. His stories gradually become more real and when we hook up with him at the beginning of this book, his latest novel is seemingly coming to life as his wife Rachael is having nightmares about characters from his book, their lawn suddenly turns up dead one day, their daughter keeps seeing creatures that are living in their walls as the mysterious witch priestess of Thad’s seemingly non –fiction novel, puts him and his family into a life and death struggle against her ancient evil.
There were many creepy moments throughout this book that could hang with the best of today's horror elite such as King (King’s Needful Things story actually plays into this book!), Koontz and others. The story gets darker, more sinister, more supernatural and more threatening to all characters involved as it goes along, culminating into a crescendo of evil witchery that is sure to leave horror novel fans with a cringe up their spine and a smile on their face. This book certainly cast its spell on me and was hard to put down until it was finished!
J.D Barker has came out of the gate with a bang here; a strong, captivating story with great characters that we care about and great writing to back it all up. Bring on the follow up novel!