Publication Date: July 11,
2023
Format: Audio
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Narrators: Angie
Hickman
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Publisher: Dreamscape Audio
Length: 9 hours 59 min
Buy: Kindle | Audio
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Synopsis
Cheyenne Ashby knows the dark and disturbing history of her hometown of Blue
Cliff, Virginia all too well. It’s why she left. Growing up deep within the
woods with her eccentric mother, Constance, she was raised on the unusual
customs and generational superstitions linked to the local legend of an evil
entity that haunts the forest.
Five years ago, the bodies of three children were found in the woods. It was
a man—not a mythical beast—named Jasper Clinton who was convicted of these
heinous crimes. For five years the town breathed just a bit easier with a
real-life monster behind bars. But when another child goes missing, Cheyenne
and Natalie are determined to discover the truth and uncover the town’s
dangerous secrets rooted in its terrifying past.
The two women must confront the reality of the superstitions they always
believed in and their town’s complicated connection with who—or what—lives
in the woods.
Review:
I received a free copy of this book from Dreamscape Media through
netgalley.com I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Atmospheric and dark. Cheyenne escaped her hometown and her mother and her
superstitions and rituals only to be sucked back in by a call from
her "uncle" the town sheriff saying her mother was getting worse and
needed her. As Cheyenne reconnects with past friends and lovers she
also discovers more about her family and her town. The whole town
doesn't like strangers and uses them as scapegoats for missing children
who are later found dead. Just as the man convicted of killing 3
boys when Cheyenne is young gets out of prison on new evidence another boy
is taken and the whole town is out for the blood of the man who they still
believe is guilty despite the evidence.
I loved the small town mob mentality, it really gave this book the creep
factor reminding me of the Lottery. The folklore around the Hickory
Man, the ways to protect yourself and Cheyenne's mothers rituals of salting
the doors and burying things around the perimeter of her property were
classic. I really enjoyed this book and the surprising twist was spot on and
the very end gave you back that little bit of chills. The narration was
excellent although the voice of Cheyenne's mother was a bit shrill in
places. Overall a solid isolated small town mystery.
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