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Book Review: The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

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I didn't love this one as much as I'd hoped but I think it's my own fault. The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon Released February 2014 Dark Fiction   |   Goodreads   |   Amazon   Source:  Library Loan West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter. Now, in present day, nineteen-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara's farmhouse with her mother, Alice, and her younger sister. Alice has always insisted that they live off the grid, a decision that has weighty consequences when Ruthie wakes up one morning to find that Alice has vanished. In her search for clues, she is startled to find a copy of Sara Harrison Shea's diary hidden beneath the floorboards of her mother's bedroom. As Ruthie gets sucked into the historical mystery, she discovers that...

April's Mini Horror Reviews

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Here's all the horror I've been reading recently with mini reviews and links to the Horror After Dark full reviews (if I didn't DNF). We Are Wormwood by Autumn Christian This book is gorgeously written but it might not be for everyone. The author creates a world filled with disturbing imagery and a protagonist who is unsure herself what is real and what isn't. I LOVED it and gobbled it up but you all know I have peculiar taste, lol.  4 1/2 Stars My full review is at Horror After Dark:    http://www.horrorafterdark.com/2019/05/review-we-are-wormwood-by-autumn-christian/ The Invited by Jennifer McMahon I read roughly half of this story before throwing in the towel. I don't do this lightly but I've come to the conclusion that life is far too short to struggle with a book that doesn't mesh with me. It started off on the wrong foot and never improved. I have worked in the construction industry most of my entire working life and found...