3 of 5 stars
This book was recommended by my sister as an October / ghostly type of book: we both enjoy thriller more than straight horror and it was already on the kindle - so, an easy choice.
Although I didn’t dislike the book exactly, I don’t know that I will be rushing out to read more of her work. The writing was a little disjointed and completely unrealistic.
It didn’t feel like she had quite decided if the book was scary or more sci-if/fantasy. In the end the book suffered from an identity crisis and also a lack of realism (not fantasy based) that took me out of the story. I’ve lived/worked in small town settings in scenarios where you formed bonds fast - but this just didn’t ring true.
In the end, the book felt amateurish and did not check any of the boxes completely - not particularly scary, not enough mystery or love story to fall into that category and the fantasy twist at the end came out of nowhere.
I did like the characters and the setting, I think they deserved a better story:The haunting of Brynn Wilder
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