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MY REVIEW:
Were you ever scared of the dark?
As a kid, I was terrified of the dark – always worried about something lurking in the shadows…
I was thoroughly impressed with this one! A thriller that focuses on a small Appalachian town in Virginia; kids go missing in the town’s dark woods and turn up dead. There’s plenty of town lore about the man in the woods that takes the children and the Ashby family is known as the protectors of this town.
Families steeped in long histories and a new round of kids are going missing, bringing Cheyenne Ashby back to her family home to help her mom. Chey had left 5 years ago to escape those haunting woods and her return to the sleepy little town is anything but a homecoming. The lore of the man in the woods was probably my favorite part as all myths and legends are based on pieces of things that are real.
I was definitely creeped out through most of this one and enjoyed the overall story as well as the characters. A great read for thriller seekers or lovers of a good mystery!
I hope you’re enjoying your summer reading as much as I am! This is Book 8 of 20 in my #20BooksofSummer23 reading challenge!
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In the tradition of Lisa Jewell and Ruth Ware, Katherine Greene’s debut thriller is a dark descent into the sinister traditions and customs of a small town in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Yet no superstition will prepare childhood friends Cheyenne and Natalie for the macabre truth that awaits them.
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Katherine Greene is the pen name of two friends, one from America, and the other from England, who cut their teeth on spine-tingling thrillers and true crime. They were brought together by their love of dark, twisted tales with strong female voices. Both currently live in the United Kingdom with their families.
The Woods Are Waiting is their debut thriller.
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