After a summer of romance, fantasy and light hearted books I decided it was time for a change of pace. Thanks for netgalley for gifting me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Blurb
A water-borne blight hits a remote community on a small island on the edge of the Northern Atlantic. The islanders are a strange mix, some island-born, some seeking a slower life away from the modern world. All have their own secrets, some much darker than others. Rumour says the illness may be a water-borne neural infection from the shellfish farm, a case of mass hysteria – or even a long-buried curse – but when ferry service fails, inconvenience grows into nightmarish ordeal as the outwardly harmonious fabric of the community is unnervingly torn apart.
This book was a fantastic, tension building, Dark and thrilling horror. It isn’t an instantaneous horrific, in your face scare. Dead Water is more a slow burn folk horror which has an underlying tension running throughout the novel. Due to the nature of the novel i won’t discuss any particulars so I don’t give anything away.
However what i will say is that the short chapters and undercurrent of tension made me read through this book so fast. I completely devoured this book in a weekend and really enjoyed every minute of it.
From the prose to the character development, C.A Fletcher’s ability to unnerve the reader is impressive.
I loved the interwining of mythology/folklore and the whole small town, or in this case small island vibe just adds to the tension and is always a winner.
It is a chunky horror but I didn’t realise just how long it was until I checked the page count at the end as the time sped by for me.
If you are looking for a dark, unnerving folk horror book this October I highly recommend this.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – a chunky, slow burn folk horror which will unnerve you and you may not know why until you get further into the book.
Much love 💘
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