Genre: Horror/Thriller
Release Date: July 11th, 2023
Pages: 384
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Publisher’s Synopsis:
“From bestselling author Darcy Coates comes Dead of Winter, a remote cabin in the snowy wilderness thriller that will teach you to trust no one. There are eight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run.
When Christa joins a tour group heading deep into the snowy expanse of the Rocky Mountains, she’s hopeful this will be her chance to put the ghosts of her past to rest. But when a bitterly cold snowstorm sweeps the region, the small group is forced to take shelter in an abandoned hunting cabin. Despite the uncomfortably claustrophobic quarters and rapidly dropping temperature, Christa believes they’ll be safe as they wait out the storm.
She couldn’t be more wrong.
Deep in the night, their tour guide goes missing…only to be discovered the following morning, his severed head impaled on a tree outside the cabin. Terrified, and completely isolated by the storm, Christa finds herself trapped with eight total strangers. One of them kills for sport…and they’re far from finished. As the storm grows more dangerous and the number of survivors dwindles one by one, Christa must decide who she can trust before this frozen mountain becomes her tomb.”
My Review:
OMG this was so freaking good! I read this in practically one sitting because I could not put it down. I’ve never been so terrified of snow in my life. It is everything creepy and eerie that you want in a horror. Warning… this story is not for the faint of heart (the body horror alone… don’t eat while reading this lol). It is brutal and gory. But holy shit was it thrilling! It has the stranded, locked-room element with a whodunnit mystery where everyone is a suspect. I loved every second of it. It is truly an edge of your seat read that will have you turning the pages. It will make you question everything. I was excited and terrified and I felt every tragic, gruesome moment of it.
The thing that spoiled it all for me into not being a five star was the end. I had the twist guessed really early on and then at the end it was like that comical infodump that all the villains do when they reveal their evil master plans and reasoning shortly before being thwarted. But I still highly recommend this to thriller and horror readers! I will definitely be watching for this author’s next release.
Disclaimers:
Huge thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for gifting me an early copy of this amazing story! I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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