The Lost Village was very creepy and hard to put down. Definitely has a Blair witch feel to it . I’d definitely recommend reading this during the day

Gosh I love a good creepy story, and this one somewhat got the tingles going down my spine at parts and started off with promise...but damn was it a slowwwww burrrrrn.

There was some mystery, I suppose. However, the pace was that of a 🐢...or 🦥 if you prefer. I just wanted something truly scary to happen and *womp womp womp* I was waiting for quite some time.

The format is told in alternating chapters of “Then” in 1959 and “Now” as a small documentary crew enters a mysteriously deserted Swedish town that has zero cell service and looks around. What could possibly go wrong in a old totally secluded ghost town? A lot of curly stuff apparently.

Some parts of the story were interesting and a bit disturbing, which I liked. However, I just couldn’t get past the snail’s pace to fully enjoy it and I had zero attachment to any of the characters. 🥴

Alas, this one didn’t quite work for me. It wasn’t bad though, just not great. It may work better for you, so don’t let me discourage you from trying it out.

If you don’t mind a slow burn and enjoy religious cults and spooky Blaire Witch documentary type vibes then grab a copy on March 23rd!

Hi, want to know what this is?

This is a book not to be read alone, in the dark, anytime between sunset and sunrise.

Know when I read it?

During nighttime feedings, between the hours of midnight and 6:00 AM. Because I am a DUMMY.

Swipe for the synopsis. Many thanks to @minotaur_books for this ARC in exchange for my review...and for the assistance in keeping me awake between late night nursing sessions. I couldn’t have closed my eyes if I’d wanted too 😳😂

The Lost Village has the Blair switch Project vibe but WAY BETTER. We switch back and forth between the 1959 and present day, and both timelines are equally terrifying. Chills down your spine, one eye on the bedroom door, jump at the smallest noise terrifying.

Toward the end of the book I began to figure everything out and, in the words of David Rose, was “filled with this deep aching sense of dread.” I knew what was coming and couldn’t stop it. I just kept repeating “oh no...oh no...no no no nooo.”

So have I convinced you yet?! 🤣🤣 If you’re a horror-esque thriller fan (I am), this book is so so good. If you scare easily...be warned. Heck, even if you don’t scare easily, be warned. This should for sure come with a disclaimer: “read at night at your own risk.”

The Lost Village is out on March 23 - be sure to add it to your “must check out” list!

Spine tingling chills - this one had me checking underneath the bed before I went to sleep after I finished reading it. I don't think I've ever read that fast - atmospheric and suspenseful, this book is everything you want in a thriller!

The Lost Village is a spooky and atmospheric novel with an apt comparison to The Blair Witch Project.

The Lost Village follows Alice, an aspiring filmmaker, as she seeks to uncover the mystery of The Lost Village. A village full of people who disappeared without a trace.

The Lost Village is told from Alice’s perspective in the present and her great-grandmother’s perspective in the past. Sten strikes a good balance between the past and present chapters. The story doesn’t get bogged down in the minutia of daily life in both the present and the past. Readers are given the relevant information quickly so that they are situated in each perspective to watch the story unfold.

The ending of The Lost Village is satisfying with a twist I didn’t see coming. Though the story wraps up fairly quickly, at no point did it feel rushed.

The reason I rated the novel four stars instead of five is because the characters are all surface level. There are four other characters who accompany Alice to the village. The two male characters might as well have not been there for how little they were used. The relationship between Alice and Emmy had the potential to be deeper, but isn’t fully explored.

Overall, The Lost Village is a spooky and atmospheric novel that explores the disappearance of an entire village. It’s one of those novels that will capture your attention from beginning to end.

Many thanks to Camilla Sten, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley, for providing me with a digital advance copy of this novel. The Lost Village is marvelously atmospheric, with an intriguing premise that grabbed me from the very first page. It kept my interest throughout, and I was anxious to see how it would end. Ultimately, I had issues with the conclusion (which I won’t detail here so as not to spoil the story for anyone). Still, this was an enjoyable, engaging read that I would recommend to others.

This was a quick read and I found it enjoyable but not at all scary. I had hoped it would of drawn me in quicker and although I liked it I was looking for something bigger... The plot was interesting but once the story was unfolding it became a bit underwhelming.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martins press for a copy of this book for an honest review.

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I was instantly sucked into this book! I could easily picture the scene in my mind and I could feel the emotions of the characters. Definitely a page turner and one I would recommend to others who may like a bit of suspense in their life!

From the first page, I was hooked on this book. The characters, conflict, and premise of the lost village and what could be behind the mass disappearances of the villagers and the murder of a woman kept me reading long after I should have put this book down for bed and other obligations. Go away, I am reading was really a thing for this story. I didn't want to miss anything.

The main character had issues. So did everyone in the group. But the combinations of letters from the past and the creepy abandoned village were spellbinding. Now I want to go and read everything else this author might have. Amazing read! More please!!

This was a very interesting book for me. While I absolutely adored the concept, something didn't click for me in the story. I am unsure why, as the writing by Camilla Stern was absolutely beatiful. This missed the mark for me in the smallest sense. Great story development and story-telling... something was just off.

I really enjoyed this read. At first I thought it'd be about ghost and I would like it but I was wrong and give it 4 stars. I loved the story it told and how real it felt.

Thank you to NetGalley St. Martins Press and Minotaur Books for the ARC.

I really enjoyed this book. It was creepy and spooky and a little sad with virtually no romance. I liked the way it bounced back and forth between the history of the town and the current story of the group exploring it. It kept my attention throughout and was a pretty quick read. Would definitely recommend.

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I was looking for a creepy, dark thriller/suspense and The Lost Village by Camilla Sten was just what I was in the mood for- a dark horror! Well, I’m never in the mood for anything too gory or scary, this was just the right combination. The residents of a small Scandinavian town have just vanished into thin air. What happened? That’s was filmmaker Alice sets out to find out. Soon after she arrives with the film crew in that town, weird things happen, things that cannot be rationally explained. Someone is watching them…

Take a look:

Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed “The Lost Village,” since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother’s entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left—a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned newborn—have plagued her. She’s gathered a small crew of friends in the remote village to make a film about what really happened.

But there will be no turning back.

Not long after they’ve set up camp, mysterious things begin to happen. Equipment is destroyed. People go missing. As doubt breeds fear and their very minds begin to crack, one thing becomes startlingly clear to Alice:

They are not alone.

They’re looking for the truth…
But what if it finds them first?

If you like the feeling of being scared, nervous, and anxious, then this is the book for you. Coming out on March 23!

I received a copy of this novel-ARC from #netgakley, thank you. This was a creepy, thrillingbstody involving a descendant from a lost village or ghost town. She is trying to figure out what happened to all the residents while experiencing creepy outcomes.

This book follows a documentary film crew to a ghost town in Sweden and it has just the right amount of creepiness to be fun but not too scary. The blurb I read compares it to Midsomer- I mean it's set in Sweden, but that's about it. There is a creepy pastor/church that we find out about through flashbacks, but nothing as horrific as Midsomer. Overall, this is a fast-paced, creepy story and I'd definitely read something by this author again.

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The Lost Village
Camilla Sten


The Lost Village was one of my most anticipated books of 2021. This was a creepy story shrouded in mystery and suspense. It had elements of a horror movie and it was easily imagined! I felt like I was there in the village, an uneasy feeling, knowing something wasn’t right. It has an air of spookiness that you could just not shake. The atmosphere of the book remained tense, and off, made you want to run away for the characters!

There is just something about mass disappearances that sparks my curiosity. Fiction or non fiction it always catches my attention and sucks me in. The Lost Village was no different. It had me glued to the couch for hours needing to know the fate of the village.

I’m a huge fan of Josh Gates. He has two shows Destination Truth, and Expedition Unknown, they were on the sci-fi channel and the travel channel. This book reminded me of the many places that they investigated. The plot about a team trekking out to the middle of no where to investigate an abandoned village, is one that is just so irresistible!

The writing was fantastic and plot was full of intense moments and some great twists! I enjoyed the now and then perspectives. It really worked for this book.

This may be one of my favorites for 2021. I honestly had no idea how the book was going to end! I’ll just say that it was was awesome and you need to read it to discover the fate of this village!

available March 23 2021.

This book puts you in an abandoned village in Sweden with 4 young ambitious adults hoping to make a documentary. The story is a fast page turner and the characters are all likeable. The mystery behind the abandoned village also has the reader quite curious to know what really did happen there.

The book is told in present and past tense where you follow the story from the young individuals filming the place and from village people back in that time.

This is a slow burner with no real twists or scares. However the story is very nicely told. It does keep you captivated until the end.

Thank you for the opportunity to read this book.

Alice is obsessed with the village her Grandmother grew up in--60 years ago, everyone vanished without a trace except for one newborn baby. The village is isolated and hard to get to, once a thriving mining town that began to die once the mine was shut down. She puts together a crew and crowdfunds to make a documentary on it.
As all abandoned places are, it was creepy but silent--no animals, no insects. Then, the longer the stay, strange things begin to happen. Is it someone from their group...or outside forces?

I really enjoyed this book--there is something about Nordic thrillers that just drags me in. They're dark and cold and make you wonder what happens up there in the dark...The translator did a fantastic job of capturing the eerieness of the original, as well. Definitely a must read for people who like thrillers!

Alice has assembled a small team to film a documentary about her ancestral village, Silvertjarn, whose citizens disappeared sixty years ago. One by one, hoping to solve the village mystery, the members succumb to the evil that permeates the village ruins. Camilla Sten provides the reader with the storyline of Elsa, Alice’s great-grand mother to flesh out what happened to her family and neighbors. The atmosphere throughout this novel is intense. Elsa’s account seems to flow smoother than Alice’s which seems to get bogged down in constant pain and horror among decaying ruins. Whatever evil existed years ago is still very much alive. Alice and her companions experience this; so do we.

3.5. I have long held a fascination for ghost towns, deserted places and haunted hotels. When we took family vacations we would search out these places. One of my favorites was a trip to Jericho, AZ, we stayed at a hotel that was once a sanitarium. It has an interesting history, and though we neither saw nor heard haunted spirits, the place itself had a spooky vibe.

Sweden 1959, an entire village goes missing. Receiving an anonymous call, the police arrive to find a dead woman in the town square and a baby crying in a deserted schoolroom. The rest of the village residents had vanished, no other clues ever found.

Fast forward to the present, and Alice, a documentary film maker sets out with a small team and limited budget to try to solve the mystery. Her grandmother lost her whole family when those in the town disappeared. Arriving in the town, they soon feel as if they are being watched. Why they find here will tax the imagination and expose them to many revealed secrets and outright horrors.

Creepy atmosphere, characters with hidden secrets and an intriguing mystery. The US edition publishes in February but this would make an excellent Halloween read. Reading it in Winters chill wasn't bad either. Just scary enough.

ARC from Netgalley