2.5 Stars

Oh how I wanted to love this book, and at first I did. It sucked me in and had me staying up late to finish. It had creepy woods and sinister neighbours...dead crows and scary shots from nowhere...scary masked men and malevolent internet trolls. I was really enjoying it up until three quarters of the way through...that's when it started to get ridiculous.

I loved the writing and how the suspense kept me guessing and wanting to read more but there cam a time when I started to shake my head...at first I was okay with this because I don't mind suspending belief a little bit and I don't even mind if it is done in a campy way but this just got WAAAYYYY to far out there, even for me. I mean every person in this family was complacent in some way, except for the blind lady. It was just too much...sorry/not sorry.

Thank you Netgalley and Inkubator Books for the eARC.
Bram, Kristy and their two kids have left the busy city and are now living in Scotland in their dream home surrounded by woods. Kirsty grew up there and now they also live close to her family. But unfortunately not all of the villagers seem to welcome them. Strange and ominous things are happening: dead crows hung, their dog shot and wounded and their home invaded even though it's been locked tight.
No matter what they do, nasty incidents keep occurring and their dream is turning into a nightmare. Does it have to do with Kirsty's past?
This was a tense read with unrelenting dread, I really liked it! I didn't like Kirsty's father much, he was a bit full on and Bram was too much of a softy, but I felt sorry for Kirsty as well as the kids.
The ending was great, a real surprise as well as a little sad. All in all this was a great read that I recommend highly.