This one has all my favourite elements, legends of rural folk horror passed down the ages, the threat of Lovecraftian Old Gods, and unstoppable marauding inhuman monsters. Couple that with some well-drawn, believable and sympathetic characters, a sharp sense of location and a knack fro conveying atmosphere and you’ve got a really strong horror novel, the best I’ve read since Will McLean’s Apparition Phase.

Ellie is the main deputy for Barsall Village. So when she is called to the site of two teens who found a dead body she thinks nothing of it, but when she sees who it is she instantly think she knows the story. When Dr. Millie gets there however and Ellie find clues they don’t lead to where she thought they would. It only gets worse when she hast to do a death notice to his family. The Harper family is a menace to the village the brother Paul is a rapist, Frank is a jerk his girlfriend Cara is a b…. Liz is the pudgy mom and ring leader the only good ones is the sister Jess in the deceased man Tony. When she asked them about their whereabouts the night before they attack her. She gets away but a snowstorm is coming in so if she wants to arrest them she’s going to have to wait until the roads open up again, but before then she will have bigger problems. When the lights go down strange looking creatures wrapped in cloth or attacking the villagers insult to say they’re on her back burner would be pointless. She will make a plan to fight the creatures but before it’s over she’ll have to fight the Harpers as well. This book was so good it is a horror story that reads like a classic. Strange creatures no cell phone service and the only thing the creatures are scared of is light and in the middle of the night that isn’t easy to come by. This is a great book I truly enjoyed it and think Daniel church did a great job. If you love horror you’re going to love the hollows it’s always scary when an urban legend comes to life. I was given this book by Nat Gally and I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review but all opinions are definitely my own.

Thanks to Angry Robot and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review Daniel Church's 'The Hollows.'

This is a terrifically enjoyable mixture of English folk- horror, cosmic, and Lovecraftian horror. If you like Ramsay Campbell, especially, or James Brogden 'The Hollows' will really resonate with you.

Set in a depths-of-winter Derbyshire village and surrounds we're treated to the very early introduction of the aforementioned Lovecraftian monsters as a slightly fish-out-of-water policewoman investigates the death of a local troublemaker. It unfolds from there and we're introduced to a really great cast of main and supporting characters.

The horror and terror unfolds over just a few pre-Christmas days as an ancient horror begins to seep out of the earth to wreak its periodic havoc on the inhabitants of the area.

Many of the village characters you'd expect to find are here - the bobby, the doctor, the clergy, the shopkeeper, the despicable businessman, and the outsider farmers - but they're all so well done and updated from the stock characters you might expect that it all feels very fresh even though it's a treading fairly well-worn path. It's really well-paced and I found myself ripping through it with glee.

I don't know how he would do it given the nature of this story but I'd love to encounter these characters again in a future novel from this author.

Well done to Daniel Churchman, I loved it.

A truly creepy "creature feature" from Daniel Church - A small village cut off in winter where something evil lurks

The setting is descriptively chilling and the fear factor is high as an eclectic group of characters band together to survive the darkness.

The underlying tension stalks the reader throughout and it is both scary and entertaining.

Great writing and a modern take on classic horror, The Hollows is well worth a read if you are a fan of the genre. Great stuff.

DNF at 42%.

The book seems well-written and well-thought-out. Unfortunately, I can't connect it and started to feel like forcing myself to finish it. I decided to DNF it for now, but I want to emphasize it's the case of "It's me, not you" DNF :)

Thanks to the publisher for giving me the possibility to try it. I may give it another try soon.

I really enjoyed this book. I don’t tend to go for horrors as I mainly read at night. But I made an exception for this one and I’m glad I did. It was exciting. Very well written. The plot was great. Highly recommend