The blurb piqued my curiosity, but unfortunately, the story leaned too heavily into horror and creepiness for my taste. Some of the scenes felt too intense for me to fully enjoy. That said, the writing is engaging, and the pacing builds tension well. This book just wasn’t for me, but it might be more suitable for mystery lovers who don’t mind a generous dose of horror and grit in their reads.

Chris is on the run and needs a place to stay on the downlow for a while He agrees to house sit to get away from it all. But what he doesn't know is the history of the house. The house and people around him hide deep dark secrets. He is fighting the living and the dead to try to survive. An exciting plot and well written characters. The story is intriguing. A gripping thriller and mystery story.

Disclaimer: Thank you NetGalley and Speaking Volumes for this review copy and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

After getting through 50% of this and struggling at that point I have decided to just DNF this one. I struggled with this one because the storyline was a bit wonky and some things just weren't adding up to me. I think If I would have been more invested in the storyline I could have finished. But alas, it just wasn't the one for me.

Creepy, horror, too horror-ible for me. Atmospheric about Maine in the winter, dark, cold and brooding, like the kid. Blamed for lots of bad things going on, and surrounded by some really strange people doing some really strange things.
Not really my style but effective for mood and scary stuff.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
Great horror novel. Gave me some thrills and scared and was very well written. Looking forward to reading more from this author after this book.

A troubled, outsider teen with the hots for the most popular girl at school, is blamed for all the bad things happening in a town of unusual characters. Graverobbers, murder, harassment, betrayal, spirits, and skeletons in closets.

I enjoyed the mortemen angle and wished it could have maybe been a more central theme to the story. There were a couple of plot twists to keep the story moving forward quickly and interestingly. Some of the characters were intriguing and gave the book all its redeeming qualities. The more shallow characters were predictable or just completely unbelievable and detracted from the enjoyment of the story even though they moved the plot along.

This is a must read for horror fans! Mostly spooky with some gore thrown in but it's not gratuitous (there's a point to it) so thrilled this is part of s trilogy! I'll be blind buying the next two

Teenager Chris Chandler finds himself in the middle of a town with some problems: a grave robber, supernatural cults, demons. While I didn't love this one, it was different enough from my usual reads to keep me interested. However, at times I kept wishing we'd get to the point already. Definitely a nice change of pace from the usual psychological thrillers, but I probably won't be rushing out for the next in the Mortsafemen Trilogy.

Thank you NetGalley and Speaking Volumes for the copy of Dead Scared. This was not the book for me. Gruesome and disturbing made it hard to read and finish. If you like supernatural stories that are graphic, you will love this book, especially around Halloween.

Sinister, creepy, gruesome, thrilling; I couldn't put this down. So good! I am not a fan of book series but I just might check out the other books in the trilogy. Such a dark and twisted tale.

This book was completely amazing!!!!! I didn’t want to put this book down!! The town of bemishstock was a small town in the state of Maine and the chief of police hated Chris Chandler right from the start. Every time something horrible happened like a suicide or someone got harassed chief Boucher blamed Chris, even though he had an alibi. The chief even concealed evidence to make sure Chris went to jail for crimes he didn’t commit. I hope everyone who sees this review reads this book because it’s that good. They is some gross and creepy parts but I promise you. Your going to love it!!!