Backwoods horror at its best! This was such a new setting of horror for me. I was sucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains immediately with the colorful descriptions. Annaya's gift of seeing the Dead leads to some unexpected and gruesome situations. This book still has me wondering who started it all and what else is creating chaos in the mountains!

This book follows the teenager Annaya Roth while she’s quite literally fighting for her life. Wherever she turns she gets attacked by what she calls “The Dead”, but unbeknownst to her something much worse is about to enter her life…
I found some parts of this story a bit confusing, both in some of the characters backstories, as well as some of the choices they made in the book. Similarly, I did not particularly enjoy the ending, but I was intrigued enough to want to pick up a sequel if that were to be written. However, all in all this was a fairly entertaining, quick and fun read. I enjoyed the plot and there was never a dull moment. I also liked that despite this book having its fair share of gore and violence, it did not feel disgusting and nasty, like a lot of books that rely on gore do.
You should definitely give this book a try if you like a good horror story, especially zombie- like stories.
Big thanks to Netgalley, BDA Publishing, and the author A. W. Rene for allowing me to read an E-ARC of this book.

I've never really read horror books before but this one was so good I might give the genre another try. I read it in one sitting.

Firstly I love how descriptive the book is. It was so easy to picture everything. The setting, the characters, even the Dead. Secondly it was so fast paced. There really was never a dull moment and it took so many twists that I really was not expecting. It didn't feel rushed, though. It was a great balance.

It was a really good book that I thoroughly enjoyed.