I've long known about Triana as I am a big fan of the extreme horror genre. This title is more "tame" then his other works but that by no means is a bad thing! The writing voice is very good. You find yourself loving/and or hating every character which is always a sign of great writing for me. The character work and growth was very well done and even with so many characters not a single one was left in the dust. Will be checking out more of this authors work now

His book was really good. Anytime a book contains the story of a cult, you know it is going to get wild. This book was no exception. I enjoyed the story being told from all the different characters perspectives. I was really thinking Scott had gathered the friends for a heartwarming reunion. Slowly cracks began to appear in Scott’s story. The story he told to get all of them back in Redford began to unravel as Scott insisted on doing the information sharing in a very controlled way. As each member questions Scott’s motivations, his demeanor changes even more. What started out as a friendly reunion among childhood friends begins to unravel.

That Night In The Woods
Kristopher Triana
Genre: Horror
Read If You Like: The Cabin At The End Of The World, It

Highschool friends reunite after the loss of one of their own, only to have to face all the things they decided to leave behind in the woods that night.

"Don't be afraid."

Atmospheric and beautifully disturbing

Holy crap when I picked this up i had no idea I would fly through it as fast as I did. But dannmmm this book went above and beyond all my expectations.

The way Triana writes horror, I'm just obsessed. I absolutely loved the character development AND the buildup to that gorey and shocking ending. It was everything. This was my first from Triana and it defenitly will not be my last

AND I can't forget to mention the Halloween and nostalgic vibes, OH MAN I ate that ish up. A perfect read for spooky season.

*Meant to shock and disgust

Thank you to @netgalley
@kristopher_triana and @cemeterydancepub for the arc in exchange for my honost thoughts and opinions

3.75
I really enjoyed this book. I know Kristopher Triana is best known for extreme horror but with this novel he focused more on relationships and human conditions. There was still a fair share of blood and gore, but I really grew to care about some of the characters and cared about their fates. I can't wait to read more from this author.

I’m new to the world of Triana. I just recently read his most popular title (I think) Gone to See the River Man, and I dug that, so I was excited to read his most recent release- That Night in the Woods. And I thought it was kind of fun! Its a pretty standard format- a group of friends experience a horrifying night in the woods together as teens and after the death of one of the group they all come back to their hometown and have to venture into the woods once more. But the only thing basic is the set up. There a lot of fun twists and subversions of tropes in this creepy small town horror story. I really enjoyed myself. It’s a fairly quick read, and there’s some great action sequences with really strong suspense. Don’t take it too seriously and it’s a fun scary time in the woods.

My review will. be posted on my Instagram @boozehoundbookclub in October

3.5 stars. This is the second book I've read by Triana and definitely enjoyed it! I love books involving friend groups, particularly ones that go back and forth in time. I liked that this story did not reveal itself too early and it went in a direction I wasn't expecting (in a good way!).

I'm so sorry, but I didn't finish this. I managed to get to page 213 and then just gave up. I hated the characters - they were so immature - and was just bored by our mystery. Likely a me problem and I'll try the author again in the future.

**I was very excited to have been given the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review**

Listen, I like Kristopher Triana & his books. His concepts are unique, and he can hold his readers attention. My favorite book by him is Gone To See the River Man. The concept of that storyline was strange but unique. I do not want to compare that book with this one, but I will say that while I loved Gone to See the River Man, & I really liked That Night in the Woods. Triana is a superb author in his vivid grotesque descriptions. The way some of the demons and congregation members were described were just gross LOL in a good way though if that makes sense. LOL (Fellow horror readers will know what I mean). Another aspect of the story that I adored was the setting. This book takes places during Autumn in Connecticut, Halloween to be exact. So, you have those Autumnal vibes throughout the entire story. One of the scenes that I recall was reading that Steven was taking a walk near some bridge by a farmland that had a various number of swollen pumpkins. It was the perfect book for me to read in the month of October. It was just enough spook to leave my palette satisfied. I enjoyed the concept of friends going into some creepy dark woods on Halloween night!! Come on! That screams good times RIGHT?

Overall, this was a great and fun read. The story went somewhere I didn’t see it going. I do wish we would have read more on the demons though. Still, it was fun to read. Thank you to the publisher for giving me the opportunity to review this book.

3.5⭐️ a slow burn horror story that follows a group of childhood friends and dives into their secrets and traumas. The beginning of the book hooked me, but around the 60-70% mark the slow burn aspect of it did start to lose me a bit. The ending definitely caught me off guard. It wasn’t at all what I was expecting and I think a lot of people will not like it, but it’s definitely an ending that has stuck in my mind even after finishing the book a week ago.

Over twenty years after sharing a traumatic night in the woods together on Halloween, a group of childhood friends return to their hometown to mourn the passing of their friend Steven…and maybe finally confront what really happened to them all those years ago in the woods.

I really enjoyed the beginning and the ending of this book but found the middle to be quite boring and drawn out. The pacing of the friends all reuniting at Scott’s place to discuss Steven’s passing and seeing how they’ve all changed (and even stayed the same) was interesting but then having the recollections of their night as teens retold to them by Scott took all the actual fear out of the situation for the reader. I almost think that section of the book would work better written so that the audience experiences it with the characters and then there can be a time jump or something? I think this would be a more effective way of building and maintaining the fear of that night while also mitigating the drawn out middle section I so disliked…

All-in-all I enjoyed the ending enough to make the middle boring bits worthwhile. I think the ending is unexpected but still somehow completed expected which was sort of awesome.

Thank you to NetGalley, Kristopher Triana, and Cemetery Dance Publications for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

That Night In the Woods is Kristopher Tirana’s latest horror book and a great addition to your spooky TBR. What made this book really interesting was the characters and the alternating timelines. The characters were presented in different ways throughout the story and it was obvious early on that things weren’t necessarily what they seemed. There were definitely some unexpected happenings that made the book extra interesting and the ending was 🔥

Thank you @netgalley @kristopher_triana and @cemeterydancepub for an eARC of this book!

The phrase "something goes bump in the night" is a great way to describe the vibes this novel gives. The chills this book will give you is comparable to old campside stories.

The storyline itself fell short, as some aspects chilled me to my core and other aspects lacked my attention.

Overall however, I enjoyed this read. Special thanks to Netgalley & Cemetery Dance Publications for providing me an advanced reader copy.

I love Kristopher Triana’s work. He is an incredible author, so it’s no surprise that i also loved “That Night in the Woods.” In 1995, some horrible things went down in the suicide forest. Scott invites his friends back to put the past behind them. It’s a quick, incredible read, and you’ll be hooked from the first page to the last. Thank you Netgalley for this ARC! I absolutely loved it.

That Night in the Woods follows a group of friends that were torn apart by what happened one Halloween night when they were teenagers. They reluctantly get back together only to have old wounds torn open. In true Triana fashion there is mystery, maybe something paranormal maybe not, and lots of blood with some gore.

I thought the story was well-written and truly intriguing. The characters being haunted by what happened that night came through in the writing. The emotions of the characters were raw and pulled me into the story. I didn't want to put it down, I wanted to read late into the night to find out what happened and what was going on now in the present day.

That Night in the Woods by Kristopher Triana is the perfect read during the spooky season! TNITW has a well written plot with some unexpected twists and turns and a surprise ending made it a highly entertaining read.
There is plenty of intrigue in this story with shocking twists throughout.
I enjoyed reading this story.

"I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own."

Thank You NetGalley and Cemetery Dance Publications for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

As a fan of Trianas books, this was a major let down. It’s a slowburn through and through with multiple POVs of characters that aren’t very interesting. When you’re not invested in any of the characters, it’s very hard to get into the story. And what makes it even worse is the amount of backstory given to each character you already don’t care about. I wanted to DNF this so many times but still tried to give it a chance. The only detail I enjoyed is that of the creatures in the woods themselves and the atmospheric setting. The writing is immaculate but the storyline was unexciting and quite dull. When it nears the end the action picks up and things gets somewhat interesting but then what should have felt like an ending just kept going into a long twist that really had my eyes rolling. It almost felt like a rushed idea that was randomly inserted just to make it shocking. Overall, it just didn’t quite work for me.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I love horror books, so I was excited when I saw the cover and the title. The beginning of this book is creepy and atmospheric. It had great Halloween vibes. I love the trope of old friends coming back together later in life to solve a mystery or spill a secret.

Overall, I really enjoyed the title until the very end. The last paragraph-- not a fan. I feel like it didn't make sense after all the character development throughout the story. Not a book for me, but that is ok!

The cover immediately drew me in to want to read this.

We follow a group of friends in their forties who come back together after a death of a friend. They get together and talk about what happened that Halloween Night when they were teens.

The story in the beginning was really intriguing and kept me wondering what happened in the woods that night many years ago. I love the spook factor reading about that night many years ago. Once it got into what was really going on, I wasn’t a fan. It just got odd and made me hate a certain character. I wasn’t really expecting any of that and was very disappointed that’s the direction the book went. I was so disappointed in how the book ended.

I really enjoyed learning about each character,, and how their pov was set up throughout the book. It did confusing at times switching between past and present timelines and who was speaking.

Thanks net galley and publishers for my arc!

Let me begin by saying that Triana is one hell of an author and I love his writing style!
This book was not my favorite of his, however. And that's ok! Not every read is for every reader!
We follow a group of friends who come back together after a death of a friend and they revisit some spooky woods from years back. While the premise is quite interesting and was quick to pull me in, I do feel it lacked the true "spook" factor I was searching for. I still deeply enjoyed this book and cannot wait for more from Triana in the future!

'That Night in the Woods' is my first read of Kristopher Triana. I was really intrigued by the premise - a group of friends in their forties who are for one reason of another unhappy with how their lives turned out reunite after the death of their friend. As one would expect, secrets hidden for two decades start coming out. Sounds good, right? Unfortunately, at least to me personally, it did not live up to its potential.

The writing style was engaging enough, however, the different POVs did not sound different at all and I was getting confused as to who was speaking. I also could've benefited from the past and present timelines being more separate as half the time I couldn't figure out which it was until I saw the name of the deceased character, but that might've been just me.

Overall, I have to give points to the premise and some atmosphere but I did not get any payoff and cannot give it more stars because of it.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a copy in exchange of an honest review.