So, this story differed from where I expected it to go. I wasn't expecting the mythology woven into the storyline, which seemed weird to throw in there. When we start the story, we are introduced to a young girl whose whole family is killed, and a wolf appears. Then we dive into a whole other side of things with brothers, a sister, and a dad who seems to be crippled. I wondered if the person in the first chapter was Ingrid.
It seems the three brothers in our stories are kidnappers and seem to have a bit of a demented side. As our story unfolds, I found it weird that all of a sudden, the brothers grew a heart and didn't want to see their captive killed. I mean they had to know what happens to kidnapped people. I found the twist with Ingrid weird because she showed no other signs of anything but being told not to go out and about.
The storyline didn't flow as I expected, and it just had too many elements trying to go together that needed to work better together. Would I read book two? I would because I want to know more about Ingrid and why she turned out the way she did.

AWESOME! The end is mind blowing. I never saw that one coming. I love the way you write and I would love too read more from you soon... especially if its anything to do with this particular book. I really hope you continue tis series.

I was intrigued by the description & cover art, but disappointed in the story after reading. The writing was very abrupt, not really connecting the dots between situations. The twists also didn’t make a lot of sense within the storyline for me personally.

When Ingrid was taken in by her family, she had absolute love for them. Even when she found out what the Family business entailed, she still loved them. She was never allowed to leave the forest and wondered what the real world was like. Through a chance encounter, Ingrid makes a new friend. Little does she know how this chance encounter will change many people’s lives.
This was a great folklore story. There was information I did not know about Norse mythology and how Swedish people kept the gods/goddesses in their lives. The way the author used this information was horrific and I did not expect the ending of the book.

I'm glad that this was just a novella because it really was not up my alley. The writing felt really stilted and sterile like the author was just reporting on events that happened instead of trying to tell a story. Not great.

I DNFd around 30% in. This was quite difficult to read, it felt like an early draft and quite unstructured in a lot of places. The writing style was also a bit difficult to engage with. This was a really interesting concept but read as very far from finished.

DNF 30%

Stockers by K. James is a psychological horror story. It took me forever to get into it. The writing was weird... I mean it wasn't bad but.. just not for me.

A chilling psychological horror story that had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. The story revolves around Ingrid and her three brothers, who are ensnared in a web of family secrets and sinister happenings in the wilds of Scandinavia. James skillfully builds an atmosphere of suspense and dread that keeps you guessing until the very end. I was captivated by the complex characters and their moral dilemmas as they uncover the unsettling truths hidden in the dense forests of Scandinavia.

Stockers is a rollercoaster of suspense and intrigue that had me hooked from the first page. Ingrid and her brothers find themselves entangled in a dark and mysterious family business, and as the secrets unravel, you won't be able to put this book down. The author weaves a tale filled with unexpected twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the very end.

Ingrid and her brothers live an unconventional life in a small town in Scandinavia. Their family business is dark and complicated, and Ingrid wishes she could change it and escape to the normal world. Ingrid’s brothers, Johan, Mikael, and Lars, newest job is complicated when Ingrid gets involved and puts everyone in danger. They try to stop their father’s fury and he is not what they thought he was.

“Stockers” by K. James was so surprising and wild. The ending through me for a loop and was absolutely amazing. Even though the book is super short it was so good and cannot believe how much K. James could fit so much story in so little pages. I like that it was in a country in Europe that I’ve hardly seen in a book because for me it added an extra layer of awe. I give it a 5 out of 5 and would love to read more of the story in other books K. James writes.

1 star

I really hate to be this person. I know how much people put into their art, and it kills me to have to write this.
This just was not good writing. It truly felt as if a third grader wrote it. The concept was very interesting but the execution was just not good.
It is a fast read, thankfully.

With a major overhaul and some very good editing it has potential. But in its current state it is just not ready.

Ingrid and her three brothers have lived a strict life, doing whatever their father wants... but the more evil occurs the more they begin to question if they want to. Ingrid's three older brothers dote on her but they have a terrible family business, all of them must do what their father wants... but what dark secrets is he hiding... and when the latest business deal occurs... everything will change for this family. This is a psychological horror story with a dash of norse mythology and I would definitely recommend reading the trigger warnings before going into this. It's a super short read and it feels like watching an episode of criminal minds sort of... but less well written if I'm being honest. The ending was meh at best.

*Thanks Netgalley and Independently Published for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

I cannot believe this is a published book. It read like a first draft the author wrote just to get something down, a few edits before being sent to editors let alone released to the public.

The genre is apparently horror/thriller, yet there was basically nothing of it except for the bloodbath that was the prologue, yet even that was ruined by the poor writing. This is exactly how it read: she went to the window. She got scared. She ran away. She heard screams. She saw people were scared. The lights came on. The family was relieved. There were more screams. There was blood. They ran upstairs.

Dead. Dry. Underwhelming.

There were sentences that used the wrong tense, ones that were so long I had to reread them twice to understand what they meant, one or two that were unfinished. There is one that breaks the fourth wall for no reason whatsoever. Descriptions that are repeated multiple times, especially when the three brothers are introduced. Some of the writing regarding Norse mythology felt copy and pasted from Wikipedia. The writer couldn’t even keep track of the personalities of their own characters: Johan was supposed to be the crazy brother, suddenly it was Raulin who was really insane, Johan was the one to assault the woman and yet Ingrid later thinks that the baby is Raulin’s?

The plot is incredibly odd too. They kidnap women from their families and think it’s for the greater good, as if that makes sense. They are supposed to live like Vikings yet Ingrid gets a phone to watch YouTube and go on Instagram. Where did they even get WiFi from? Oh and did you know all this focus on Norse mythology (that wasn’t really there after the author stated 3x in a row that the family valued it) was because their dad is a half-god! Who sacrifices women to appease the actual gods! Once this happened I couldn’t take this book seriously and all my hopes of some actual horror/thriller aspects vanished.

The scariest thing in this entire novel was the dead squirrel. The most uncomfortable was the r*pe. Is that the only thing the author could come up with to get some sort of reaction out of the reader? Taking advantage of someone? Very disappointing and shows a lack of imagination.

The cliffhanger at the end was okay. If this book wasn’t terrible and maybe made me slightly invested in the characters, I’d look forward to the next one. But I won’t ever touch a book from this author again.