This is the first I've heard of Dan Franklin, but I will now be going to check out his other work - I read this in a single sitting!

These Things Linger sees Alex attempting to make contact with his recently deceased uncle in order to make peace. What follows is more than he bargained for. It deals with grief, loss, and horrors both real and supernatural.

The horror picks up gradually during part 1, grows more & more throughout the book and then is full-on horror action for the end.

At times, it felt very much like it would lull you into a false sense of security and then BAM, you're afraid again. Who knew jump scares were possible in books as well as films?!

I did find Alex a little unlikeable - he could be quite infuriating at times, but admittedly did get better as the story went on.

I found the writing to be great, the descriptions conjured up gloriously gruesome images in my mind. At times I found myself almost screaming at the characters to do/not do this or that.

I find I'm quite desensitised to most horror as I have been reading or watching it from a relatively young age, but These Things Linger definitely kept me feeling anxious and uneasy throughout the book and at times on the edge of my seat, eager to know how actions would pan out.

The book definitely keeps up the tension all the way through to the end. Although saying that, there was a part of the last few chapters which I was less a fan of, but don't want to post for fear of spoilers.

Overall, I did really enjoy this book. I felt like it ended well - so often books like this can leave things unanswered, but I didn't find this at all with These Things Linger. Highly recommended.

Characters and plot were well thought out and developed. Definitely more for the YA audience than adult. I did notice a few spelling/grammar errors but nothing too wild. Overall, I enjoyed and would definitely recommend to my friends who read YA thrillers/mysteries.

Really enjoyed the book from start to finish. Author wrote this with great pace. These things linger is now one of my top books of the year for sure. Loved every second of this book.

This is an excellent novel about an occult ritual that goes very wrong. It also features a story of family, love, and grief.

A man loses his uncle, who had raised him and cared for him ever since he was a child. In a moment of grief and reflection he decides to try a ritual to bring his uncle back just so they could have some final words. When he was a teenager, he and his girlfriend at the time performed this ritual trying to bring back her brother.

But this ritual works, perhaps too well, and what follows is absolutely horrifying. His uncle returns, sort of, but he is being tortured and begging to be released. Something is eating him and his pain and suffering is never ending.

Our protagonist has a wife and baby on the way and as this thing tormenting his uncle turns it's eyes on him and his family, nobody will be safe.

The thing that's been released seems to be bound to him by the blood he spilled during this ritual and it can't be stopped. There's no counter ritual or spell to undo what's been done. And when his unborn child begins showing bizarre symptoms, the situation escalates to terrifying levels of horror and dread.

This novel goes to some really dark places and the author doesn't hold back in showing just how evil this thing is. Nobody and nothing is safe, including children and pets, as any attempt to hinder it's progress is met with blood and pain.

This is one of those books that just goes full speed ahead and creates an atmosphere of horrific dread along the way. With great characters, lots of action, blood, and supernatural scares, I highly recommend this book.