Vic McQueen is a young girl desperate for freedom which she finds on her Raleigh Tuff Burner, riding it to escape her parents arguing. What she finds is literally an entirely different world, one where she can ride across a bridge and end up somewhere completely different than where she started. But soon Vic finds herself biting off more than she can chew when she runs into Mr. Charles Talent Manx. Mr. Manx takes children for a ride in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith, a car with a license plate that reads NOS4A2, as in the ancient word Nosferatu for vampire. Manx takes children to Christmasland, a world where they will never hurt or be afraid again. A world where there is nothing but laughter and cocoa and presents. But is this world saving them or killing them? As we follow Vic in her journey in life, she soon must face Manx again in the fight of her life.

This book sucked me in from its very first terrifying pages and didn’t let go until the very last page. Hill writes a protagonist for the ages, a woman who will stop and nothing to take down the very man- or thing- of her dreams. You can’t help but root for Vic McQueen through every page, willing her to come out unscathed on the other side. This book is terrifying, unsettling, and brings every nightmare possible into the forefront of your mind. A wild ride in every sense of the word. But literally unputdownable.