3.5⭐
Thank you so much to Berkley, PRH Audio, and Netgalley for providing advanced copies of this! All thoughts and opinions are still my own.

Simone St. James is hands down my favorite thriller/mystery author. I love the way she incorporates paranormal elements into her stories. And they often revolve around wronged women getting revenge - which we love.

And all of that was in this book!

This book had one of the most unsettling intros I've read in a long while. It gave me vibes of Texas Chainsaw Massacre as these 2 drove down a dark, eerie roadside only to find an injured lost woman. And honestly this scene has STUCK with me. *shudders*

This leads them to get wrapped up in small town drama and a serial killing investigation.

On one had I loved the atmosphere and constant unsettling vibe of the small town. It's remote and since this is set in the 90's ,feels so cut off and isolated from the rest of the world. It really added to the stakes of the investigation since it truly felt like the couple couldn't escape.

I was just left feeling a little underwhelmed by the conclusion. The paranormal parts were horrifying (that scene in the car will also stay with me forever). But the ending didn't give me that same satisfied feeling as some St. James' other books.

However, I've seen SO many reviewers who loved the ending so take my opinion with a grain of salt. The endings of thrillers are so subjective and everyone enjoys different things.

If you're a thriller fan or Simone St James fan, definitely don't skip this one! And maybe read with the lights on.