It’s the first book I read by Ms Littlewood and it won’t surely be the last because she’s a very talented writer.
While I was reading I couldn’t help picturing the building, the snow, and feeling what Leah was feeling.
It’s an excellent horror but it’s also a novel about grief and starting again to live.
Leah is a fleshed out and well thought character, a woman who’s grieving and living in a past that it’s not her own. She’s living something that’s out of her experience and she feels part of her story at the same time.
I think this novel feature all the elements of a good horror like the growing tensions, the ghosts, the references to long lost usage and it builds the tension in a way that nearly made me stop breathing at times.
I think that the ghosts are all interesting characters but some, like Martha and Ellis, are more realistic and strong, driven by their emotions and their desires.
Past and present are strongly bound in this story and this is one of the elements that makes it so enthralling.
It’s also a Christmas story and even if it differs from the usual one there’re elements of hope and renewal that are part of the festive season spirit.
It was an excellent and fascinating read, highly recommended.
Many thanks to Quercus Books and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine