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They Drown Our Daughters
by Katrina Monroe
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Beware mysterious figures in the dark.
They Drown Our Daughters is a horror book that reads like a haunting thriller and leaves you wondering if perhaps curses are real.
Meredith, freshly separated from her wife, heads back to her hometown of Cape Disappointment with her young daughter Alice. She returns to her childhood home despite a history of tension with her mother who warns of a curse- stay away from the water at all costs.
Long frustrated with her mother’s intense belief in said family curse, Meredith dismisses her concerns and takes her daughter to the beach- a decision that will change their lives forever.
For there is someone lost at sea and she calls to them.
I found that this book did such a fantastic job of utilizing multiple POVs and different timelines to weave a tense and rich story. Not only do you get to enjoy Meredith’s POV, but you find your answers through her mother starting in the 70s in addition to other women in the family who came before them.
Meredith’s mother, Judith, was a headstrong child hellbent on discovering more about the voice in the water and what that meant for her and her family. I really enjoyed Judith’s POV and found her childhood chapters to be particularly well written.
While some may find them frustrating due to her stubbornness and naivete, I found that to be what made them so real. The author did an excellent job of capturing a child’s perspective on this legend and you get to watch that perspective change as Judith ages.
They also do a wonderful job of showing how dangerous lying to and withholding information from your children can be.
I also particularly enjoyed the ending of this book and how the monster was made to be multidimensional- or maybe, the monster was never really the monster after all.
With all of that being said- again, I did feel like this book felt a lot more thriller than horror. This impacted my decision to give it four stars versus five stars. Still, I highly recommend reading this book!
Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for this eARC! They Drown Our Daughters is out July 12th.
They Drown Our Daughters is a horror book that reads like a haunting thriller and leaves you wondering if perhaps curses are real.
Meredith, freshly separated from her wife, heads back to her hometown of Cape Disappointment with her young daughter Alice. She returns to her childhood home despite a history of tension with her mother who warns of a curse- stay away from the water at all costs.
Long frustrated with her mother’s intense belief in said family curse, Meredith dismisses her concerns and takes her daughter to the beach- a decision that will change their lives forever.
For there is someone lost at sea and she calls to them.
I found that this book did such a fantastic job of utilizing multiple POVs and different timelines to weave a tense and rich story. Not only do you get to enjoy Meredith’s POV, but you find your answers through her mother starting in the 70s in addition to other women in the family who came before them.
Meredith’s mother, Judith, was a headstrong child hellbent on discovering more about the voice in the water and what that meant for her and her family. I really enjoyed Judith’s POV and found her childhood chapters to be particularly well written.
While some may find them frustrating due to her stubbornness and naivete, I found that to be what made them so real. The author did an excellent job of capturing a child’s perspective on this legend and you get to watch that perspective change as Judith ages.
They also do a wonderful job of showing how dangerous lying to and withholding information from your children can be.
I also particularly enjoyed the ending of this book and how the monster was made to be multidimensional- or maybe, the monster was never really the monster after all.
With all of that being said- again, I did feel like this book felt a lot more thriller than horror. This impacted my decision to give it four stars versus five stars. Still, I highly recommend reading this book!
Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for this eARC! They Drown Our Daughters is out July 12th.