Tina Callaghan

Disclaimer: I received this book for free from LibraryThing in return for an honest review.

After the suicide of her father, Lia runs away from her home and her mother to see her Uncle Harry at his remote island home in Ireland, the place where her father died. She is looking to understand why her father did what he did. But Lia finds more then she bargained for. Something strange is happening on the island. As the winter storms roll in it is only a matter of time till everyone is trapped on the island and they may not survive the winter.

This story is told from the perspective of multiple characters. It is full of twists and turns. It sucked me in right away and I could not put it down. That being said I did find it to drag in parts and left multiple questions unanswered. Overall I enjoyed this book.… (mehr)

This is a solid piece of YA supernatural/thriller story-telling steeped in Irish Gothic/horror atmosphere. If you are a reader like I am and tend to give stories a bit of a reality fact check while reading, you might question some minor points as I did, like a 16-year-old who secretly decides to board a plane from New York to Ireland and on to an island she has never visited and just "show up" unexpected on her uncle Harry's doorstep. Each chapter is prefaced with a quote, usually from a novel. Given the frequency of quotes derived from Bram Stoker's Dracula, it is kind of hard to not take these quotes as foreshadowing. That being said, I enjoyed this one, predominantly for the secluded island setting and the overall dark, suspenseful atmosphere. The secret the island harbors and the outcome were okay, but didn't pull me in like I had hoped it would. I think I would have preferred it better if the secret had an Irish folklore aspect to it.… (mehr)

I received this book as an ARC, but am voluntarily and honestly reviewing it. It was a good read. The story line was interesting but a bit slow. I enjoyed going through the discovery with the main character Lia who goes to an island to find out what really happened to her father.

The thrill of finding out what was really happening on the island and why was interesting. Even though i tended to be a bit slow in some parts I enjoyed it enough to finish reading it. Which says a lot for me, because if I find a book too slow I don't complete it.… (mehr)