Sergio Gómez (1)

Okay… ummm this was a book for sure. I don’t know what I expected from a Christmas horror novella with an alien on the cover… but this was that haha. I honestly felt like reading this was a fever dream. It wasn’t bad… I just am still kind of confused. I think I needed a bit more detail on things instead of the just straight up murder dynamic haha. I would have enjoyed like a reason why things were happening. I felt like the book just left me feeling a bit underwhelmed and unfulfilled but it was a very different holiday read for sure! I didn’t hate it but I don’t know that it will be something I read again haha.… (mehr)

There’s a great build up in the first half, as the storm continues to worsen and our small cast of characters find their way to the diner. The tension ratchets up in the middle as things begin to go wrong, and then the final act is a flurry of blood-soaked action. At just over 80 pages the story moves along at a breakneck pace. The upside is that there are no lulls and it’s quite the page-turner, and the downside is that when I finished in 30 mins I did feel like I wanted a little more from it.

The blinding snow storm and tiny diner trailer gave the story a very confined and unsettling feeling. I absolutely love stories that are written with a single or limited setting. Also I won’t say much about the aliens because of spoilers, but I found their presence to be both interesting and frightening.

I had a lot of fun reading this novella! I read it late at night by the light of the Christmas tree, and I highly recommend everyone else do the same. Thanks again to @sergiopgomez for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review!… (mehr)