First of all, thank you to Macmillian and Bookish First for an advanced reader copy of The Shadows in exchange for an honest review!
Paul Adams has returned home to his mother's deathbed after being away for twenty-five years. When he was a teenager, a gruesome murder took place that left Paul's world shaken. He'd known the boys, been friends with the boys, and he left and never returned, trying to forget.
But the case didn't end there. Charlie Crabtree, the dark young man who pulled the young boys together in to the shadows of a dream, disappeared. And his disappearance sparked a series of other murders. The past continues to haunt Paul when his mother insists there's more to it all.
I haven't read The Whisper Man, but I've seen it alllll over! I read an excerpt of The Shadows, and was instantly pulled in, and I was lucky enough to win an ARC of it from Bookish First! This was dark and gritty, and very creepy. I loved so much of it, and though I'm not usually a fan of switching POV (3rd and 1st) I didn't care because I was so pulled in! The readers are treated with flashbacks of Paul's youth, and little by little, we can put the pieces together.
This was an AMAZING book, and though it's completely outside of my usual genre, I loved it! Cannot recommend this enough. And Netflix? Get ON IT!
Paul Adams has returned home to his mother's deathbed after being away for twenty-five years. When he was a teenager, a gruesome murder took place that left Paul's world shaken. He'd known the boys, been friends with the boys, and he left and never returned, trying to forget.
But the case didn't end there. Charlie Crabtree, the dark young man who pulled the young boys together in to the shadows of a dream, disappeared. And his disappearance sparked a series of other murders. The past continues to haunt Paul when his mother insists there's more to it all.
I haven't read The Whisper Man, but I've seen it alllll over! I read an excerpt of The Shadows, and was instantly pulled in, and I was lucky enough to win an ARC of it from Bookish First! This was dark and gritty, and very creepy. I loved so much of it, and though I'm not usually a fan of switching POV (3rd and 1st) I didn't care because I was so pulled in! The readers are treated with flashbacks of Paul's youth, and little by little, we can put the pieces together.
This was an AMAZING book, and though it's completely outside of my usual genre, I loved it! Cannot recommend this enough. And Netflix? Get ON IT!