Maryanne Kipping

I really enjoyed this book. Well written ,a great story although I have read a lot of "Dante's" in stories before . Always strong and brooding. There was only one sentence in the whole book that annoyed me a little..the one where Dante comments that Ian's death didn't matter because " he wasn't the kind of white that matters" Not necessary in our troubled times I feel. But the book overall is great. Alexis really knows how to tell a story. Well worth reading.

I enjoyed this book. I am not a great lover of the "horror" genre but then I didnt feel this book had many horror elements. Five teenagers ..already with a lot of combined life problems..go into the woods and four come out. The nicest,Matthew, has climbed a staircase in the woods and disappeared. Over the years the lives of Lore Owen ,Hamish and Nick fall apart until Nick announces he has terminal cancer and they all come together for one last time. And then the staircase reappears and convinced they owe it to Matt to at least try to find him ,this time they all climb it. The remainder of the story is a battle to survive "The house" as it taunts and tortures them and truths are revealed. Do they find Matty?..that would be a spoiler. Well written ,well thought out..I found the characters as I expected them to be. Not terribly likeable until the end. Well worth the read if you like horror combined with acpsychological thriller. Four stars.

I liked this book,I didn't love it. Obviously heavily influenced by Love Island and survivor,it follows a scientist female who despite being in her 30s doesnt appear to know what she wants and a would be actor boyfriend complete with good looks Nico(boyfriend)gets sent home after failing a challenge. Then there is big storm and the rest of the competition is cut off from civilisation. There is death and distrust before a resolution that reveals the villian of course and the survivor's all go home. This book was very predictable with a lot more swearing and I felt "wokeness" than Ruths former enjoyable books. Most of them I couldn't put down. This one I could. I found I wanted more darkness and less predictability A bit of a disappointment.