Maggie's Grave
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The small Scottish town of Auchenmullan is dead, and has been for years. It sits in the shadow of a mountain, forgotten and atrophying in the perpetual gloom. Forty-seven residents are all that remain. There's nothing to do there, nothing to see, except for a solitary grave near the top of the mountain. MAGGIE WALL BURIED HERE AS A WITCH reads the faded inscription. But sometimes the dead don't stay buried. Especially when they have unfinished business. "Relentless, atmospheric folk-horror. Enhanced by Sodergren's gift for eerie settings and relatable characters, Maggie's Grave is the perfect way to kick off your spooky season reading." Laurel Hightower, author of WHISPERS IN THE DARK and CROSSROADS "Maggie's Grave is everything I love about a good horror story; slithery as a snake, with a nasty wee bite that will sting for a while. Compelling, immersive, and unashamedly Scottish." Gemma Amor, Bram Stoker Award nominated author of DEAR LAURA
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This book was a 4 stars until the ± 65% mark where there's an orgy scene that was so out of the left field considering the nature of the story until that point and so ridiculously done (seriously, felt like the type of scene you write during a midnight overly caffeinated writing sesh knowing full well you're going to edit it out in the first rounds of edits) that I struggled to take any of it seriously afterward. That being said, this book reads like a wet puppet b movie and in that sense it does have a fair bit of charm and there's a few really good scenes.
Horror is a genre that I haven’t really touched until now. I’m more of a sci-fi and fantasy reader, but I set myself the goal to read outside of my comfort zone for this year, and I’m very glad I did.
Maggie’s Grave is a campy slasher 80’s horror story, and an incredibly fun read at that. It’s gory, has lots of action, and it offers plenty of over the top moments -ritual sacrifice with james blunt soundtrack comes to mind- that are kind of silly but in a really fun way.
Totally recommend it if slasher horror sounds like something you might enjoy.
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