Title:- Midnight is the Darkest Hour
Author:- Ashley Winstead
Date published:- October 3rd 2023
No. of pages:- 400 pages
Genre:- Horror/Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Setting:- Louisiana, USA
Rating:-
Plot:- 2/5
Writing:- 3/5
Overall rating:- 2.5/5
Recommend – NO but different people have different opinions about the book
Beware of the dark. You might like what you find…
Ruth Collier has always felt like an outsider, even as her father rains fire and brimstone from the church pulpit. In Bottom Springs, his word is as good as law.
But there are things the townspeople fear more than God, like the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to kill sinners in their beds on moonless nights.
When a skull is found deep in the swamp, a hunt for the Low Man begins. Suspicion turns to Everett – Ruth’s oldest friend, with a dark past. As Ruth and Everett grow closer, Ruth begins to unearth the town’s secrets, determined to discover the truth.
But as the line between good and evil grows ever thin, how far will Ruth go to save the person she loves most?
I always tend to read Ashley Winstead’s books whenever her books get published. I enjoyed In My Dreams I hold a Knife and was OK with her thriller The Last Housewife. So I was super duper excited to get my hands on this book but I have to say, this book is a pure disappointment.
If you are a fan of Twilight, then this book might be for you. There were mentions of Edward Cullen and Bella throughout the book.
Ruth Cornier is a daughter of a preacher. She befriends a boy named Everett Duncan who is an outcast in the small town of Louisiana. There is a folk tale among the townspeople that a Lone Man is lurking around the swamps at night and behead the men. The folk tale seem to have come through when a body of a man was found in the swamp. Ruth and Everett then try to hide a deep secret that they had been hiding many years ago.
This book talks about a lot about religious fanatism. Not only that, so many mentions of vampires and like the fact that the main protagonist is a fan of Twilight. The book in whole has a very creepy setting making the whole atmosphere creepy and eerie. The writing is like poetry typewritten thus making the whole book give an eerie feeling. But why didn’t I enjoy the book?
First of all, this book was—really slow paced. I kept skimming through the book and nearly DNFed but my motto is never DNF the book. Because sometimes, you might find interesting towards the end. But the ending to me was OK. There weren’t much twists and turns I thought I would find in a normally good psychological thriller. I am not sure why people have given four and five star rating on this book but to me, this book wasn’t one of her greatest novels. Worth 2.5 stars.
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