A Cold Season by Alison Littlewood

Cass takes her son Ben to a village where she had lived for a short time as a child. She wants them to starts a new life after the death of her soldier husband Pete.

From the beginning this is a cold and eerie tale, even before she arrives at their new home, something feels very wrong. She begins to question why she had decided that this was the place to move too. Everything about this place is cold, her son begins to change, the people are very strange and dark, the school headmaster charms Cass and she begins a relationship with him. As a reader I wanted to tell her "don't do it" "stay away from him" ... but alas she couldn't hear me!

I felt uncomfortable, in a good way, reading this book. During the dark hours of reading I did keep looking over my shoulder to make sure there was nothing and nobody there!

A creepy story that holds your attention.... you want to find out what happens ...

I did find the ending a little confusing but this didn't affect the book in a negative way ...I don't know if this is a series but it does have an open-ended finish..... I will check out if there are more....

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