Information:

• Goodreads: 4.22 out of 222 Ratings
• Age Category: Adult
• Genre: Horror/Thriller
• Series: None

Summary:

Father Silence use to get his kicks from pretending to be a priest and preying on the vulnerable within our society. Luckily, a detective put him away. Unluckily, said detective is found murdered and his granddaughter is kidnapped after Father Silence’s execution. Now the detective’s daughter has to hunt this new copy-cat to find her daughter and she’s gotta work with her cheating psychologist husband, as well as a big team of people. As you could guess, this is not a fun and fresh time for her. She’s gotta meet with the only person to ever survive Father Silence and face all the complications that come with that.

Review:

I really enjoyed the creep factor of this book more than the actual characters. I do want to talk specifically about the representation of Dissociative Identity Disorder. Two of our main characters have this. I do have an issue with how each person how has it is a villain. However, I can also appreciate how the ‘evil’ aspect of the disorder is described as something other – it is more than just the disorder at play. Also, the beginning of the disorder did come from genuine causes of DID – intense childhood trauma as a way of protecting the host. I would be curious to see a person’s thoughts with this disorder, rather than just mine. I’d be curious to know a first hand review rather an just an educated one, if that makes sense.

There is a bit of supernatural foolery going on here, but it’s never explained or specified. Just two people are able to see through another’s eyes. The rest is cult-y people being absolutely bonkers and worshipping a serial killer who did not deserve their worship. These people are vulnerable due to the charisma of who they’re following and drug use. That, truly, is what made this so fun. I read this while listening to a combination of horror movie soundtracks and it was absolutely a vibe. There’s something so creepy about a cult following and committing murders due to overly believing in their faith. And I liked how each thread tied together. It was fast to read and easy to read – while I also absolutely feel as if I could have had red twine and a poster board full of clues to go along with the book.

As for the characters, I feel like they’re the book’s weakness and why this book isn’t a five star. Tess isn’t really interesting, even though her complicated history and family are what drive the story. I don’t like her or anyone else in the story, except one of the killers and that’s mostly because I was given enough information to feel sympathy for him. His story is the one that I actually, weirdly enough, cared the most about. Everyone else felt easily forgettable and replaceable, which sucks, because he isn’t the main character.

Ultimately, it was a fun and fast read that kept me interested the majority of the time I was reading it. I do wish the characters could have been a bit more interesting or complex, but it didn’t make the book horrible to read. I still had a blast and I would love to know your thoughts on it if you’ve read it! Definitely recommend reading with a spooky soundtrack playing.