Thank you Poisoned Pen Press, #partner for the advanced copy of The Ravenous Dead in exchange for my honest review.
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: March 15, 2022
Summary:
He’ll never let go….
Keira, hired as Blighty Graveyard’s new groundskeeper, lives surrounded by the dead. They watch her through the fog. They wordlessly cry out. They’ve been desperately waiting for help moving on—and only Keira can hear them.
But not every restless spirit wants to be saved. Sometimes the dead hate the living too much to find peace.
As Keira struggles to uncover the tangled histories of some of the graveyard’s oldest denizens, danger seeps from the darkest edges of the forest. A vicious serial killer was interred among the trees decades before, his spirit twisted by his violent nature. He’s furious. Ravenous. And when Keira unwittingly answers his call, she may just seal her fate as his final intended victim.
My thoughts:
This is the second book in Darcy Coates’ Gravekeeper series and I am quite enjoying it. It’s what I would call “cozy horror” – it’s got some horror elements to it, but it’s more on the lighter side of the genre which is just fine with me. I still feel like I’m a newbie when it comes to the horror genre, so these types of books are definitely more to my liking for now.
I will say this one was a bit creepier than the first book, but nothing so creepy that I felt I had to put it down. And it does have a little bit of a YA feel to it, not that there’s anything wrong with that. There was more character development here but still not enough that we have all the answers as to who exactly Keira is…hopefully that comes sooner rather than later. I can see that would be a bit tiresome the longer that goes unanswered.
The serial killer angle of course had me hooked and it is mixed with just the right amount of creepiness. There were twists and turns here that kept me on my toes and I cannot wait to see what comes next in this series. Hopefully we get more answers about Keira!
Books in this series:
- The Whispering Dead
- The Ravenous Dead
- The Twisted Dead – due out February 2023
