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Dark Roads
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Chevy Stevens' Dark Roads is not an easy book to listen to and I honestly would have felt a little more comfortable reading this rather than listening to the audiobook. Narrated excellently by Angela Dawe; Brittany Pressley; Isabella Star LaBlanc, Dark Roads by Chevy Steven is essentially a dark and haunting book that chills the soul and creeps the hell out of you.
The author describes the true story that inspired this tale of darkness and I can’t begin to imagine the anguish and trauma that each of the unfortunate families had to endure over the years. The missing woman, the murders, and not a clue to be found and unsolved for such a lot of time, it defies imagination.
Dark Roads explores the fictional Cold Creek Highway where a murderer lurks and girls are warned not to hitchhike or be alone at night for fear of falling prey to the danger hidden around the area. Chevy Stevens’ writing was exceptional, she literally had me scared shitless throughout the book. The description utterly oozes evil on every page, the reader is made to feel the claustrophobic murkiness that is waiting to devour you. I am sure the effect was made worse with the experience of listening to the book, as I had to suffer the panic of helplessness, as Hailey and Johnny, find themselves unable to do anything to go against sheriff Vaughn. The first part of the book that ends with Hailey and her dog Wolf almost near death, and the beginning of the second chapter introducing Beth had me scampering, wondering if I missed a chapter, but once the connections and the weaving of the story thru Beth and Hailey becomes clearer, the story explodes with a menace that was waiting to pounce on the girls. The violence was again difficult to wrap my head around but I loved how Hailey becomes like a teenage ninja and kicks ass.
The warm friendship and love between Hailey and Johnny and Wolf the dog who becomes the glue helping Hailey and Beth were wonderful and honestly, Wolf is a best friend anyone would die for and I thank the author for that spot of brightness in this disturbing story.
Goosebumps!
This review is published in my blog Rain'n'Books, ##Goodreads, ##Amazon India, ##Book Bub, ##Medium.com, ##Facebook, ##Twitter.
The author describes the true story that inspired this tale of darkness and I can’t begin to imagine the anguish and trauma that each of the unfortunate families had to endure over the years. The missing woman, the murders, and not a clue to be found and unsolved for such a lot of time, it defies imagination.
Dark Roads explores the fictional Cold Creek Highway where a murderer lurks and girls are warned not to hitchhike or be alone at night for fear of falling prey to the danger hidden around the area. Chevy Stevens’ writing was exceptional, she literally had me scared shitless throughout the book. The description utterly oozes evil on every page, the reader is made to feel the claustrophobic murkiness that is waiting to devour you. I am sure the effect was made worse with the experience of listening to the book, as I had to suffer the panic of helplessness, as Hailey and Johnny, find themselves unable to do anything to go against sheriff Vaughn. The first part of the book that ends with Hailey and her dog Wolf almost near death, and the beginning of the second chapter introducing Beth had me scampering, wondering if I missed a chapter, but once the connections and the weaving of the story thru Beth and Hailey becomes clearer, the story explodes with a menace that was waiting to pounce on the girls. The violence was again difficult to wrap my head around but I loved how Hailey becomes like a teenage ninja and kicks ass.
The warm friendship and love between Hailey and Johnny and Wolf the dog who becomes the glue helping Hailey and Beth were wonderful and honestly, Wolf is a best friend anyone would die for and I thank the author for that spot of brightness in this disturbing story.
Goosebumps!
This review is published in my blog Rain'n'Books, ##Goodreads, ##Amazon India, ##Book Bub, ##Medium.com, ##Facebook, ##Twitter.
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