Length: 416 pages
Genre: Horror
Started: 30 November 2012
Finished: 3 December 2012
Where did it come from? From Bookmooch
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 9 October 2012
Why do I have it? I like horror and Judith Hawkes is a new author for me.
On a mountainside in Tennessee lies an abandoned quarry, flooded long ago by an underground river. There, in the gathering shadows of a winter twilight, something happened to nine-year-old Nan Lucas. Something that left her daredevil playmate, Tucker Wills, dead and young Nan's mind crippled, unable to recall the horror.
Now a trendy Manhattan fashion photographer, Nan Lucas returns to Tennessee twenty years later, seeking to recover from a collapsed marriage. In the old farmhouse inherited from her grandmother, she begins to reorder her priorities - among them, forming a more solid relationship with her young son, Stephen. Common sense tells her that the imaginary playmate who consumes so much of Stephen's time is only a normal invention for a little boy who has no companion his own age.
Yet Nan cannot ignore her mounting fears that the mysterious figure Stephen calls 'Woody' is both very real and very dangerous. Joining forces with an old mountain woman who is rumored to possess the gift of second sight, she struggles to save Stephen from the shadowy companion who seems to be compelling him toward destruction. Yet as hope and time runs out, Nan comes to realize that she must somehow pierce the veil of her forgotten past and reach into the dark recesses of her memory to rediscover what happened at the quarry, on the long-ago winter night that Tucker Wills died.
I must say that I absolutely loved this book. I thought that it was extremely scary - but it was the subtle, psychological type of horror that I really enjoy. Judith Hawkes is a new author to me, and My Soul to Keep is the first book of hers that I have read. I believe that Judith Hawkes has written at least two other books, and I have placed both of them on my Wish List. I give My Soul to Keep by Judith Hawkes an A+!
A+! - (96-100%)
Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight
Just a note to let you know that your link in to Books You Loved: November was showcased in the December edition which has just posted. Would love to see another contribution from you this month! This is the link - Books You Loved December Edition
ReplyDeleteHello Carole,
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for showcasing Emma Hamilton by Norah Lofts from my blog! :) I haven't come across any books that I can classify as December's Book of the Month just yet, but when I do you will be the first to know, Carole! :) See you next month!