4 stars
Not what I expected, but still really good!
I'll admit it took me awhile to finally just let the darkness just become a norm for me to get into the horror themed story of Waking Dark. All in all, it's pretty intense, guys.
Welcome to Oleander.
I do not like this town. This town to me, screams, "Run, and never look back!" Every character is as extreme as they possibly could be in most of the time, a bad way. As in it's creepy.
It's bad enough that this town was built upon the ruins of the previous Oleander town, where a fire started and by the next day not a single person had survived.
But that's just the history. We are thrown into a story told by multiple perspectives, but it's smooth flowing since it's not broken up by each chapter, and names are used often. We read about five different murders scenes right from the beginning. Each horrible, gory, and unexplained. Each leaving one scarred and horrified witness in it's wake. Each killer has killed themselves along with their victim(s) except one.
One who doesn't remember even committing the deed or why she did it.
A lot of people die in this book, even important main characters which makes this book seriously intense. The town felt so creepy, domesticated, and old fashioned to me from the start. It had almost a Stepford Wives feel to it. It only got worse from there.
Each main character has a twisted and sympathy cuing story and lifestyle, and it's harsh because it's the truth in some aspects.
What really attracted me to this story, was not only that while I was cringing while reading, smacking my forehead, thinking, "Could shit get any worse?" (And it always did.) I still couldn't put my kindle down, it was addicting! You want to know what's up with this messed up town, and you know there's a reason behind it. It takes almost the entire book for the source to be revealed, but while we wait, we get to experience the town's descent into madness and violence.
It's a dark and thrilling ride.
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