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​​Sometimes the monsters that you know are scarier than the ones lurking in the dark.

Whenever I pick up a horror novel, I want it to scare the bejesus out of me. I want the book to pull me in immediately, keep me flipping the pages with wild abandon, and have that creep factor that chills me to the bone. Well, Christina Henry did exactly that. ‘Tis the season for me to read horror novels, and Near the Bone did not disappoint.

Mattie and William lived in an isolated cabin high on a mountain. They lived off the land, hunted, gathered, and did without all of the modern-day necessities that we deem essential. Mattie doesn’t remember what life was like before she became William’s wife. She gets small flashbacks of herself with a young girl, she recalls a lyric or two from a song, but apart from the few memories, she only knows what William will allow.

William wants Mattie to be an obedient wife, one who doesn’t talk back, who does her chores, and submits to him whenever he feels the need. A man needs sons after all. He touts Bible verses and God’s will, and if Mattie so much as makes a misstep, well, she will pay dearly.

While William is a vile, wretched excuse for a human being, he isn’t the only monster living on that mountain. Something large, larger than any bear has been killing animals and leaving their entrails tied in trees. It is large, however, at times, it can move without making a sound, following, and hunting its prey.

My heart pounded with every turn of the page. I was scared for Mattie. She wasn’t safe in her home or outside. There was something out there but was it worse than the person inside the cabin with her?

Throughout my time reading this novel, my adrenaline was rushing, my mind was whirling with questions and possibilities, and I was completely in my reading zone. This is what I want when I read a horror/thriller. I want to be creeped out, be afraid, wary, and have my suspicions on high alert, and Near the Bone gave me just that.

*4.5 Stars