Review: Atmospheric and terror filled emotional rollercoaster!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 15, 2014
When things are based on a true story, you tend to hold things closer to the heart.  You’re reading these events, and you’re just like, “Wow, this actually happened.”  In the interview with Hunter Shea, I asked how close to the source material he kept things, because, even when things are based on a true story, there are some liberties that are generally taken in order to make things a bit more interesting, or tie things in.  His answer was “As close to it as if we were standing next to each other.”  So pretty darn close to what really happened.While the summary gives you a good run down of the plot of this book, what it doesn’t say is how well the characters are written and how well paced this book is.  This is a very slow build, and Hunter Shea brings the tension in droves.  You feel the agonizing pain Brian endures as his new wife is in her coma, you feel the terror he feels when he discovers this “boy” that is watching over Cassandra, and the unease when he finds out that his mother-in-law and the in home nurse also see the boy.The whole story culminates into the discovery of why the boy’s there, just waiting for Cassandra, and an ending that will leave your jaw on the floor.The Bottom Line:  What makes this book 5 stars, even though this is only 112 pages in length, is the story is structured so well, and everything falls into place so perfectly that you get an entire novels worth of emotional processing.  You’re not going to have break-neck action, you aren’t going to have laugh out loud moments, but what you will have is a slow, steady, perfectly paced, character story.  The chills of the unknown are real, and you’ll not want to put this down until you are done with it.  HIGHLY recommended.  To purchase this, just click the cover.  What are you waiting for?