Review: Spooky
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2013
The Scarecrow: A Supernatural Thriller (Solom) by Scott Nicholson is the first in a series, but it stands well on its own.Katy does the wrong thing by marrying right after a divorce and moving to the rural North Carolina Appalachian town of Solom with her rebelling daughter Jett.  Gordon, her new husband is a freaky character and Nicholson plays it up well with him being a control freak and his previous wife dying under strange circumstances.  A spooky atmosphere is weaved with weird goats that seem to be controlled, scarecrows everywhere, and lots and lots of corn surrounding the farmhouse.Nicholson brings the back-story to life with the additional mystery of Gordon’s great-grandfather preacher who disappeared.  It gives the story the twist of who is the scarecrow-is he good or evil, or both and is there more than one?  What’s the deal with the bloodthirsty goats?It reads like a cool, supernatural rural legend, and I liked it.  Especially those freaky goats.  Where does he come up with this?I’ll be looking for the next in the series to see how he ties into this one.