Review: Cue the Foreboding Organ Music
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 16, 2013
From the depths of all things kind of paranormal, dark and a little creepy, comes Sacrifice Island by Kristin Dearborn. Strange disappearances and mutilated bodies turn a beautiful tropical paradise into an island of dark foreboding and death. Two paranormal investigators writing a book of “hauntings” from around the world get caught up to their eyeballs in the terror that is hidden beneath a former Catholic holy place and refuge. People were driven to madness and suicide, claiming to hear “spirits” in the night. What is out there? Is it the wrath of God? A demon? Will Gemma be able to detect the essence of what could be spirits with her “gift?” Will Alex get paranormal readings on his high tech equipment, or is there something even more sinister than either of them could imagine?Author Kristin Dearborn tells a perfectly creepy tale, with an unusual pair of protagonists who are far braver than I would ever be! Her descriptions of the beauty of the island, which she cleverly shrouds with a sense of foreboding only lacks the eerie organ music in the background. I did want more background on Gemma. Her past and her "gift' was touched on, but still a bit of a mystery. Crossing genres from mystery to thriller to paranormal, Ms. Dearborn spares nothing in on the fright scale of things that go bump in the night! Looking for chilling Halloween read? Look no further, Darkfuse has you covered!! (Fade in organ music)This ARC edition was provided by Darkfuse in exchange for my honest review.