Review: More of a novel than a scary story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2010
I thought this would be a pleasantly spine-tingling read for the Halloween season.  It was a good book, no question about it, but it didn't have the feeling of suspense and/or thrill that I was expecting from the description.  There was plenty of build-up regarding the wood, but very little actual action within the borders of the wood.  The story of the 'haunted' wood was more a backdrop (and deus ex machina, I'm afraid) for the story of Izzy and her abusive ex-husband.  Most readers will enjoy the story so long as they aren't expecting something more in line with 'horror'.  The writing was done well, the characters were believeable, though not always likeable (I personally did not LIKE Izzy at all, though I could sympathize with her), and Kindle formatting was fine.  The writing was worth probably 4 stars, but I took one off due to the fact that this was promoted as more of a 'horror' or 'suspense' genre, which it really wasn't.