Review: Brilliant psychological horror
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2013
Horror is not my usual genre, but I stumbled across Gemma's website and after reading an excerpt of beneath the Willow, I just had to buy it. I was intrigued by the story-line of Thomas having to bury Keziah, a woman he loves very much, while she is still alive and asking him not to bury her too deep. The excerpt sucked me right in and I hoped the rest of Gemma's book would live up to it, I was not disappointed.Gemma has a wonderful writing style, she has a way of creating great imagery and description without bogging you down with too much detail.This horror is more psychological, than gory, it will get your heart racing. Are the nightmares Thomas experiences a product of his guilt? Or are they real? Gemma packs a lot of emotion and suspense into a short story. There are no dull moments and yet, she creates characters that seem so real and down to earth, the kind of people you could meet at the local pub, characters you connect to and believe in.The ending, it'll get you! With Gemma's skill at description, I experienced it as if I were there, most disconcerting. Superbly done.She's a talented writer, I'll be reading more of her work.