I read quite a bit of each one of these and I was like yeah I'm not feeling any of these like I was not getting gripped into the story
Lute (2022)
Wicker Man meets Final Destination in Jennifer Thorne's atmospheric, unsettling folk horror novel about love, duty, and community. On the idyllic island of Lute, every seventh summer, seven people die. No more, no less. Lute and its inhabitants are blessed, year after year, with good weather, good health, and good fortune. They live a happy, superior life, untouched by the war that rages all around them. So it’s only fair that every seven years, on the day of the tithe, the island’s gift is honored. Nina Treadway is new to The Day. A Florida girl by birth, she became a Lady through her marriage to Lord Treadway, whose family has long protected the island. Nina’s heard about The Day, of course. Heard about the horrific tragedies, the lives lost, but she doesn’t believe in it. It's all superstitious nonsense. Stories told to keep newcomers at bay and youngsters in line. Then The Day begins. And it's a day of nightmares, of grief, of reckoning. But it is also a day of community. Of survival and strength. Of love, at its most pure and untamed. When The Day ends, Nina—and Lute—will never be the same. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Thorne was the author of a Fulk horror novel called loot which I reviewed here I thought it was pretty good you know a very good I think promising debut
I did give it two stars because I thought the concept was really cool and I thought the tension and atmosphere was pretty well done but other than that it was not for me
I really didn't connect with this one I felt that it was quite boring because it lacks this fence and despite being very short I just didn't enjoy it honestly and was pretty much let down
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