I’m doing my book review on Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates. If you don’t want to hear how review, just scroll along 🙂

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When I first started reading Dead of Winter, I was really excited. The books I read by Darcy Coates so far were amazing. I loved her style of writing and also I am a big fan of horror. This book however, kind of threw me off. It started off with Christa and her boyfriend Kiernan going for what seemed like a romantic getaway to a lodge in the middle of the nowhere. However, it didn’t happen that way. The bus that they took along with other travelers were stranded because a tree had fallen and they couldn’t make it to the lodge. The travelers decided to try and get out of the snow storm that was coming down and they found a cabin. Not before Christa and Kiernan were separated from the group. Christa fell down an embarkment and was injured and she and Kiernan were then separated.

Christa made it back to a cabin that the group was nestled in and was abandoned. She wanted to look for Kiernan, but he was long gone and missing. With the blizzard of a snow storm, it was impossible to find him. They had to wait it out to look for him.

This is where the story takes a turn. One by one the people of the group get taken out. I mean they are murdered in cold blood. Nobody knows who is doing this and everyone is freaking out. In the meantime, they think that it’s one of their group that is staking out people’s lives. They fear for their lives and keep a close watch on each other. Many times they tried to escape the cabin to try and get help. They made it as far as the bus and saw a body laying on the ground without a head. Christa thought it was Kiernan and she found a ring in his pocket. She was even more upset because she thought he was going to propose to her. Christa wanted to stay with him but the storm was becoming wild again and they had to turn back to the cabin.

The days were running together and there were only a few of them left. It started with about 10 people. One night they managed to catch the killer and tied her up, but what they didn’t realize was that she wasn’t the killer at all. Christa came across her body mutilated. Christa took off when she saw a man Denny running after her with an axe. She ran as far as she could and made it to the lodge eventually. The doors were unlocked and dark but she was able to hide.

This is where a twist took place. Christa heard a struggle and Denny’s head rolled down the steps. She saw a man approaching her and it was Kiernan. She was so happy because she thought he had died. Until she realized that he was the killer.

The point of all of this, was Kiernan orchestrated this whole trip because his little brother drowned in a lake from a car accident and he was trapped. He wanted to pick off each person that had to do with his death. He left Christa for last. She managed to kill Kiernan and she was saved.

My thoughts

This book did have a lot of action in it. It did start off slow but then it picked up in the middle. The end of the book was the best part because it kept me on my toes. The book gave a lot of description which is great, but there were thing that didn’t make any sense. For example, when Christa was running away from Denny, she was using a flashlight and he could see the light and know where she was at all times. All in all I give this book 3.5 out of 5.