The Dark Beneath the Ice

More like 4 and a half. This was completely, utterly “readable”. I mean it. Berube's voice sucked me in from page one, threw me right into the storytelling trance and did not let go until I finished. The pages could not turn fast enough and it's so funny because Berube has a way of teasing you with something (plot point, character development, etc) and then explaining it a page or two later releasing the tension but still retaining the reader's interest. I can't think of anyone else who pulls that off.
There are some definitely chilling moments in the book. Not gross chilling, but turn the lights on and check your room thoroughly when you wake up in the middle of the night chilling. For me the question that had me racing through the book was not the what or the why but the HOW in the hell is Marianne going to escape this?????
I can't wait to read what this author writes next. Even if it's not horror, if it is told in the same voice, I know I'll enjoy it already.