When the Wolf Comes Home
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Average rating4.5
One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy's father, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives.
As they attempt to evade the boy's increasingly desperate father, Jess slowly comes to a horrifying understanding of the butchery that follows them—the boy can turn his every fear into reality.
And when the wolf finally comes home, no one will be spared.
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Thank you to Netgalley and MacMillan audio for an early listening copy of this amazing novel.
Can you say daddy issues? Both main characters have them! This was the perfect chase style thriller/horror novel mixed with total 80's vibe monster movie feel. It was an interesting take on how fear can take control of your life.
I listened to this in one sitting on 2x speed and loved every minute of it.
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Favorite Character: Jess (Jessa)
Favorite Part: When Nessie comes out of the lake but she isn't evil, just sweet!
Thoughts: This was an INCREDIBLE twist on your classic werewolf story, very imaginative and original!!! I'll definitely be reading more of Nat Cassidy's books in the future!!!
Nat Cassidy does it AGAIN and delivers a tale of macabre wonder equal parts heart wrenching and thrilling. It takes a special kind of understanding of the human psyche to write something like this, and it becomes clear he does by the time you're reading the afterword (which had me, once again, in tears – as his experiences seem to mirror my own).
I could see much of what influenced this book, but it didn't feel derivative in the least. It's a pretty creative take on fairy tales, and I loved every moment of it. Definitely a new favorite.
