Northcroft is an elite boarding school with a deadly secret. Each night as the bell tolls and the shutters slam down, cutting off the outside world, the Afterdark descends, turning the surrounding old growth forest into a macabre copy of itself. A negative photograph crawling with horrors.
Evie Laurent is certain of one thing from the moment she sees Holland Morgan on the front steps of Northcroft: she wants to know everything there is to know about her. But there are some things about Evie herself that are better kept secret. Especially the fact that she let her sister drown. And that it’s getting harder to ignore her dark impulses . . .
Holland Morgan knows falling for Evie is just one more terrible choice in her long history of terrible choices. The problem is, she’s not sure she cares.
As attraction turns slowly to obsession, they find themselves playing a dangerous game. Something out there is calling to each of them. Beckoning to the shadows within.
Do they fight the call and protect one another, or answer and embrace the darkness?
Well, that first chapter certainly set the mood for the book, didn’t it? The words dark, creepy, mysterious, and deadly come to mind. There is a mysterious secret society, a couple of people stalking a few other people, and an eerie forrest that keeps drawing the characters in despite the impending danger.
I could see there being a sequel, but I would still love how this book ended if there wasn’t one. I was going to tell you why… but then I realized it would spoil a bit of the ending. All I can say is it reminds me of the horror movies I used to watch when I was a kid. I grew up in the 80’s when “rated R” used to mean “relax, its just a movie”, so yeah, I watched some horror movies I probably shouldnt have when I was a kid 😅, but they all ended sort of similarly.
I need to tell you that I could have finished this book a day earlier…but my husband went away for the night, and I was too creeped out to read this book without him home. 🤣😅💀 All I could think of was the dark woods surrounding my house. Anyway, if you’re looking for a book to suck you in and give you the creeps….this is it. This is the one.
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