by Catiee Cooper
Publisher: Laughing Elk Press
Pub Date: September 15, 2023
Genre: Supernatural, Fantasy, Romance
Format: eBook
Source: Author
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When Ellie Forth sets out to have a great Alaskan adventure with her remaining family members, she’s got something to prove—and not to them, but to herself. Four years after the unexpected death of her mother and sister, she’s ready to re-embrace her adventurous side.
Oliver Cole’s life, on the other hand, is very simple: go to work, catch fish, come home, and stash every penny earned into his bank account so he can afford to pay for college. But his life is turned upside down when Ellie and her brother—two nearly-forgotten acquaintances from his childhood—burst back into his life.
After a horrific encounter with the supernatural deep in the Kenai Peninsula, Ellie and Oliver must team up to discover the truth about what happened in Portlock, and how to fight a rising tide of evil that has the power to envelop not just Alaska, but the entire world.
Catiee is talented in how she describes her characters. It's done so well it can even seem real/relatable and I really loved that. Even the world building itself was done so well that that I couldn't bother to put this book down.
Ellie is such a lovely character. She's focused in life and agreeing to this trip with her dad and brother seems to be the only break she's given herself. She is a good sport going along even though she is not found of hunting and hurting an animal herself. It's going to be a little hard to be back in Alaska, since the last time they were there, they family was whole.
Oliver is also lovely and being out is basically his life.
However, it isn't long before things take a unexpected turn. What was supposed to be a happy family trip turned into Ellie encountering a ghost, her dad trying to get her out of the way and then nothing.
Ellie wakes up in the hospital, doing insanely well after considering the condition she arrived in. Search and rescue still looking for her dad and some people wanting to put the blame on him.
In an instant it all change and now Ellie and Oliver need to figure out exactly what is going on.
From the first word to the last, this book contained everything I come to want in a supernatural fantasy. Catiee has a true talent for writing and an author you need to have on your TBR.
My Rating:
✪✪✪✪✪
