A review by spookymidwesternreader
Devil's Creek by Todd Keisling

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I was hooked on this book from that opening scene: a group of armed grandparents with nothing left to lose driving to what could be their deaths to save their grandchildren from the cult they led their families into. Holy hell, what a way to start. And it only gets better from there. Jumping ahead 30 years, the town is as much a character as the cult's surviving children, now adults who think the past is behind them. It's gothic, it's folk, it's return home to evil, it's even got a touch of coming of age, it's gross, it's heartwarming. It's everything I want in a horror novel.