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A review by honeybeejoyous
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
5.0
The town of West Hall, Vermont has long been the site of mysterious disappearances, dating all the way back to the brutal murder of Sara Harrison Shea in 1908 after the tragic death of her daughter. Today, unsettling things are still happening and they may be connected to the horrifying, unnatural things Sara describes in her diary, which was published after her death. In the present-day, teenage Ruthie finds a copy of Sara’s diary hidden under the floorboard in her house (which just so happens to be the old Harrison Shea house) and soon she isn’t the only one hunting down West Hall’s secrets. Mysterious hiding places, legends of calling the dead back to life, a cursed ring, and ghostly figures in the woods are just some of the creepy elements in this terrifying, unputdownable novel.
If you follow me here on Goodreads, you know I love a good thriller, but I rarely gravitate toward outright scary stories. I get nightmares from the trailers to scary movies and I’m still scarred by the story of "The Green Ribbon" from the time I read [b:In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories|108538|In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories|Alvin Schwartz|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1445553600l/108538._SY75_.jpg|104594] as a little kid. But for some reason, I decided to pick up [b:The Winter People|18007535|The Winter People|Jennifer McMahon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1377582922l/18007535._SY75_.jpg|25273993] and I’m incredibly glad I did. This book terrified me the whole way through and I was looking over my shoulder the whole time. It was almost impossible to put down and I enjoyed just about every page of this story. I definitely plan to read more books by [a:Jennifer McMahon|29471|Jennifer McMahon|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1458748953p2/29471.jpg] in the future.
If you follow me here on Goodreads, you know I love a good thriller, but I rarely gravitate toward outright scary stories. I get nightmares from the trailers to scary movies and I’m still scarred by the story of "The Green Ribbon" from the time I read [b:In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories|108538|In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories|Alvin Schwartz|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1445553600l/108538._SY75_.jpg|104594] as a little kid. But for some reason, I decided to pick up [b:The Winter People|18007535|The Winter People|Jennifer McMahon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1377582922l/18007535._SY75_.jpg|25273993] and I’m incredibly glad I did. This book terrified me the whole way through and I was looking over my shoulder the whole time. It was almost impossible to put down and I enjoyed just about every page of this story. I definitely plan to read more books by [a:Jennifer McMahon|29471|Jennifer McMahon|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1458748953p2/29471.jpg] in the future.