Uh huh. It also doesn’t necessarily mean she’s not dumb,” Eamon retorted, raising his eyebrows and slurping his shake as Caroline stroked her boyfriend’s chubby cheek with her perfect, graceful fingers. “Although, for a woman, I must admit she’s quite handsome.” Mark and Caroline were like proof to him. They were proof that it could all work out even if it shouldn’t. Proof that different didn’t necessarily equal broken, even when the math seemed so sure."

The novel also utilises some fascinating meta-elements, not least by including a novel of the same name within the text. It’s Barley Day on Addington Isle – an isolated private island where reclusive author Edward Addington, the author once resided. Winterset Hollow, a popular in-text fictional novel, was once written by Addington and has since acquired a cult following. Well, these certainly look like your people,” said Mark, nodding at Eamon who was now walking abreast of him and Caroline.Overall, the book is a good read for a cosy winter afternoon...if you're looking for some adrenaline to warm you up. A novel as beguiling as it is engrossing, Winterset Hollow is an immersive, evocative tale of revenge, trauma, and what happens when predators become prey. If you've ever seen TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE, you'll understand why I say this story reminded me of the dark side of the children's book WINNIE THE POOH AND THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD. The plot made me want to sing Give Peace a Chance at a bed-in, lol.

My people!? Did you hear that?” Eamon replied with a snoot. “My people have been through a lot and frankly, we don’t need your insensitive stereotyping right now, okay?” I pretty much just finished this book due to the extreme hate I was feeling towards the writing. I hate read this book! Words like: maw and pike became super repetitive. Characters were all sounding alike when it was their view. This novel needed massive editing. Durham was writing in prose and making his vocabulary "floofy and pretty" but in the end it was unnecessary and I found myself trying to skim through the long paragraphs of unnecessary data. I bet the author loves to hear himself talk.Winterset Hollow is as thrilling as it is terrifying and as smart as it is surprising. A uniquely original story filled with properly unexpected twists and turns, Winterset Hollow delivers complex, indelible characters and pulse- pounding action as it storms toward an unforgettable climax that will leave you reeling. How do you celebrate Barley Day? You run, friend. You run.

It seems to me that it is the lens rather than the specimen that determines what we see … what we fear … what we pine for … what we try to kill or otherwise hold ever dear.”But like all good horror tales, the euphoria of our emboldened cast of impressionable youths is short-lived, with things going south rapidly, and rather spectacularly. Do you know why you’re having trouble speaking now? It’s because you’ve hung your whole life on words. Your words, Edward’s words, words of authors and words of those who taught you about them. But now … now that the end is so close you can see it and there’s nobody around who cares to hear you speak … you realize that all of those words don’t mean a thing, don’t you?”