Dread Wood

I’ve had this series on my radar for so long but never quite found the time to get round to it, but recently I received the whole series from HarperCollins and am on a mission to finish them all before the New Year.

This is the first in the series and it is a little bit like the part of a heist movie where they’re getting the gang together.

All of Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira’s personality, secrets, and motivations are slowly revealed as ‘Club Loser’ is stormed and formed as they face dangers, confessions, and so much creeping strangeness.

The level of tension throughout the books is just right, giving reveals at the right points throughout, and ramping it up enough that you weren’t sure when the reveal was going to be.

The janitor/wife combo is wonderful as I’ve never really trusted jannies, I mean who would want to live in the school grounds?

Loved this, the interactions between the kids felt a bit more natural though there was a lot of reveals, it didn’t get in the way of the story, really looking forward to the next in the series and seeing where we go next.