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This Wretched Valley
This Wretched Valley | Jenny Kiefer
If you love wilderness horror, This Wretched Valley is a must-read. But be forewarned: after reading this chilling debut, you may never want to set foot in the great outdoors again.Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger and The Fervor With nimble pacing, scream-worthy scares, and an ever-present sense of dread, a trip to This Wretched Valley is one youll never forget.Rachel Harrison, national best-selling author of Cackle and Such Sharp Teeth Take only pictures. Leave only bones. This trip is going to be Dylans big break. Her geologist friend Clay has discovered an untouched cliff face in the Kentucky wilderness, and she is going to be the first person to climb it. Together with Clay, his research assistant Sylvia, and Dylans boyfriend Luke, Dylan is going to document her achievement on Instagram and finally cement her place as the next rising star in rock climbing. Seven months later, three bodies are discovered in the trees just off the highway. All are in various states of decay: one a stark, white skeleton; the second emptied of its organs; and the third a mutilated corpse with the tongue, eyes, ears, and fingers removed. But Dylan is still missingand no trace of her, dead or alive, has been discovered. Were the climbers murdered? Did they succumb to cannibalism? Or are their impossible bodies the work of an even more sinister force? This dread-inducing debut builds to a bloodcurdling climax, and will leave you shocked by the final twist.
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TamTracy
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I loved the feeling of dread and the creepy imagery. I like true crime and am familiar with the case that inspired this story loosely which invested me even more. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

ShelleyBooksie This sounds so good! 2mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Spooky 😱 6mo
Eggs Great cover image 💀 6mo
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ladym30
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Birthday Buy!❤️

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candc320
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This was a great, horrific audiobook! You‘ve got it all: ghosts, terrifying forests, things stalking your every move, the inability to escape the hell you find yourself in, and body horror galore! It was truly terrifying and I even enjoyed the parts dealing with rock climbing and hiking. It was just really unique and kept my attention from start to finish. Definitely recommend! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

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AudiobookingWithLeah
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The horror inside this book…eek. The historical ghosties were super flipping trippy and were one of the best aspects of the book. But the characters in the present tense were rather undeveloped and unlikeable, that was before they descended into madness. Overall, I think I just wanted more depth from the story to balance out all the horror...but I also know…that some will eat this shit up with a fork and a spoon.

ericarobynreads I need to grab this one!! 10mo
AudiobookingWithLeah @ericarobynreads It looks like (after perusing your posts) that this might be to your liking.😉💀 10mo
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5feet.of.fury Yay for the 🐶 I always worry about the pets 10mo
AudiobookingWithLeah @5feet.of.fury the author even hashtags #thedoglives on Instagram...so I'm not giving anything away that she doesn't herself. If you read this you'll be glad to know the dog lives. I would've been stressin' otherwise. 10mo
5feet.of.fury I read one like that where the author said it about the cat in the opening, saved me alot of anxiety 10mo
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Reggie
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A liminal space horror story. 2 college students and 2 rock climbers will go in search of an undiscovered climbing space only to never return. You find this out in the first chapter. The rest is their story. I liked this purely based on this wretched valley that is the main character. However what‘s missing here is characterization. There‘s a guy who loves his dog, a girl who likes to climb, a girl who‘s a biologist, and some guy who might as👇🏼

Reggie well be a mediocre potato chip. Like people are arguing later on in the book and I‘m thinking there‘s no love triangle to base this in, no unrequited lust, no we were childhood best friends, no post-graduate frenemies history or just something to ground them to the reader. Still an ok pick. (edited) 10mo
batsy The concept sounds so interesting! Alas, not the walking, talking potato chip 😂 10mo
Rissreads Walking mediocre potato 🥔 chip! 🤣🍟 (edited) 10mo
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vivastory A mediocre potato chip lol 10mo
TrishB Great description 😁 10mo
Leftcoastzen You have inspired me to write a short story about a mediocre potato chip!😁 10mo
Reggie @batsy @Rissreads @vivastory @TrishB People are saying this is a comp to The Ruins and I get it with the wilderness horror, but The Ruins was DRIPPING in characterization. 10mo
Reggie @Leftcoastzen I hope that in the story they have a breakthrough and maybe become salty, maybe bitter at time wasted, or they fall in love and become sweet. And somehow they do a dna test and find out they come from a sweet potato. lol 10mo
Rissreads Hilarious! 😆 😹 🤣 I do love a sweet potato 🍠 10mo
Bookzombie I took a screenshot of this somewhere to add to my TBR. I do that a lot. I will temper my expectations. I loved The Ruins. 10mo
Reggie @Bookzombie Margie you staying warm? I‘m glad your work is from home. 10mo
Bookzombie @Reggie Yes, it‘s not been that bad, but definitely nice to work from home. We have had snow, but not anywhere near what other places had. Everything pretty much keeps functioning. Do you get snow in Espanola? 10mo
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