Today, I am officially giving up on the numbering of my giveaways. There are too many. But I am NOT giving up on the giveaways themselves. Today, I have an advanced copy of a book coming ou in early 2024, a title I gave a STAR to in Library Journal, a novel that I think will end 2024 as one of the best debuts novels of the year. Details (and access to an interview I did with the author) below but first, the rules:
- You need to be affiliated with an American public library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
- If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
- Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. Meaning you enter once, and you are entered until you win. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
- If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter if you haven't won.
Last week we had 6 winners! It was a spooky season present for all. But this week, I am moving back to our regularly scheduled Thursday programming with This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer.
Below I have my draft review but Kiefer was also very kind to agree to do an interview with me for the issue. You can read that here.
Now is your chance to enter to win an ARC of this book courtesy of Kiefer herself, who handed me this very copy at StokerCon back in June. It is also signed by the author. Remember, enter once and you are entered going forward.
For more by me about this book see below or click here. Good Luck
Three Words That Describe This Book: Survival Horror, unrelenting tension, rock climbing frame
DRAFT REVIEW: In March of 2019, four 20 somethings enter the Kentucky woods, on a mission to find a never before discovered, let alone scaled, rock formation. Two of them are scientists eager to study the flora and geology of this unmapped region for their graduate work, while the other 2 are a rising star in the rock climbing world and her boyfriend. However, from the first lines, readers know this story ends with all four of them dead. Told from the point of view of each doomed character, and with time frames alternating between the story’s present, and the past, beginning in the 1700s when this land was first discovered, Kiefer masterfully crafts both vivid characters and a visceral place, a land rooted in evil, with a long history of a thirst for human blood. An unputdownable and realistic example of Survivor Horror at its best, marked by an unrelenting tension that methodically increases, squeezing its characters and readers to their limit. This is a story that will haunt readers for days after turning the final page, and it may keep them out of the woods forever.
Verdict: A terrifying debut rendered with the intensity and skill of cult favorite The Ruins by Scott Smith and touches of The Hunger by Alma Katsu and Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt announces Kiefer’s intentions to boldly begin a her climb to the top of the genre.
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