Reviewed by Susan65
Title: The Depths of Evil
Author: Nick Wilgus
Genre: Horror
Length: 262 Pages
Publisher: Double Dragon Publishing
Release Date: March 7, 2014
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads
Blurb: John Peletier is a newspaper writer who specializes in the occult. His latest assignment is a visit to an abandoned town in rural Michigan. He is well aware of the town’s reputation for evil. Having investigated many such towns, he knows the stories are more interesting than the truth.
The town, Edward’s Lake, is deep inside a forest and sits next to a mysterious lake. Its abandoned buildings are full of clues and secrets. And danger.
When the team tries to leave, they find their vehicle has been sabotaged and their cell phones won’t work. Stranded, with the night setting in, they decide to spend the night in a church. But as night falls, the full horror of their situation is unleashed – a horror from which only one will walk away.
Review:
I have conflicting ideas on how to adequately describe my thoughts and feelings associated with this book. One the one hand the storyline, the action, the plot, the characters, and the horror of it all were all unequivocally five stars. However, for my taste, there was also way too much detail over issues that were not totally relevant to my enjoyment of the story and I caught myself skimming certain paragraphs, and sometimes a whole page. That was the only reason I brought this down to four stars. Nick Wilgus is a master storyteller, I’ve read both his romance and horror novels and for the most part I loved them. In this case, I just wanted a little more action and lot less of the philosophical musings.
The sadness associated with John, and his grief over not knowing what happened to his younger brother, Joey, who disappeared as a child, was palpable. Your heart broke for his pain and hurt. Once he realizes what did happen makes it that much more horrific. Sheila was just completely annoying…I was rooting for her to die, and Douglas, to me, was just unknowingly caught up in the drama surrounding John and Sheila. The three were journalists, photographers and illustrators who planned a three day trip to Edwards’ Lake to document the abandoned ghost town. Of course, anytime something is abandoned it is usually better to just stay away, but when you have a vested interest, as John did, sometimes that is just not possible.
This is not a romance, this is not even a MM novel. It is a horror story first, second, and last. Does it have a happy ending? Yes…sort of, maybe, depending on your idea of a happy ending. Will it give you nightmares? Probably. But, for an author who wow’ed me with his gay romance novels, it was pretty darn impressive that he was able to switch gears and become all Stephen King-like. If you are in the mood for something scary for Halloween I would definitely give this one a try.
Overall Impression: I really liked it
*I received a copy of this book from the author in return for a fair and honest review.*
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