Published by CLASH Books Genres: Horror
Format: ARC, eBook
Instantly gripping, creepy and atmospheric! The Midnight Muse begins with Brynn, the lead singer from Queen Carrion, a heavy metal band, goes to a cabin in the middle of nowhere to get in touch with her muse and do some song writing. The band recently experienced some bad press (this is putting it lightly) after a tragedy at one of their concerts. She hopes to write some killer new songs. She was never seen again.
A year after Brynn went missing, the remaining band members of Queen Carrion, go to the same cabin in the woods. Things become creepy and eerie right off the bat. They find a book where other guests of the cabin mention having strange experiences but strange does not even begin to describe what the group experiences.
Often it is the things that go ‘bump’ in the night that people need to fear. In The Midnight Muse, it is other things that the group members need to fear. Things are about to get dicey as they become infected, being to change and die. This book brought so many different horror films to mind such as the blob, the thing, the cabin in the woods, the ruins, etc.
This book started off strong – very strong. I was completed invested in the story and on the edge of my seat. I could not get enough of the mystery of what happened to Brynn. Then as bizarre and strange things began to happen, I thought ‘YES!’ it’s about to get REAL fast.
But then, it sorts of fell off a cliff for me. I was loving it until I wasn’t. I literally went from; this book is amazing to “what the h*ll?” Sigh, it just lost me. I so thought this was going to be a huge hit with me, but around the 60% mark, I was not enjoying the book as much as I had been in the beginning.
I did love the creepy and eerie vibe of this book. I also enjoyed the atmosphere and the cabin in the books. I enjoyed the aspect of the band coming together to say goodbye and figure out where to go from there. What didn’t work was some of the reactions of the characters. I would be beyond freaked out of my mind and some of their reactions are rather ambivalent. I found that I was loving the book when I wasn’t quite so sure what was going on, but things were freaky weird. When I knew more of what was happening and what would happen, that is when my interest waned.
Others enjoyed this book more than I did so please read their reviews as well.
Thank you to Clash books and Edelweiss who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
