ARC Review: The Lost Village

 

I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book or my review itself.

This book had my attention from the very start. The premise is absolutely fascinating, and the kind guaranteed to hook me right away. An entire village disappeared in 1959, and now a documentary filmmaker with familial ties to the village's past has arrived to try to make the film that will save her career. 

Though the village has supposedly been completely abandoned, Alice and her ragtag crew with complicated pasts keep seeing shadows out of the corners of their eyes, and would swear they are not the ones breaking their filming epuipment. And then someone goes missing.

This is one scary eerie creepy book. Sten does an amazing job of setting the scene, and I really felt like I was right there with the characters. The use of the occasional flashes of "Then" that build to a crescendo as you near the end of the story served to heighten the suspense and keep you guessing. 

Ok, so this is definitely a strange book, but Sten makes it work. In the hands of someone else, I really think this story would have fallen apart, but Sten makes it all come together.