ARC Review: Shutter

 

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.

First things first: this cover is absolutely gorgeous, one of the best covers I've seen this year.

Now on to the story: After Betty's father's death, she flees her entire life, leaving everyone and everything behind to sleep on a childhood friend's lumpy couch in NYC. Her friend and her friend's boyfriend, it turns out, have connections to the infamous filmmaker Anthony Marino, who is finally making his second film. After meeting Anthony, Betty gets offered the role of Lola, and told the film will entail spending a month living in a cabin, on an isolated island, with just the other four people involved in making the movie. 

Betty has reservations, but she is already completely enthralled by Anthony, and it isn't until they arrive on the island that Betty truly realizes what Anthony meant when he titled his new film Fear.

This is one very creepy book. The scares build slowly, shrouded in mist and the forest, reminding readers just how isolated Betty is and how little she knows about what is happening around her and to her. By the time I reached those last few chapters, I was holding my breath and turning pages frantically, completely caught up in the terror.

This is a quick, gripping read, one I was very glad I was reading in the middle of a bustling city.