The Darkest Lullaby
by Jonathan Janz
A Contemporary Horror
My Review
I’m always thrilled to read another book by Jonathan Janz and he got me once again with The Darkest Lullaby.
Talk about scary. If it’s not one thing driving this family to the brink, it’s another. The story gets creepier, things come out of the dark to haunt and terrorize, and there’s no letting down your guard. I almost did with one character. Learned my lesson. LOL
If you like crazy, very unpredictable and downright creepy stories and an author who doesn’t flinch at killing off their characters, this is just the book for you.
Thanks so much to Flame Tree Press and Author Jonathan Janz for my complimentary copy. My review is voluntarily given.
Amazon / Flame Tree Press / Jonathan Janz
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Synopsis
The old house waited. For years there had been rumors that the owner, Lilith Martin, had been part of an unholy cult. People spoke of blasphemous rituals, black rites filled with blood, sex…and sacrifices. Then Lilith died and the house sat empty. Until now.
Lilith s nephew, Chris, and his wife, Ellie, are moving in. Ellie isn t happy about living in such a dark, foreboding place, but she wants to get pregnant and this house has a lot more room to raise a baby than their apartment. Unfortunately, she and Chris will soon learn that Lilith has other plans.
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About Author Jonathan Janz
Jonathan Janz grew up between a dark forest and a
graveyard, which explains everything. Brian Keene named his
debut novel The Sorrows “the best horror novel of 2012.”
The Library Journal deemed his follow-up, House of Skin,
“reminiscent of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House
and Peter Straub’s Ghost Story.”
Since then Jonathan’s work has been lauded by writers like Jack Ketchum,
Edward Lee, Tim Waggoner, Bryan Smith, and Ronald Kelly. Novels like The
Nightmare Girl, Wolf Land, Savage Species, and Dust Devils prompted
Thunderstorm Books to sign Jonathan to an eleven-book deal and to give
him his own imprint, Jonathan Janz’s Shadow Side.
His novel Children of the Dark received a starred review in Booklist and was
chosen by their board as one of the Top Ten Horror Books of the Year
(August 2015-September 2016). Children of the Dark will soon be translated
into German and has been championed by the Library Journal, the School
Library Journal, and Cemetery Dance. In early 2017, his novel Exorcist Falls
was released to critical acclaim.
Jonathan’s primary interests are his wonderful wife and his three amazing
children, and though he realizes that every author’s wife and children are
wonderful and amazing, in this case the cliché happens to be true. You can
learn more about Janz at www.jonathanjanz.com.
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