Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Starve Acre is the story of Richard and Juliette who moved into Richard’s family home to bring up their young son, Ewan, only for him to die suddenly at the age of five. The novel begins after Ewan’s death, when Juliette is still struggling to cope, turning to the occult for answers. What … Continue reading Book Review: Starve Acre
Devil’s Day by Andrew Michael Hurley. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Devil’s Day is another masterpiece of folk horror fiction from Andrew Michael Hurley. Boiling the plot down to a single sentence, it’s the story of a man and his wife who return to his family farm for a funeral, and help with preparations for an annual festival in advance of bringing their sheep … Continue reading Book Review: Devil’s Day
The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Andrew Michael Hurley’s The Loney is a novel about two brothers who make a pilgrimage from London to the stretch of Lancashire coast that sits between the Lune and Wyre estuaries, known as the Loney. There, over the Easter period, they stay in a big old house with their parents, their parish priest, … Continue reading Book Review: The Loney
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