3 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\nTime taken to read – 2 days<\/p>\n
Pages – 340<\/p>\n
Publisher – Run For It<\/p>\n
Source – Review copy<\/p>\n
Blurb from Goodreads <\/p>\n
The Sea Hides its Dead is a cult aquatic horror about a group of academics trapped in a sea cave who must reckon with unknowable horrors as they are forced to atone for their greatest sins.<\/p>\n
Grad student Caro has no idea what she wants to do with her life, but when an opportunity arises to act as a research assistant on an anthropological expedition for her professor and lover, Edward Beck, she doesn’t hesitate.<\/p>\n
Beck assembles a team of academics and professionals to study the ancient sea-based Cult of the Leviathan, and the expedition descends into the sea caves where the cult are said to have dwelt.<\/p>\n
But when the cave entrance collapses, trapping them inside, the expedition will find they are not alone in the darkness. Surrounded by strange artefacts and scattered bones, an ancient trial has been set in motion. One by one, the members of the expedition will be tested and forced to atone for their greatest sin. . . or die.<\/p>\n
Praise for The Sea Hides its Dead:<\/p>\n
My Review <\/p>\n
Caro is a teaching assistant underneath Professor Beck, studying the Leviathan Cult oh and Caro is also his secret lover because of course he is an older married guy. Now they with a team head to Seal Harbour to finally test everything the Professor has felt\/read\/known about the Leviathan Cult and of course it is in a cave where things get dangerous, crazy and supernatural because of course it does!<\/p>\n
So I didn’t really get the Navy involvement at the start nor the rationale for their reaction to the stones\/cave. Even after the I finished the book I still had a question or two and they really aren’t anything to the plot but maybe I missed something, I did start it quite late into the night.<\/p>\n
So Caro ripped my knitting for a good part of the start of the book and I don’t know if that was intentional\/genius on the authors part. As the book went on and we had character development, threat and danger I did actually come round to Caro and was rooting for her. I love a loyal person so that may have been why I was a bit ragey at her at the start and clich\u00e9 of younger female under the spell of the older professor who was married and also a bit of a banger! <\/p>\n
Once we got into the depths of the cave, things kicked off quickly, danger looming, creepy supernatural, absolutely yes! I would LOVE to see this as a movie, it was giving the descent vibes with a couple of other horror movies. An ancient cult, who doesn’t want to read more on that plus anything Leviathan is ALWAYS going to be creepy and the movies I have seen has been of the monster creature feature variety so this was a different\/interesting spin to that.<\/p>\n
The action kicks off quickly, second guessing what is coming, you always get people’s character\/morals challenged\/pushed in these types of stories, I really like that and it was good to read of a new scary threat. I couldn’t guess where the book was going or what was coming, I did get freaked out which you always want in a book. A solid 3.5\/5 for me this time, I haven’t read this author before and I would absolutely check her out again!\n<\/p>\n
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