*thank you to Netgalley, David De Freitas and Troubador Publishing Ltd for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*

1 star.

No. Nope. I just couldn't. This was just awful. I have nothing good to say about it. It was such a let down! This really could have been something wonderful based on the description but it's a really big no from me. The writing is cringe worthy and it's just painful to get through. I don't recommend it at all.

I received a copy from Netgalley.

I snagged this one when it was a Read it Now title as the concept sounded interesting.

And it was an interesting idea. Small town where everyone knows everyone, woman gives birth and a mysterious doctor shows up last moment to help with a difficult home birth. Then things start happening - when the boy grows up and hits his teens the strange doctor starts appearing again, but no one knows who he is. There's no record of a doctor anywhere by that name. There was a gift given at the time of birth of a special bible, with a creepy message, and something apocalyptic hinted at. The mother asks her local priest to look into this.

Problem was it was just so flat and uninteresting. The characters were all cardboard with no depth whatsoever, and the dialogue was so stilted and unrealistic. All tell and no show and very very boring. Calling it quits and DNFing.

Thank you to Netgalley and Troubador Publishing Ltd for the review copy.

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Creative and gorgeous!. I cannot stop to read until the end. The author makes the reader addict to the story. The suspense last until the end.

Decline to review as I hated it. I couldn't get beyond the second chapter.

Brilliant thriller, satanic, family book. Really enjoyed it. Sad for the family and I never guessed the ending, which is not like me.
Read the whole.book on a 13 hour flight from bangkok. Journey was still awful. Hope there will be another book like this again. It was not sick or distasteful.. keep them coming. Thanks.

It had a good premise .Unfortunately the plot was poorly executed. I don't recommend it if you think it's a horror novel.. I'd like to think netgalley and the publisher.