Dead of Winter

De: Darcy Coates

Narrado por: Emily Ellet

When Christa joins a tour group heading deep into the snowy expanse of the Rocky Mountains, she's hopeful this will be her chance to put the ghosts of her past to rest. But when a bitterly cold snowstorm sweeps the region, the small group is forced to take shelter in an abandoned hunting cabin. Despite the uncomfortably claustrophobic quarters and rapidly dropping temperature, Christa believes they'll be safe as they wait out the storm.

She couldn't be more wrong. Deep in the night, their tour guide goes missing...only to be discovered the following morning, his severed head impaled on a tree outside the cabin. Terrified, and completely isolated by the storm, Christa finds herself trapped with eight total strangers. One of them kills for sport...and they're far from finished. As the storm grows more dangerous and the number of survivors dwindles one by one, Christa must decide who she can trust before this frozen mountain becomes her tomb.

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Unpredictable

The sorry was riveting and the twists were excellent. A couple of grammatical errors (I vs me and such) which is annoying considering there are editors involved. Will def read more of her books.

Gore

this story just wasn't for me. I figured it out almost immediately, which I don't mind, but I would have preferred a little more unpredictability. it is also such a gory tale. I like murder mysteries, locked room mysteries, and we'll written horror (like Grady Hendrix), but this book was less mystery and horror and just gore. had to force myself to finish. on the other hand, narrator was excellent.

very interesting with a great twist

such good descriptive detail kept me intrigued the whole book. not your regular lost in the woods story.

Slow at the beginning

This story was slow at the beginning, and dragged throughout the book. Interesting concept. I did complete this book, but definitely not the best of her work.

Meh

Found the main character a bit annoying, would’ve appreciated a longer lead-in with more character development, predictable twist at the end, good narration.

Holy Moly!

This book was amazing!!! I never seen that ending coming! There were so many moments when I would catch myself holding my breath 😂😂
I will say that this one triggered my claustrophobia a little bit and I didn’t see that coming 😂😂
Our story follows a group of people in their way to mountain lodge getaway. On the way the bus runs into a snowstorm causing them to take refuge in a remote cabin… on the first night their tour guide goes missing and they find his head in a tree! Who did it? Is it one of them? Is it someone who was already there? How will they survive? When I tell you this one will keep you on the edge of your seat!!!! So good!!!!!

Well....

Let me just say that I knew pretty early on who the bad guy was. Not because of any flaw in the story, but because I have read so many of these books, I know who to look for. But I will admit that the author did a very good job with all the red herrings.... so good, in fact, that I began to doubt myself a couple of times. It's a good story and, even though there were a LOT of characters, it was still pretty cohesive and not super convoluted. Worth a listen

loved it!

loved the plot. and twists and jump scares! it was easy to follow and stayed hooked. couldn't put it down

Had me on the edge of my seat

Several times she had me thinking oh god its this guy! Or that guy! No wait that guy! I have read almost all of her books and i still didn’t have it figured out, maybe it makes me slow but i found the story riveting!

Unexpected

This book was worth a read. It was Pretty good. Nice twist in the end. Didn’t see that one coming.