"When Jennifer receives a message from Scott Dwyer after twenty years without contact, her first reaction is one of excitement. Scott was her first love. Now in her forties and in the middle of a divorce, nostalgia for her youth gets the better of her.
Scott invites Jennifer to his house in Redford, the town she grew up in. It’s a place she’s tried to put behind her, for not all childhood memories are sunny. When she accepts Scott’s invite, she struggles with mixed feelings, especially when she learns of the death of Steven Winters, one of her childhood friends.
Scott invites three people from their past to honor Steven’s memory—Corey, Traci, and Mark. But the group is more than old friends. They share a dark secret that has troubled them for decades. Now it’s time to face their traumatic pasts. Together, they must unravel the mystery of what happened in the patch of forest behind Scott’s house, a place once known as Suicide Woods."
What really happened to the kids in the woods that fateful Halloween night when they were teenagers? And what is going to happen to them now that they are all back together in Redford?
Triana weaves an intricate tale that switches smoothly back and forth between past and present. We get to know the characters as they are now in their forties and how they were when they were suggestible teens growing up. Something terrible happens in Suicide Woods that night that changes their lives forever. And when Steven Winters dies, their lives are forever changed again.
Will they really go back into the woods all these years later to try and make sense of the past? Or will they make their peace and let it go. No spoilers, as you know, but they do not let it go.
This story made me feel all kinds of things. I am scared of the dark. I am scared of being alone in the dark. I am scared of being alone in the dark in the woods. I am now petrified of all of those things. Thanks a lot, Kris.
If you want a spooky "it happened in the woods" tale, look no further. I highly recommend taking a stroll through Suicide Woods but I suggest you stay with the group. And leave before nightfall.
4.5/5 stars from me.
Where to find That Night in the Woods by Kristopher Triana:
Amazon: https://a.co/d/acZm7rr
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