Hello Readers!

I hope you had a lovely Halloween and that you’re enjoying the fall season so far. Here’s hoping we get a long season before winter starts! With Halloween over I’ll start reading some more diverse genres soon, but I’ve still got another read or two I want to sink my fangs into.

Today I’m reviewing Veil by Jonathan Janz.

I read another book of his The Siren and the Specter back in 2022 and really enjoyed it, so I just had to try another one. This book came out just a little over a month ago, so I figured I’d start there.

Let’s see how it went!

Blurb

“The voice in Veil is as present, strong, charming, singular, and desperate as any I’ve read. The story of a family man who will stop at nothing to protect those he loves. Even if those threats are beyond sanity, reason, and a once agreed upon reality. Janz has written another absolute gem of the genre.” —Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box

From beloved horror author Jonathan Janz, Veil is a heart-stopping story of one father who will stop at nothing to save his family.

It begins at night. People vanish from parks and city streets. Then in broad daylight, they’re dragged screaming into the woods, into the water, into the sky. People take refuge in their homes, but still the invisible creatures come, ripping people away from their horrorstruck loved ones. Spouses. Parents. Children. Nowhere is safe and no defense can stop them. Because nothing can save you from what you can’t see.

High school teacher John Calhoun loses his son the first night. A day later, they take his wife. For two months, he and his thirteen-year-old daughter manage to survive, but in the end, she is abducted too. In John’s darkest moment, he meets a motley group of survivors who have a secret: a near-fatal car accident has given one of them the ability to detect what normal human eyesight cannot.

The survivors believe they can replicate the brain injury that will enable them to see the creatures. To discover how they’re invading our world. To fight them. Desperate to save his family, John volunteers. And after the veil of invisibility is lifted, he and his new friends will risk everything to achieve the impossible: enter an alien world and bring their loved ones back.

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The Review

Man, this was one helluva thrill ride!

John Calhoun lives a life many know. Kids, an estranged wife, and the hustle and bustle of the modern world. That all changes when strange disappearances start to occur. First it’s just a few people he doesn’t know in town or in other states, but then his son and wife are taken. Desperate to make sense of the phenomenon as the world around him panics, John embarks on a dark journey to save his family and destroy the monsters that took them.

What really drew me in with this book was the threat behind the disappearances. I wasn’t sure if it was paranormal or scientific in nature, but the mystery of it all really spurred me forward and I loved learning more from chapter to chapter.

I loved the horror mixed with the scifi. It worked really well for the story, and things amped up in a way that kept my eyes on the page. The story was unpredictable and I loved that is took a completely different direction than I was thinking.

The characters aren’t the most complex, but I think it was the goal of Janz to create characters that we could relate to, that have some kind of familiarity to his readers. John is brave, but he constantly doubts himself based on previous failures. I really loved his family and the ragtag cast of characters that accompanied him on his journey.

There were some minor odd spots here and there, but overall this was a fantastic book that I won’t forget anytime soon. Definitely give this a read!

That’s A Wrap!

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