I am delighted t be taking part in the Random Things blog
tour for The Wilderness today. I received a copy of this book as part of the
tour.
Anna and David are at home in London when they receive a
phone call that changes their life forever. They travel as fast as possible to
the west coast of Scotland where their two teenage nieces have just lost their
parents.
Anna find the house and location beautiful but too remote
and she wants to take the girls back to London. However, they decide to stay
against her wishes and David invites his old friend Brandan to join them and
help the girls with their loss.
Soon Anna finds that Brendan has begun to take over and she
feels abandoned in a place she doesn’t want to be and controlled by a man who
she is growing more and more suspicious of.
This is a haunting and deeply moving book that you will
still be thinking about long after reading it. The Wilderness is a beautifully written
book that I thought had a lot of gothic aspects, especially is the description
of the atmosphere, weather and the old house.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and I am looking forward
to reading more books by this author. I would rate as a five star read.
