What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell
on September 12, 2023
ISBN: 0063251817
Genres: Horror, Psychological thriller
Format: Fiction
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When Sadie and Logan skip their senior trip in favor of exploring an abandoned corn maze, they immediately realize that this is no ordinary roadside attraction. Before long they find Logan’s corpse, then Sadie’s, and soon they are swept up in a speculative time-travel nightmare that forces them to question themselves, their surroundings, and everyone they encounter within the maze.

While the action is slow-coming, What Stalks Among Us gives us two endearing characters. Sadie is complicated and is nursing some internal wounds from an emotionally abusive relationship. Logan is a supportive best friend who accepts Sadie’s idiosyncrasies with calm affection.  It’s worth sticking out a long build-up as the story eventually morphs into a healing process for domestic abuse, and winds up surprisingly positive.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski. Patten Free Library, Bath