Mattie might not care for William’s approval, but she certainly knows that she must avoid his rage–William’s caprice is often accompanied by blows that leave Mattie bruised and bloodied, for even the smallest provocations. Mattie knows that she is a bad wife because she continually disappoints William–she woolgathers, she’s clumsy, and most importantly, she hasn’t been able to bear him a son (though she performs her wifely duty every night). Her husband, William, is not a patient man, nor is he kind. On a winter’s day like so many others, Mattie awakens and goes about her chores. Terrible things happen when William is angry.ĬW: implication of rape, child abuse, and other abuse Review When three strangers appear on the mountaintop looking for the creature in the woods, Mattie knows their presence will anger William. There’s something in the woods that wasn’t there before, something that makes strange cries in the night, something with sharp teeth and claws. But when Mattie discovers the mutilated body of a fox in the woods, she realizes that they’re not alone after all. Mattie can’t remember a time before she and William lived alone on a mountain together. A woman trapped on a mountain attempts to survive more than one kind of monster, in a dread-inducing horror novel from the national bestselling author Christina Henry.
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