Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released.
Hey Bookdragons! Happy Wednesday! I missed last Wednesday because I got super busy and hadn’t scheduled my post ahead of time. This is one in definitely looking forward to…
Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong
Standalone, Horror/Mystery/Thriller
eBook, Hardcover, Audiobook, 304 pages
September 12, 2023 by St. Martin’s Press
Blurb:
A standalone horror novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.
Laney Kilpatrick has been renting her vacation home to strangers. The invasion of privacy gives her panic attacks, but it’s the only way she can keep her beloved Hemlock Island, the only thing she owns after a pandemic-fueled divorce. But broken belongings and campfires that nearly burn down the house have escalated to bloody bones, hex circles, and now, terrified renters who’ve fled after finding blood and nail marks all over the guest room closet, as though someone tried to claw their way out…and failed.
When Laney shows up to investigate with her teenaged niece in tow, she discovers that her ex, Kit, has also been informed and is there with Jayla, his sister and her former best friend. Then Sadie, another old high school friend, charters over with her brother, who’s now a cop.
There are tensions and secrets, whispers in the woods, and before long, the discovery of a hand poking up from the earth. Then the body that goes with it… But by that time, someone has taken off with their one and only means off the island, and they’re trapped with someone―or something―that doesn’t want them leaving the island alive.
Why I Want to Read Hemlock Island:
I’ve read and enjoyed books by this author before and this one sounds like a perfect book to kick off the spooky season this fall!
Will you be checking this one out? What upcoming releases are you looking forward to?
Taylor Fenner's Bookish World 
I also love Kelley Armstrong’s writing – I’ve lost touch with some of her more recent work and need to catch up. I hope you enjoy this one, Taylor:).
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I love this author and have read quite a few of her books. Her Otherworld series remains one of my favorites ever. I have an ARC of this one and can’t wait to pick it up. I also have a recent YA of hers out from the library too!
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