A group of motorists become stranded on a lonely stretch of highway during a Christmas Eve blizzard and fight for survival against an unnatural force in the storm. The gathered survivors realize a tenuous connection among them means it may not be a coincidence that they all ended up on this highway. An attempt to seek help leads a few of the travelers to a house in the woods where a twisted toymaker with a mystical snow globe is hell bent on playing deadly games with a group of people just trying to get home for the holidays.
MY THOUGHTS
**Received ARC from netgalley in exchange for a free review**
Eight vehicles get stuck on their way to a highway on Christmas Eve. So, the perfect time for me to read it! And we spend the first half of the book following these people and get to know them a little. Which I think was great as it helped in forming the attachment to get invested in them. I really liked the way author created tension and the chills I got from descriptions. Those were my favourite parts! There was a little romance which was so cliche, we could have done better without it. And that was the only thing I was not a fan of in the first half.
The problem started with the second half. All this buildup and anticipation made me hoping for something more. So, when the second half came and all the action started, it kind of went ‘meh’ for me. What really did not work for me was the direction it all went. All the bloody and gory part was underwhelming, I expected this to be a little more gruesome, which it was not. And the explanation for everything? We spent so little time processing that and it was so ineffective because of that. I felt nothing for the antagonist, nothing! Wished author spent more time on the second half as he did for the first half.
Overall, it was an okay book. Will surely pick his other books and hope to like them more!
MY RATING - 3/5
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