This is one of the easiest five-star reviews I've ever written because GRAVE MATTER was a wild rollercoaster ride of equal parts thrills and chills from start to finish and I never wanted to get off. It's set in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest. The heroine, Sydney, is a biologist who's been selected for an exclusive and important project working up close with fungi-- specifically a newly discovered glowing species-- at a facility owned by the reclusive Madrona Foundation.
However, as soon as she gets there, something feels off. They take away her technology and her phone, the animals in the woods don't look right and don't move right, and she keeps getting flashes of things that look a whole fucking lot like ghosts. Add to that a brooding love interest who is kinky and forbidden and a backdrop that is both lush and terrifying, and you have a recipe for a luscious dark truffle of a book that is as delicious as it is insidious.
Less is definitely more going into this book, for sure. I am SO glad I didn't read spoilers and went in cold. Halle can be a hit-or-miss author for me but her new books are all so amazing and I think this might be my new favorite of hers. Gothic is definitely a genre she does well. Can't wait to read more from her!
5 out of 5 stars
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