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Forever Fields
Wounded WWI veteran Elsie Everly returns home to find out her late father left her a mysterious house in the middle of nowhere Utah. Elsie hires the young and enigmatic handywoman Harriet and together they struggle against the strange and increasingly dangerous happenings connected to the house, her father, and the dark and malevolent hole that appears in her field. They must solve the mysteries and fight for their lives, and their love, to defeat the ghosts of the house and what awaits them in the hole in the ground before it's too late.
400 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 5, 2024
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August 10, 2024Forbidden love. Deathless hate. The horrors of war written in living flesh. Injustice and intolerance. Vanished peoples. Ghost towns. Cults. Magic. Family secrets. A haunted mansion. Fierce, passionate women who know how to shoot. Josh Hill packs so much into Forever Fields.
The opening chapters of Forever Fields are romance-flavored with the echoes of the Old West, but this is a novel of supernatural horror. Dark forces make their presence known early on, but Hill waits for a critical event before putting the horror story in the driver’s seat. From then on, everything and everyone Elsie and Harriet hold dear are in peril from the evil arising from the Forever Fields.
The opening chapters of Forever Fields are romance-flavored with the echoes of the Old West, but this is a novel of supernatural horror. Dark forces make their presence known early on, but Hill waits for a critical event before putting the horror story in the driver’s seat. From then on, everything and everyone Elsie and Harriet hold dear are in peril from the evil arising from the Forever Fields.
September 6, 2024
I wanted to love this but it didn't deliver for me.
It's an interesting premise and I enjoyed the main character of Elsie. She was a nurse during WWI who was burned with a flamethrower. She's back in the US but traumatized for her experience while also dealing with everyone shunning her since she's -gasp- partially disfigured. She felt fleshed out and interesting. Harriett was a bit more meh but still written well.
The story is set in the early 1920s. However, the writing and dialogue felt modern. I don't know if there were actually anachronisms or if it just felt that way. Any time I'd Google something, I'd find out that it was validly placed in that time period (for example - marshmallows date as far back as 2000 BCE, flamethrowers were invented in 1900). It kept taking me out of the story since I kept getting sidetracked by research.
The book was riddled with misspellings and grammar errors, including at least one instance of mixing up characters' names.
It's an interesting premise and I enjoyed the main character of Elsie. She was a nurse during WWI who was burned with a flamethrower. She's back in the US but traumatized for her experience while also dealing with everyone shunning her since she's -gasp- partially disfigured. She felt fleshed out and interesting. Harriett was a bit more meh but still written well.
The story is set in the early 1920s. However, the writing and dialogue felt modern. I don't know if there were actually anachronisms or if it just felt that way. Any time I'd Google something, I'd find out that it was validly placed in that time period (for example - marshmallows date as far back as 2000 BCE, flamethrowers were invented in 1900). It kept taking me out of the story since I kept getting sidetracked by research.
The book was riddled with misspellings and grammar errors, including at least one instance of mixing up characters' names.
August 17, 2024
Hooked from the very first line...
I was completely hooked from the first page. I was absolutely intrigued by the concept of a scarred and shell-shocked survivor of WW1 dealing with a creepy and haunted house. For the most part, the novel delivers, and I wasn't able to put it down.
Unfortunately, it is marred by a few technical issues (typos, wrong word usage, etc.) and somewhat disjointed action sequences that feel like they were revised or resequenced without being fully cleaned up.
All that said, it is the debut novel of a new author, and I can handle a few rough edges. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am looking forward to seeing what Josh Hill does next.
I was completely hooked from the first page. I was absolutely intrigued by the concept of a scarred and shell-shocked survivor of WW1 dealing with a creepy and haunted house. For the most part, the novel delivers, and I wasn't able to put it down.
Unfortunately, it is marred by a few technical issues (typos, wrong word usage, etc.) and somewhat disjointed action sequences that feel like they were revised or resequenced without being fully cleaned up.
All that said, it is the debut novel of a new author, and I can handle a few rough edges. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am looking forward to seeing what Josh Hill does next.
April 4, 2024
This book was amazing. It's thrilling and spicy 🌶... yes, I said spicy. Set in the early 1920s, Elise barely made it out of the German War alive. Only to find herself living in a nightmare of a supernatural war. This is beautifully written and will keep you on the edge of your seat, wanting to know what's going to happen.
"Dreams upon dreams are waiting for you..." it said. 🫣
"There is a darkness surrounding this place. Something really bad happened here, and whatever it was, it stained it."
"Dreams upon dreams are waiting for you..." it said. 🫣
"There is a darkness surrounding this place. Something really bad happened here, and whatever it was, it stained it."
July 15, 2024
Gunslinging Sapphic badasses battling mysterious and menacing supernatural forces? This is horror with threads of mystery that kept me turning pages nonstop. Tons of adventure, and characters I absolutely fell in love with. Even the minor characters. I’m a sucker for setting, too, and I felt like I was right there with Elsie stepping into a colorful and unfamiliar post-WWI Utah. I can guarantee this isn’t a rehash of some overdone story you’ve read 100 times. Totally original. Totally intoxicating. And eek…horrifying! :) This is one I plan to read twice!!! Perhaps by candlelight next time…
December 17, 2024
This book was amazing! I think the time period was done so well and thoroughly, the supernatural aspect felt new and I never knew what was coming next, and to create a gay relationship in that time period felt really brave and authentic. I DEVOURED this book and am sad it's over. Can't wait to read his next!
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