Review: Elderwood Manor by Christopher Fulbright and Angeline Hawkes

Elderwood Manor was published by DarkFuse July 15, 2014. It's a novella length horror ebook by Christopher Fulbright and Angeline Hawkes. I gave it 3 stars. I liked it, but I wasn't crazy about it. The novella starts out with Bruce Davenport and his four year old son Cody arriving at Bruce's childhood home in the Ozarks after receiving a weird sort of phone call from his mother and fresh on his wife's death and loss of his job. He's penniless, arriving there on gas fumes and hoping to find warmth, gas and food within the manor.

"I want to walk, Daddy." Bruce tensed when Cody spoke, as if he didn't want the place to hear his son's voice, to know that another generation of Davenport had returned. (location 89)

The first half of the story is all wonderfully creepy like a haunted house story or a Gothic story. Things are lurking just beyond sight. Noises heard, but nothing there when you look for the most part. There is very little to prepare you for the last third of the book where it rapidly become a different sort of story. It goes from 0 to 60 in a matter of a few sentences.

Something had snatched Cody while they slept. Something had his boy, his only son, and was carrying him off with each heavy step into the black heart of Elderwood Manor. (location 534)

Therein lies why I gave it 3 stars. I didn't like the abrupt style change. For some people they will not only like it, but love it. But, it doesn't suit me. I think the story is good, but not great. I give it 3 stars. Locations of quotes were on my Kindle.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Teaser Tuesday - Elderwood Manor by Christopher Fulbright and Angeline Hawkes

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of 

Should Be Reading.

Rules:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t    give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR    Lists if they like your teasers!

Bruce Davenport and his four year old son Cody are arriving at Bruce's childhood home in the Ozarks after receiving a weird sort of phone call from his mother and fresh on his wife's death and loss of his job. He's penniless, arriving there on gas fumes and hoping to find gas and food within the manor.

The teaser:

"I want to walk, Daddy." Bruce tensed when Cody spoke, as if he didn't want the place to hear his son's voice, to know that another generation of Davenport had returned.

The publisher ends the description of the book with: 

"But they soon find something else dwells in the home, in the earth, in the woods. Unseen things are out for vengeance and blood. If they can survive the night, they may just find out what truly lies within the walls of ... Elderwood Manor."

This ebook was released July 15, 2014 by DarkFuse and is part of their popular novella series. 

What's your teaser from this week? Share it or a link in the comments below.