Review: All Hallows by @christophgolden @stmartinspress

 I just realized that this was still sitting in my drafts. It was published in January of this year and would made a perfect Halloween read this year.

With the 80's nostalgia of Stranger Things, this horror drama from NYT bestselling author Christopher Golden follows neighborhood families and a mysterious, lurking evil on one Halloween day.

It’s Halloween night, 1984, in Coventry, Massachusetts, and two families are unraveling. Up and down the street, horrifying secrets are being revealed, and all the while, mixed in with the trick-or-treaters of all ages, four children who do not belong are walking door to door, merging with the kids of Parmenter Road. Children in vintage costumes with faded, eerie makeup. They seem terrified, and beg the neighborhood kids to hide them away, to keep them safe from The Cunning Man. There’s a small clearing in the woods now that was never there before, and a blackthorn tree that doesn’t belong at all. These odd children claim that The Cunning Man is coming for them...and they want the local kids to protect them. But with families falling apart and the neighborhood splintered by bitterness, who will save the children of Parmenter Road?

New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author Christopher Golden is best known for his supernatural thrillers set in deadly, distant locales...but in this suburban Halloween drama, Golden brings the horror home.

All Hallows. The one night when everything is a mask...

All Hallows by Christopher Golden
My rating: 5 of 5 stars ★★★★★

I found All Hallows spooky and as things started to escalate the harder it become to put the book down. Perfect to read under the blankets on a cold night or to read again closer to Halloween.

There are the creepy woods, the setting for a Haunted forest attraction that one family has put together for a few years. This also happens to be the last Halloween they'll ever host this event.

Another family is dealing with all their dirty laundry being aired for all the neighbors to hear.

There are creepy children no one has ever seen before amongst the children of this neighborhood. They all appear to have this haunted look about them. And as the night wears on they begin to express fear of the cunning man. They ask to stay with the kids they've encountered.

When they start to show odd behavior and try to get them help they become agitated and aggressive.
Eventually being lured into a clearing in the woods where they might have to fight for their lives.

Thank you so much to the author and St. Martins for this ARC to review.

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