A spooky church and crypt, the mysterious deaths of three little girls, a family moving into their dream house (expect for that graveyard in the backyard), and a friendly new vicar who become embroiled in the sinister rituals of an isolated English town. These are the ingredients for S. J. Bolton’s third novel. Yes, there’s suspense, but this time out, Bolton eschews the female narrators she used so effectively in SACRIFICE and AWAKENING and switches to the third person with multiple narrators. Although a compelling novel, Blood Harvest didn’t move me the way Bolton’s two previous novels did. GRADE: B
I’m sure she was trying to stretch with a new approach. I love the cover though.
I love the cover, too, Patti. You’re probably right about S. J. Bolton trying something new with her use of the third person. But her first two books, told in the first person, were much better.