Many thanks to NetGalley, Random House | Del Ray for gifting me a digital ARC of the latest thriller by Chuck Wendig. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4 stars!
Five high school friends are bonded by an oath to protect one another no matter what. Then, on a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find something a mysterious staircase to nowhere. One friend walks up—and never comes back down. Then the staircase disappears. Twenty years later, the staircase has reappeared. Now the group returns to find the lost boy—and what lies beyond the staircase in the woods.
This is a creepy, suspenseful story, weaving past and present timelines together so that we get a hint of how this group of friends finds themselves in a similar situation once again. None of the characters are real likeable but that doesn’t mean you won’t be cheering for them; they are products of their pasts like we all are. I loved some of the comparisons between a body and a house, what each absorbs, what each takes and gives. A story that explores friendship and family, mixed in with a supernatural mystery.
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