Evil comes in beautiful formsLawrence Karrier is the first to see the beauty while out on his morning run. A solitary thin cloud drifting down from the mountains and settling into the lake, like nothing he has ever seen before. Later in the day as the local factory empties and the bar fills up, the spectacle of a hundred such clouds against the evening sky beguiles the whole town.That is until … whole town.
That is until someone is unfortunate enough to touch one.
After a night of horror, the people of Gossamer Falls have to pick up the pieces and try to move on. What will they do with the now rock hard cloud formations strewn all over the place? And what of the white liquid that seems to rush around inside each one? Tourist season is almost upon them and without the dollars that brings the town is doomed.
When townspeople start acting very strange, things begin to get very much worse for everyone.
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After listening to this story, I’ll never look at a cloud the same way. True horror story of beautiful white clouds that hold a deadly horror that attacks a small town. This was a fast paced action and survival story. Many characters you find yourself wanting to beat the odds and characters that turned into “monsters” because of the clouds. This book had it all with a high horror factor. Will anyone survive??? Guess you’ll have to read it to find out.
A great book. Very scary. Love it. Good job.
Mind blowingly creepy! This was an absolutely terrifying story and I LOVED every page! I kept looking at the front cover to make sure who the author was because I felt I was reading something by Stephen King! PHENOMENAL!
This review will contain minor spoilers for the novel Rampike by author European P. Douglas at the very end. Feel free to skip that, though it will help clarify what I’m trying to say with the rest of the review.
This review will be referencing another novel by the same author, Rampike, a supernatural thriller. I’ve searched on Google, Amazon, Goodreads, and Audible and I can’t find any surefire proof that these two novels are connected. However, there’s mention of a city and some events from Rampike that tell me they likely share a literary world. You need not have read Rampike for this story to make sense and I barely remember it. Had there been a hint of their connection, I’d have listened to this book much sooner so Rampike would be fresh on my mind.
Reading my review of Rampike, I found it incredibly slow. While numerous plot threads of Gossamer Falls are damn near identical to Rampike, I didn’t have that issue this time around. It was well-paced and interesting all the way through. A second note from my Rampike review is that I noted how it’s similar to the movies The Mist and Tremors. I didn’t make that connection while listening to Gossamer Falls, but it remains true for this story as well.
It’s really difficult for me to not constantly bring up Rampike in this review. Gossamer Falls feels like Rampike with a different coat of paint. It led to me being able to predict the ending, which did sap some of my enjoyment of it. Though it also has me wanting to listen to both books back to back and has me curious if there are other novels with a similar premise set in this literary universe.
The narrator is excellent. I recognized his voice from when I reviewed A Shaded Room by European P. Douglas. A big complaint of mine with Rampike was the narrator. So it was a breath of fresh air to hear a familiar voice and a great narrator to boot.
At some point in this novel, the characters mention a town named Mercy and a man-made of wood. I don’t remember the name of the town from Rampike, but the man-made of wood was 100% in Rampike. Which led to me finding absolutely nothing when I went searching if these two stories were connected. The plots are essentially mirrors of each other and those references to Rampike lead me to believe they’re standalone books set in the same world, but not being able to find any confirmation anywhere is annoying. As I find myself wishing to read more books set in this world. I find it fascinating and want to see how things unfold. The characters bring up a second city that was destroyed and I can’t help but wonder if it’s referencing another novel set in the world.
NOTE: This copy was provided to me free of charge as a digital review copy. The opinions stated in this review are mine and mine alone, I was not paid or requested to give this book a certain rating, suggestion, or approval.
This story takes place in Gossamer Falls, a small mountain town, somewhere in the sixties (it’s not specified in the book but there are enough clues to support this). When the town is hit by strange, beautiful but lethal clouds of unknown origin, the mayor wants to keep a lid on the matter in order not to risk the tourist season. An amateur team led by the sheriff goes up in the mountains to find out what, why and how these mysterious things are. Meanwhile, the clouds have solidified and started bursting, releasing billions of deadly and aggressive spiders that swarm the town.
This is simply a great horror story. It starts out as a mystery with the strange clouds killing several people but the story becomes darker and deadlier with every page. It’s hard to put down as you always want to read just a little bit more. I’m not afraid of spiders myself, luckily. If you are, this book will not help you. It’s a horror story and that includes an awful lot of dead people that die in very unpleasant ways but the writer refrains from turning it into a blood- and gore-fest and manages to write the book in a tasteful civilised manner
I received a free ARC from the author and this is my honest review
I recently received an offer of a review copy of Gossamer Falls, not knowing what to expect story wise (I didn’t read the description) other than I needed a book to listen to I loaded this story in my phone and spent the day listening to it. To say I was blown away by this story is an understatement the longer I listened the more invested I became in the story as well as the characters. Mr. Douglas has created a story that puts your emotions through a rollercoaster ride. While this was my first story by Mr. Douglas, this will not be the last. The narration by Peter Kuhn is excellent and brings the story to life.
Creepy horror at its best!
What a great horror read. It roped me in and I couldn’t put it down. I don’t read a lot of horror any more but this one was so worth it! There is a certain something I won’t be looking at in the same way anymore but I’m not going to give away any spoilers, you’re just going to have to read it for yourself.
I received an ARC. This is my honest review.
A gripping thriller! This book is incredible! Kept me turning the pages hours after I should have gone to sleep!!! I love books that keep me guessing and riveted. I couldn’t wait to get back to it and pick the story back up. Some books just hit you right between the eyes and add a kick to the gut for good measure…this is one of those books! Loved it!
This is another great thriller from the author that is unpredictable. The story starts out with “clouds” that basically attack a town but then turn into so much more. Mr. Douglas does a great job with writing an original story that keeps you from wanting to put the book down. For anyone who has read the author’s other books, there may even be some Easter eggs thrown in to look for to make the story a little more enticing.