Black Dog Rising by Kat CaulbergMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Surprisingly Subtle and Complex
This book is slow and subtle crawls underneath your skin. It lures you onwards just as you think you might give up because the whispers of what goes on underneath the surface start to drive you mad with frustration. I needed to know what was going on and it made me continue to turn pages even when I felt like nothing was happening. Only it was happening, it was simply too subtle to see it moving until you looked away and then back again.
Emma is an American who has lived in the UK with her boyfriend Shane for 6 months. It was a rocky relationship but it got worse when they moved to the UK. We first encounter her in Ninestone Downs after running away from a dangerous encounter with Shane’s deceased wife (yes I did say deceased).
Toby the local landlord takes pity on the American woman and lets her stay in a tiny room because the village is packed with tourists, there for the Midsummer Festival. Toby is more than he seems, a protector who is tied to the landscape of the village. Toby and Emma are drawn together despite themselves. At the same time Emma has captured the attention of dangerous forces.
I have to be honest here, I read this book because I was approached by the author. I probably wouldn’t have seen it otherwise. If I hadn’t said I would review it I probably would have given up at around 20% because it felt like nothing was happening, but I’m glad I stuck it out because it got increasingly enthralling as it progressed.
I don’t want to give too much away because it’s the way things are revealed that make it a good book. Stick with it, because it’s well worth your time.
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