Carry Me to my Grave by Christopher Golden

A few years back I was looking for a really good Halloween season read and happened across Christopher Golden’s All Hallows. That book was so good and is definitely going to be a regular Spooky Season read for me. I have added several books by Christopher Golden to my TBR pile but have not gotten to them. When this came available on NetGalley I jumped at the chance to read this for an honest review. Huge Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for letting me read this. It was such an honor.

Going in to this book I knew very little about it. Now that I have read it I think that was the best way to read this. Here is what the story is about with as minimal info as possible to not ruin anything.

Maggie, the town witch is dying. Only one of her three children Malcom and Maggie’s other son’s wife Violet are at her side as she passes. Maggie makes Malcom promise he will do everything he can to get her body back to her home to be buried. While this is happening a strange dark figure waits outside for Maggie to pass and an ancient evil is waking up from its place beneath the earth. See, very little to go on, but I promise if you hang in there, all questions will be answered.

This was a fun story. Do not go into this thinking you are going to find anything out right away. When some of the questions I had from the first chapter started to be answered; I looked and my Kindle and was at 52%. My recommendation, strap in and enjoy the ride and character building. There is plenty of family trauma and impending doom to keep you engaged while you wait for answers.

Normally I would have been very aggravated by the slow burn. I am just not a fan of a slow burn and need a little action to help move the story along. There is some great action spaced through the book, but the characters and plot line are the highlight of this book. Christopher Golden dose a great job moving the story forward while revealing little bits that seem meaningless unless you are paying attention.

I really enjoyed this story and it further solidified my fandom of ChristopherGolden. I am excited to catch up on his back catalogue and what has yet to be published. 🥃🥃🥃🥃 review for me and I highly recommend this if you like a slow burn countdown style story. I guess I forgot to mention, Maggie’s body has to reach her home and be buried before sunrise after the second night from Maggie’s passing. This book will absolutely make you wonder if Malcom and Violet are going to make it. This is far from your predictable countdown story.