From Goodreads: Sundial is a new, twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, internationally bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street.
You can't escape what's in your blood...
All Rob wanted was a normal life. She almost got it, too: a husband, two kids, a nice house in the suburbs. But Rob fears for her oldest daughter, Callie, who collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends. Rob sees a darkness in Callie, one that reminds her too much of the family she left behind.
She decides to take Callie back to her childhood home, to Sundial, deep in the Mojave Desert. And there she will have to make a terrible choice.
Callie is worried about her mother. Rob has begun to look at her strangely, and speaks of past secrets. And Callie fears that only one of them will leave Sundial alive…
The mother and daughter embark on a dark, desert journey to the past in the hopes of redeeming their future.
This Review is spoiler free.
WOW. Just. Wow. This is the first book in a long time that gave me literal GOOSEBUMPS. Atmospheric, brilliantly plotted, super fast pacing, descriptions that leave *just enough* to the imagination to be truly terrifying - this was amazing.
Rob, a fourth grade teacher and mother of two, is forced to revisit the past she tried so hard to run from when her eldest daughter, Callie, starts showing disturbing behavior. Hoping a change of scenery will help, Rob brings Callie back to Sundial, the house in the Mojave Desert where Rob and her sister Jack grew up together. However, Rob is acting strange, and starts to tell Callie secrets she isn't sure she wants to hear. Secrets that make her begin to wonder whether both of them will leave alive.
I truly don't want to elaborate too much on anything about the plot as it's just such a whirlwind experience and I think it's best to go in without too much knowledge, but if you're looking for a very different type of psychological horror, this is the book to pick up. I can't wait to read Catriona Ward's other book, and honestly want to go back to the beginning and reread this one as I truly was blindsided by all the twists and turns!
~ Charlotte
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