Snow by Ronald Malfi

3.7 stars on Goodreads

4 stars from me

Review:

Snow is a very interesting story as I knew by the title and reading the blurb that something was going to be in the snow. I didn’t anticipate that the story would take a sci-fi genre feel as well as horror. The book overall was a solid winter-eerie feel to the book, and I enjoyed the dark feeling of the presence of snow as I imagine what it would feel like to live in the darkness of an Alaskan 30 days of darkness winter. The book also reminded me of the movie The Faculty from 1998, if you haven’t seen it, watch it. It’s a great sci-fi horror movie. The writing style was easy to follow, and I enjoyed the backstories of the main characters. If you read this, let me know whether you like the character named Nancy, she was so hard to like even the tiniest bit! I’m not sure that I enjoyed the end except for the news broadcast that plays in the last chapters. I did, however, love the evolution of the epilogue, so don’t forget to read it! Overall, solid read and easy to enjoy.

Synopsis:

Todd Curry wants nothing more than to spend Christmas with his son. But when a brutal snowstorm cancels his flight from Chicago to Des Moines, Todd and a few other stranded passengers decide to rent a Jeep and make the trip on their own.

During the drive, they pick up a man wandering through the snow, who claims to be searching for his lost daughter. He is disoriented and his story seems peculiar. Strangest of all are the mysterious slashes cut into the back of the man’s coat, straight down to the flesh…

When they arrive at the nearest town, it appears deserted. Windows dark, cars abandoned, fires burning unattended. But Todd and the rest of the travelers soon learn the town is far from deserted, and that they are being watched…