You Did Nothing Wrong by C.G. Drews (2026)
The title of this book could just as easily be applied to author C.G. Drews. When it comes to fashioning a horrific, creepy storyline, dripping with hauntings, psychosis, twisted long held secrets and ever mounting dread.......mission accomplished. This author does all of it right and then some.
Elodie, a young Australian woman and single mom, has gone through a whirlwind romance with fair-haired, even-tempered and head-over-heels in love American, Bren. He's even all in with co-parenting Elodie's 6 year old autistic son Jude, whom Elodie has struggled to prevent giving Bren a full view of his raging tantrums, mood swings and learning disabilities. .
Bren's whisked his newly pregnant bride, and his stepson back to the States, where he's been busy renovating a falling-apart mansion that's a textbook illustration of "Nasty Crumbling House That Anyone In Their Right Mind Would Run Screaming Away From In Stark Terror"
And it doesn't take long at all for the house to start living up to its disturbing, ominous appearance. Jude hears the house talking to him. Doors slam mysteriously. The walls ooze some sort of fluid. And to Elodie's growing terror, Jude's increasing hysterical behavior, begins to crack the veneer of both her and Bren's personalities that they present to each other........as if maybe there's something even more corrupted and broken going on here than the house itself.
Readers who cherish and treasure a plunge into pure grisly horror will get a full helping here. For me the bonus was author Drews bringing the flawed lead characters to life, especially Elodi ,as she's being held over a slow fire from every possible source around her.
A genuine thrills 'n chills express train.. 5 star recommendation. (*****).
Elodie, a young Australian woman and single mom, has gone through a whirlwind romance with fair-haired, even-tempered and head-over-heels in love American, Bren. He's even all in with co-parenting Elodie's 6 year old autistic son Jude, whom Elodie has struggled to prevent giving Bren a full view of his raging tantrums, mood swings and learning disabilities. .
Bren's whisked his newly pregnant bride, and his stepson back to the States, where he's been busy renovating a falling-apart mansion that's a textbook illustration of "Nasty Crumbling House That Anyone In Their Right Mind Would Run Screaming Away From In Stark Terror"
And it doesn't take long at all for the house to start living up to its disturbing, ominous appearance. Jude hears the house talking to him. Doors slam mysteriously. The walls ooze some sort of fluid. And to Elodie's growing terror, Jude's increasing hysterical behavior, begins to crack the veneer of both her and Bren's personalities that they present to each other........as if maybe there's something even more corrupted and broken going on here than the house itself.
Readers who cherish and treasure a plunge into pure grisly horror will get a full helping here. For me the bonus was author Drews bringing the flawed lead characters to life, especially Elodi ,as she's being held over a slow fire from every possible source around her.
A genuine thrills 'n chills express train.. 5 star recommendation. (*****).
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