Review: Monstrous Souls - Rebecca Kelly

Review: Monstrous Souls - Rebecca Kelly - June 2020

You know those moments where you're curled up on the sofa, scrolling through your Kindle with a cup of tea going cold beside you, just searching for something that grabs you? That was me when I stumbled across Monstrous Souls by Rebecca Kelly. Honestly, the title had me thinking I was about to dive into something dark and gothic  maybe even a YA horror. I was very much picturing brooding teenagers and supernatural beasties. Oh, how wrong I was, and oh, how pleasantly surprised I turned out to be!

Monstrous Souls opens with a gut punch. Heidi wakes up in hospital as a teenager to discover that her best friend has been murdered and her sister has been kidnapped. As if that weren't devastating enough, Heidi herself  assumed dead has survived, but not unscathed. She's left with amnesia, the memories of that terrible night completely out of reach. It's the kind of opening that makes you sit up straighter and forget your tea entirely.

Fast forward more than a decade, and Heidi's fragile peace begins to crack as memory flashbacks start bleeding through. But here's where it gets truly chilling, there are powerful people who have been quietly watching her all this time, people who very much need those memories to stay buried. The moment Heidi starts remembering, she becomes a target all over again.

This is a proper amnesia thriller, tense, twisty, and completely absorbing. Rebecca Kelly does a wonderful job of building that slow dread, the kind that settles in your chest and doesn't let go. If you love a story that keeps you guessing and has you reading just one more chapter long past your bedtime, then Monstrous Souls absolutely deserves a spot on your Kindle.

Amazon: https://amzn.to/4fgDW1o