This story is dripping with unease, darkness and horror.
There are times throughout the book where you think you have it nailed, but trust me you haven’t! And I don’t mean that in a glib ‘there’s a twist you won’t see coming!’ kind of way. We also get to see the point that Rob first meets Irving and their ensuing relationship which enables us to better understand why there is a veil of violence and mistrust over their complicated marriage.Ĭatriona Ward takes you to places you never knew you could go and makes you think about things you never have before. The chapters involving Rob and Jack’s past are complex and twisted but we get to see where Rob’s fears for her daughter originate from. It’s here that I have to pause a little and consider how much to actually tell you. A past which involved issues with her twin sister Jack and their commune-like family life at Sundial. It’s whilst here in the isolated heat that Rob confronts some deeply buried secrets from her past. It’s decided that both Rob and Callie will take some time away, just the two of them and go and stay at Rob’s family home, Sundial, deep in the Mojave desert. There is definite tension in the family and when Rob’s 12 year old daughter Callie starts to act strangely, collecting animal bones and potentially harming her little sister Annie, Rob has to make some tough decisions. Annie has contracted chicken pox and this is an indication to Rob that Irving has been having yet another affair, this time with the neighbour. The book opens by introducing us to a family, Rob, her husband Irving and their two daughters Callie and Annie. Sundial was a proof I was lusting after and when one dropped trough my letterbox I knew I couldn’t wait until closer to publication, so I read it straight away over pretty much 24 hours. Well….yet again I find myself in a situation where I’ve read an an absolute stormer of a book that I want you all to read IMMEDIATELY…BUT I can’t tell you too much about the plot because that would just ruin the experience for you! This was the case with The Last House On Needless Street (which I did manage to review spoiler free here), and Catriona Ward has done it AGAIN. How else could we cope with being alive?’
‘It’s possible to feel the horror of something and to accept it all at the same time.
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