Dark Is When the Devil Comes by Daisy Pearce
on April 28, 2026
Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / General, Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction / Thrillers / Supernatural, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
Pages: 336
Format: ARC
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Hazel has been gone from her small hometown of Idless in the English countryside for years. Now returned in the wake of a traumatic divorce and crumbling personal life, her simple plans are to lay low at her parents’ vacated house, reconnect with her prickly sister Cathy, and slowly get back on her feet. Cathy is surprised when Hazel doesn’t show. Their relationship strained from a fallout half a decade ago, she didn’t expect them to get back into a sisterly rhythm…though she hadn’t counted on Hazel bailing, either. But something isn’t adding up. Other people in town whisper of a threat that can’t be shaken. The woods are known for being restless. And Cathy knows the old saying.
This is my second book I have read by Pearce and it was FANTASTIC! This was so creepy and unsettling, I loved it! Don’t go into the woods and night…and definitely don’t accept any offers a strange man gives you 😆 I loved the desperation of the FMC and how it spiraled into a series of bad choices, the setting of the book was definitely eerie and attention grabbing. From the start this book punched me in the face and dragged me kicking and screaming into the woods. It is atmospherically chilling; an eerie vibe shrouds everything in this small English town. The stories and tragedies made me shiver as I snuggled deeper into the couch.
Since the book is told through Hazel, Cathy, and their friend Susie you know what happens to her. That the creepy man has taken her to a farm in the middle of the woods. Who is he and why has he taken her? There is so much to this story, and I do not want to ruin one second for you. If you want a book that keeps you at the edge of your seat, while chills run down your spine, and make you question going into your own basement. This is the book for you. 4.5 stars for this novel!
Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for my gifted copy for my honest review.
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