Lee Mountford

Legend says this forest is haunted...A group of four researchers travel to the Black Forest to investigate the stories surrounding the area. They hope to gather evidence that the paranormal is real. But getting what they want could cost them their souls. The forest soon delivers on its promise, but their excitement is ruined when one of the group disappears in the night. Ghostly apparitions, disembodied voices, and demonic things lurking in the darkness turn the adventure of a lifetime into a living nightmare. And behind it all, the infamous Mother Sibbett waits, aiming to show them the truth of life after death. You will love this terrifying ghost story by best-selling horror author Lee Mountford, because in this forest, things do go bump in the night.Get it now.Book 3 in the Supernatural Horror Series. Separate stories. The same, terrifying universe.

Forest of the Damned

Lennox Johnson 

I had seen a glowing review of another Mountford book, The Demonic, and decided to check things out, as it's been a long time since I've gotten a really good, proper scare of a book. In the end, I decided to read this, because haunted forests are more to my taste than haunted houses. 

I was expecting, and hoping, to be terrified. Sadly, that wasn't the case. There wasn't enough time spent on creating an atmosphere I could become immersed in. Things moved way too quickly for me to develop any real sense of fear. This story relied too much on gore and just being gross... which is not scary. Possibly, this book could have been frightening, if I could have been able to see past the gore and focus on other elements, but that's the problem- all the gross stuff was so overpowering that it felt like a cop out. The elements that could have been the basis for something much better were fairly predictable. No real surprises here. 

Maybe this just wasn't the right Mountford book for me. It wasn't like the actual writing was horrible, so I'm up to giving them another shot. Maybe I'll check out The Demonic. I'm not exactly holding my breath, though, and this author won't be getting any more chances if I'm disappointed again.

Forest of the Damned

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