Name: Stolen Tongues
Rating: 3.808333333333333 (60 reviews)
ISBN: 9781533240415

Felix Blackwell

A romantic cabin getaway doesn't go exactly as planned.High up on the windswept cliffs of Pale Peak, Faye and Felix celebrate their new engagement. But soon, a chorus of ghastly noises erupts from the nearby woods: the screams of animals, the cries of children, and the mad babble of a hundred mournful voices. A dark figure looms near the windows in the dead of night, whispering to Faye. As the weather turns deadly, Felix discovers that his terrified fianc�e isn't just mumbling in her sleep - she's whispering back. Originally a contest-winning story on reddit.com's horror community NoSleep, Stolen Tongues has received widespread acclaim and is now being adapted into a feature film.

Stolen Tongues

💌 : 'she moved down the hall like  meth-addicted zombie ballerina.'

this is my sign to not trust booktok when they tell you 'this is one of the scariest books I've ever read' because they clearly lied. don't get me wrong it started off strong, i wasn't scared but the book had eerie elements to it. especially when more things started happening concerning faye. 

but by the 50% mark i was genuinely just confused and both faye and felix and every character were just walking around and around the subject and we weren't getting anywhere. the author tried to build the climax up by clearly just rising more questions, but in the end it fell flat. 

there was an opportunity to make the ending more sinister or even more sad and it was pointless, it was one and done in like three chapters and it didn't really make sense how that could be the reason for all of this. 

the writing was good and it did reel me in, but in the end the ending annoyed me more than it fulfilled me, i will try more of this authors works though. 

💌 : 'she moved down the hall like  meth-addicted zombie ballerina.'

— ☆ 2/5

this is my sign to not trust booktok when they tell you 'this is one of the scariest books I've ever read' because they clearly lied. don't get me wrong it started off strong, i wasn't scared but the book had eerie elements to it. especially when more things started happening concerning faye. 

but by the 50% mark i was genuinely just confused and both faye and felix and every character were just walking around and around the subject and we weren't getting anywhere. the author tried to build the climax up by clearly just rising more questions, but in the end it fell flat. 

there was an opportunity to make the ending more sinister or even more sad and it was pointless, it was one and done in like three chapters and it didn't really make sense how that could be the reason for all of this. 

the writing was good and it did reel me in, but in the end the ending annoyed me more than it fulfilled me, i will try more of this authors works though. 

tori 👻

1.5
The only good thing about this was the prologue.

bro really wrote a whole essay about how natives deserve to be portrayed as fully, fleshed out characters then kills off the two side native characters that were there only to serve as spiritual guidance and lore dumps. fuck off 🙄

cloud

Recommend for a quick spooky read! It is only about 300 pages. I really enjoyed this book and found myself gasping or covering my mouth at a few scenes. I think it struck me particularly hard because I also happen to live in the middle of nowhere (kind of like the setting in the book). My rating stems from the fact that while I did like the book, I wanted more from the ending than what I got and there were a few scenes that I felt made the book longer than need be.

I think this made for a really compelling and terrifying read. It's a solid creature feature while also reminding me a lot of home invasion stories like The Strangers. It is not particularly gorey, so if you're squeamish about lots of blood or gore, but still want a book that has some, I'd recommend this one. 

Recommend for a quick spooky read! It is only about 300 pages. I really enjoyed this book and found myself gasping or covering my mouth at a few scenes. I think it struck me particularly hard because I also happen to live in the middle of nowhere (kind of like the setting in the book). My rating stems from the fact that while I did like the book, I wanted more from the ending than what I got and there were a few scenes that I felt made the book longer than need be.

I think this made for a really compelling and terrifying read. It's a solid creature feature while also reminding me a lot of home invasion stories like The Strangers. It is not particularly gorey, so if you're squeamish about lots of blood or gore, but still want a book that has some, I'd recommend this one. 

Molly Morgan

** spoiler alert **
           This book was so creepy and fun. There were moments I threw my kindle away from my face I was so freaked out. The main characters were interesting, sometimes the male mc treated his fiancé like she was a child.. I've read too many fucked up thrillers and was like "is the fiancé even real or is she an imagined version of his childhood?" lol The only reason this isn't getting 5 stars from me, is due to how it's all resolved. Spoiler below, you are warned.


She figures out "what 5 means" (which was dumb but whatever).. then she tells the demon/monster to go away and it.. does? For something that was so menacing the entire book, it felt a little meh.

Also to note, my partner has been informed that if he ever did ANY OF THE THINGS FAYE DID IN HER SLEEP I would leave him. He could just be eaten up by the hollow man. Bye bye, see ya later. lol

Still would highly recommend for anyone who wants to read a real spooky book.

I can see why people like this novel, but in my opinion it’s overrated

Amanda Autumn Berrey

Wiktoria Balcerak

Adrianna Giunta

This freaking book. I don’t think I’ve ever been so terrified reading a book before. This was a rare one that was scary from beginning to end. I really liked how it wrapped up as well. Felix Blackwell you are a genius!

Stolen Tongues

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