John’s innocent affection of his friends David and Michael and subsequent puppy love of their sister Marie is so well constructed it makes the incredible circumstances that surround them all the more easily accessible. Not since Stephen King’s IT have I read a story with such a tangible sense of what it meant to be a child, seamlessly blended into a genre-heavy tale. Okay, technically it is, but what stands out the most about High Moor are the beautifully written characters and a palpable sense of childhood nostalgia. Now, with a lifetime of pain and torment in tow, John heads out to face his past and, in all probability, shorten his future. It was an idyllic time which was shattered by a series of werewolf attacks which John would eventually be on the wrong side of, losing both of his best friends and finding his perfect little world crushed in the process. The attack immediately brings back childhood memories of his summer spent hanging out with best friends David and Michael and their sister Marie, playing in the woods and standing up against the school bully, Malcolm Harrison. To John Simpson, a savage animal attack in his hometown of High Moor can mean only one thing: werewolves. Book Review: High Moor / Author: Graeme Reynolds / Publisher: Horrific Tales Publishing / Release Date: Out Now
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