The Ghost Woods: The perfect new 2022 gothic historical novel you won’t be able to put down

Reviews

Lauren Counsell

(I’m not going to reveal anymore as I’m avoiding giving spoilers. 𝙊𝙛 𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙨, 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙. The Ghost Woods is set in a huge, dilapidated house in the wilds of Scotland.

C M.

Set in Scotland the book opens in 1959 with Mabel and then a skip forward a fee years to Pearl in 1965. Cooke’s last two novels so I was anticipating another great read but with its exquisite storytelling, richly drawn characters and evocative imagery, this is my favourite of her books so far. 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙧…Intrigued?

Jan Loughran

J. And don’t even try to get me to go into the woods anytime soon.

Shell

One or two would have been better. The characters all had their own quirks and could be told apart. )I love dual timelines and narratives, I truly think they are the perfect storytelling format.