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The Toll

By Cherie Priest

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A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST HORROR NOVEL

From Cherie Priest, the author of The Family Plot and Maplecroft, comes The Toll, a tense, dark, and scary treat for modern fans of the traditionally strange and macabre.

Take a road trip into a Southern gothic horror novel.

Titus and Melanie Bell are on their honeymoon and have reservations in the Okefenokee Swamp cabins for a canoeing trip. But shortly before they reach their destination, the road narrows into a rickety bridge with old stone pilings, with room for only one car.

Much later, Titus wakes up lying in the middle of the road, no bridge in sight. Melanie is missing. When he calls the police, they tell him there is no such bridge on Route 177 . . .

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336 pages

Average rating: 6.8

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draladyo

Jan 21, 2024

6/10 stars

I enjoyed this book. The characters were interesting and the story was good. I think there could have been more world-building, though. I would have liked more information from the characters who had it about how magic works in this universe. I also would have liked a bit more backstory on the characters and the town. If this were the second or third book in a series I had already read I would have been perfectly content with what was presented and adored it.

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