#BlogTour: The Taking Of Annie Thorn by C. J Tudor @cjtudor @MichaelJBooks @JennyPlatt90 #TheTakingOfAnnieThorn

Book Synopsis:

One night, Annie went missing.

Disappeared from her own bed. There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst.

And then, after 48 hours, she came back.

But she couldn’t, or wouldn’t, say what had happened to her.

Something happened to my sister. I can’t explain what.

I just know that when she came back, she wasn’t the same.

She wasn’t my Annie.

I didn’t want to admit, even to myself, that sometimes I was scared to death of my own little sister.

The Taking Of Annie Thorn is published in ebook and hardback in the 21 February 2019. You can pre-order a copy of both using the link below.

My Review:

The Taking Of Annie Thorn is another chilling, dark and creepy read from a very talented author. This book kept me on the edge of my seat with its thrilling, dark story line that was quite brutal in places. It’s definitely not one for the faint hearted and I did find myself skipping through some of the more horrible parts. I simultaneously wanted to keep reading to find out what happens and stop reading as I wasn’t completely sure I wanted to find out!

Joe, the main character, is hugely unlikeable especially as you find out more about him and what happened. The author slowly takes the reader back to his childhood and his experiences in a gang that was up to some pretty bad things. There is a theme of bullying throughout the book which is quite uncomfortable reading at times, particularly as the author includes how the victims of the bullying are affected. I found myself getting quite emotional whilst reading these parts as it was incredibly poignant to read about.

This is a very fast paced book with lots of twists that kept me firmly glued to the book. The author hints at the beginning of the book that whatever is happening now has happened before which was very intriguing and meant that I had to keep reading to find out what it referred to. If you didn’t know that the author was a huge fan of Stephen King I think you’d quickly guess as the style is quite similar. If you are a fan of his books then I think you’d like this book too.

Huge thanks to Jenny Platt from Michael St Joseph for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

C. J. Tudor lives with her partner and young daughter. Her love of writing, especially the dark and macabre, started young. When her peers were reading Judy Blume, she was devouring Stephen King and James Herbert.

Over the years she has had a variety of jobs, including trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, dog walker, voiceover artist, television presenter, copywriter and, now, author. 

Her first novel, The Chalk Man, was a Sunday Times bestseller and sold in thirty-nine territories.