Hello my Wildlings. It has been a while since I came to visit, and I’m sorry I’ve left you alone so long. I’m happy to see you still here, waiting patiently for my return.

I visit today with a book review. It should come as no small surprise to any of you that when I had a chance to read and review a novel called “Feral” that I absolutely jumped at the chance.

I read Feral by MFKR (MFK R on amazon/goodreads) one in one sitting.

It starts with Danielle and Malik moving into a 2 story farmhouse bought sight unseen by Malik who just wanted land of his own, dreaming of starting a small farm. They quickly befriend their neighbors Charlene and Jack, who warn them about the feral dogs in the area.

They didn’t ignore the warning, but didn’t understand the severity of the problem until they witnessed the size and ferocity of the feral pack for themselves. They seem to roam their yard nightly, waking Danielle up with their howling and leaving “gifts” behind.

Meanwhile, the upstairs of the home is in need of extensive repairs, and sooner rather than later. Malik spends much time working on it, and pondering the weird design choices that left behind whole rooms and much spare space in the walls. Walls Danielle swears she hears strange sounds behind.

Then during a snowstorm, they let a stray dog in their home. A dog that makes itself right at home, immediately acts like a guardian to Danielle, and is also very interested in SOMETHING behind the walls…..

This one is a “cozy” horror with a slow build up of suspense until the end. Not a lot of blood, and no gore but TW: Some description of animal injury/death throughout.

While I had a lot of ideas about what was going on with the house and the dog, the end wasn’t exactly what I have figured it would be.

A 5* read that had me immediately checking out some of the authors other work. Not to mention their short story “Cabin in the Woods” can be read in Books of Horror Community Anthology Vol.4 Pt.1 which also happens to house my own story, “Being the Eldest Daughter”

(IMAGE: black and white book cover, a close up of a single dog eye looking at the viewer with the title FERAL in white and red lettering at the top and the author name MFKR in the same lettering at the bottom)