For as long as she can remember, Mattie has lived with her much-older husband William in a two-room cabin on the mountain. She doesn't like how he hits her when he's angry, nor how he limits her access to anything other than the cabin itself, but she doesn't know anything else. Sure, she has occasional daydreams about songs and other people, but William assures her those are just dreams. Resigned to the tough life, Mattie's world changes when a violent and unseen creature begins killing — but not eating — animals in the forest. William is convinced that he has to hunt it down, but Mattie's pretty sure that's a recipe for disaster. Not that William will listen to her...
This is a TERRIFYING book. I enjoy horror novels, but I cannot remember the last time I got fully sucked in and read one in a single day. But that's what I did with Near the Bone. The mix of human and non-human monsters is perfectly done, as is Mattie's growth throughout the story. It's chilling, and absolutely non-stop. So good.
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