Review: The Lost Village

The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I received an ARC of this book.
I thoroughly enjoyed this creepy thriller. When an aspiring documentary filmmaker decides to gamble it all on a project detailing the strange disappearance of every resident of a small miming town, she soon realizes that the years-old mystery may not want to come to light. Alice has been obsessed with what might have happened in 1959 in Silvertjarn mainly due to the fact that her great-grandparents and great-aunt were part of the missing residents of the town, and she would like to find out exactly what happened to them. She convinces a small group to go out with her to scout the location for her prospective documentary, and the group very soon fears that someone else may still be in the town, and doesn't want them there.
This book is incredibly creepy and the author does a great job of giving the reader chills at the perfect times. A pervading sense of unease and wrongness give the reader a feeling of eldritch eeriness. Even though some of the characters make questionable decisions at times (the usual go-into-the-abandoned-building-alone type of stuff), they still have rooting value and the reader can identify with their motivations.
I did not want to put the book down and was never sure what would be the final cause of the mass disappearance, or what would happen to Alice's group of visitors.
This was a quick, fun, creepy read, and I would recommend it!

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