Cruel Summer, Wesley Southard
Cruel Summer, Wesley Southard
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Cruel Summer

Author: Wesley Southard

Narrator: Sarah Nessel

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/20/2021

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Sea Stories


Synopsis

Melissa Braun is a broken woman. Only wanting what’s best for her family, she’s willing to do whatever it takes to mend her fractured relationship with her abusive boyfriend. In a last ditch effort, she hopes the sun and sand of a much-needed Florida vacation will bring them and her son closer together.
Patrick Braun is a demoralized kid. Quiet and sullen, he only wants his mother to see her boyfriend’s torment as it cripples everything he loves. After years of silence, he refuses to stand by and let the abuse continue to tear them apart.
Hoyt Rainey is a vile man. Unable to keep his hands to himself, he finally takes his anger one step too far. Only this time he finds himself on the receiving end of his own punishment. Down and down he goes, plunging deeper into the dark blue abyss of the sea.
Melissa and Patrick finally believe they are safe, the trouble now behind them for good. They are wrong.
Gods never really stay dead - they only lie in wait. And when a beast as old as time discovers Hoyt...he, too, won’t stay gone for long.
The nights grow darker, the water flows colder, and the cruelty of summer lives on.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on January 23, 2025

I'm sorry to say that I left this book on my to-read list for so long. It was very well done! It did strike quite a few personal notes, as Patrick and Melissa withstood the onslaught of abuse from Hoyt early on. And while I could see certain things appearing to be done without a certain level of log......more

Goodreads review by Horror Bookworm Reviews on January 08, 2021

A mother and her 12 year old son arrange a deep sea fishing excursion as a bonding experience and a new beginning on life. However when the mother’s abusive boyfriend tags along, the warm sounds of a gentle ocean breeze quickly turn into warnings of a living breathing aquatic nightmare. Cruel Summe......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on December 04, 2022

A cryptid horror story on steroids. That’s the best way I can describe Cruel Summer by Wesley Southard. First off, damn. That cover. Damn. I mean what kind of inspired hellscape, nightmarish kind of artistic mind comes up with this stuff... More please... pretty please... Anyhoo... As other reviews......more

Goodreads review by Chelo on September 18, 2023

La lectura perfecta para terminar el verano!......more

Goodreads review by Richard on January 18, 2021

You’ll never go in the water again! Like haunted houses, deep-sea horror is a sub-genre that a lot of horror writers seem to flirt with at some point in their career. A lot of great authors have made it their entire career and, at this point, it feels like one of those subjects where there is little......more