The Unfinished, Cheryl Isaacs
The Unfinished, Cheryl Isaacs
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The Unfinished

Author: Cheryl Isaacs

Series: Unfinished #1

Narrator: Julie Lumsden

Unabridged: 9 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Heartdrum

Published: 09/03/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

In her stunning debut, Cheryl Isaacs (Mohawk) pulls the reader into an unsettling tale of monsters, mystery, and secrets that refuse to stay submerged.When small-town athlete Avery’s morning run leads her to a strange pond in the middle of the forest, she awakens a horror the townspeople of Crook’s Falls have long forgotten.The black water has been waiting. Watching. Hungry for the souls it needs to survive. Avery can smell the water, see it flooding everywhere; she thinks she's losing her mind. And as the black water haunts Avery—taking a new form each time—people in town begin to go missing.Though Avery had heard whispers of monsters from her Kanien’kéha:ka (Mohawk) relatives, she has never really connected to her Indigenous culture or understood the stories. But the Elders she has distanced herself from now may have the answers she needs.When Key, her best friend and longtime crush, is the next to disappear, Avery is faced with a choice: listen to the Kanien’kéha:ka and save the town but lose her friend forever…or listen to her heart and risk everything to get Key back.An unmissable horror novel for readers who devoured Trang Thanh Tran’s She Is a Haunting or Claire Legrand’s Sawkill Girls! Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Cheryl Isaacs

Cheryl Isaacs can often be found running through the Carolinian forest of southwestern Ontario, where she has fearlessly enjoyed the trails for years. Her Kanyen’kéha culture often appears in her writing. Her first novel was The Unfinished.


Reviews

Goodreads review by faria on September 12, 2024

Avery awakens an evil whose existence was passed down in stories by her ancestors. The journey of trying to stop what had been unleashed alongside Avery’s journey to reconnect with her culture was absolutely perfect. Avery’s feelings of not being connected enough to her culture to be worthy of commun......more

Goodreads review by Janine on September 15, 2024

This was fast paced and immersive. However, if readers are looking for a scary read.. this might fall a little flat. I would have liked the ending to be explained a bit better too. Like who’s the ragged man? I think maybe that’s why it wasn’t really scary because we didn’t really know who or what we......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on September 20, 2024

A debut YA thriller by a new Canadian Indigenous author and while I really wanted to love this one I honestly found it a little slow and boring. I hate to say it. Sadly this one wasn't for me. Recommended for fans of authors like K.A. Cobell.......more

Goodreads review by Ameema on May 31, 2024

Cheryl Isaac’s Unfinished is an eerie and unsettling horror debut, that will leave you with goosebumps. It moves forward at a breakneck pace, throwing you immediately into a creepy horror story set in a small town, with a dark and mysterious legend around it. It’s a pretty fast read, and quite an im......more

Goodreads review by Kaila on October 24, 2024

The Unfinished is a book with a great premise, where the MC, Avery, finds herself unknowingly awakening an evil that only her people really know about. The concept was an interesting one, however, the execution was not it for me. It felt underdeveloped. I appreciate the author's note at the end beca......more