Brother
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4.1 • 61 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
From bestselling author Ania Ahlborn comes this #HorrorBookTok sensation and novel of terror…the unforgettable story of a young man determined to break from his family’s unconventional—and deeply disturbing—traditions.
Deep in the heart of Appalachia stands a crooked farmhouse miles from any road. The Morrows keep to themselves, and it’s served them well so far. When girls go missing off the side of the highway, the cops don’t knock on their door. Which is a good thing, seeing as to what’s buried in the Morrows’ backyard.
But nineteen-year-old Michael Morrow isn’t like the rest of his family. He doesn’t take pleasure in the screams that echo through the trees. Michael pines for normalcy, and he’s sure that someday he’ll see the world beyond West Virginia. When he meets Alice, a pretty girl working at a record shop in the small nearby town of Dahlia, he’s immediately smitten. For a moment, he almost forgets about the monster he’s become. But his brother, Rebel, is all too eager to remind Michael of his place…
Customer Reviews
Brother
Deeply disturbing material, but well-written. We are plunged into Michael Morrow’s nightmare world and family immediately. It is a killing night at the isolated farmhouse, and a young woman screams for her life to no avail. When she briefly escapes, Michael is called upon to recapture and return her for Momma to finish her off. As we delve further into the family dynamics, we begin to see the interplay of nature and nurture as we learn that Michael was snatched up from his yard at age four to be reared as a member of the Morrow family. He is continually reminded that his birth parents abandoned him, and that the Morrow family rescued him. We see forms of manipulation capable of imprisoning a person without a single lock. Things begin to change, stakes are higher, outcomes wider-ranging, when an ultimate manipulation of Michael is put into play by the older brother whom he fears but also feels bound to obey.