HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY!The latest unique offering from the author of The Last House on Needless Street is about a woman named Rob, married with two children. The family is quite dysfunctional, which quickly becomes evident. When Rob fears that her older daughter, Callie, might not be the sweet princess she hoped she’d be, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Rob and Callie take a trip to Sundial, the desert home that Rob grew up in. Sundial has a dark and disturbing history…one that Ro...

NOW AVAILABLE!!Something is happening and it's not what I thought.that line sums up my experience with this book; hell, it sums up my experience with catriona ward, after last year's The Last House on Needless Street: Something is happening and it's not what I thought.this is another elaborately-wrought story about which the less said the better, but in broad strokes, it's about a woman named rob who, yearning for a normal, unremarkable life after an...unconventional upbringing, has painstakingl...

**Many thanks to NetGalley, Macmillan-Tor/Forge, and Catriona Ward for an ARC of this book!! Now available as of 3.1!!**What if an experiment in nature vs. nurture went wrong...horrifically wrong?Dark, dizzying, disturbing, and dazzling, Catriona Ward is BACK to explore just that in Sundial!Much like Needless Street, you are GUARANTEED to leave this read with more questions than answers. To start the story off, you have Rob, wife to Irving, and mother to daughters Callie and Annie. She lived a s...

3.5 ⭐️ “How are you feeling? Are you a bad dog too?” I didn’t love this one nearly as much as The Last House on Needless Street - but then I thought that book was fucking fantastic. So the bar was probably a bit high 😂We begin with Rob, her husband Irving and their two daughters Callie and Annie. The entire family is pretty toxic, and when Rob is pushed to breaking point she takes Callie away on a trip to her childhood home - Sundial. We then get flashback chapters of Rob as a child, living at...

Dear horror/ psychological thriller lovers! Just put down the books you plan to read it and urgently start reading this one ! This is the biggest winner of the year! Last year I was addicted to Last House on Needless Street! I was so close to climb up the roof and scream “Read that book!” This year I plan to do exactly the same thing! Because this book is even better! Dysfunctional sisterhood bonds, psychological twists you never see it coming, mind blowing POVs, darkness pouring chapters, viole...

OminousSundial is an intricate psychological thriller that keeps us guessing on the scheming of an array of chilling characters. The frightening machinations and location of the story make for a restless but intriguing reading experience filled with horror and abuse.Rob is married to Irving with two young daughters, Callie and Annie. Callie is distant with Rob, talks to imaginary friends, and collects tiny bones. “‘One of our children just tried to kill the other,’ I say. The reality of it s...

2.5⭐️You really had me there in the first half. The children’s drawings on the wall (iykyk) had my jaw on the floor. But when the storyline about the dogs got introduced, the plot stopped making sense and I fell out of love with the story.

I enjoyed The House on Needless Street and could not wait to pick up Sundial. Look at this creepy cover! Catriona Ward’s books are classified as psychological horror, and I think that’s the perfect way to describe them. They mostly feel like true psychological thrillers, so they are perfect for readers who want to cross over and dabble in horror.Rob wants a life like everyone else. Married with kids, living in the ‘burbs. Callie, her oldest daughter, has some quirks, though. She is a bone collec...

After thoroughly enjoying The Last House on Needless Street, I was excited to see what else Catriona Ward has up her sleeve. But after finishing Sundial, I'm not sure I totally got it.On the surface, Rob has the family she's always dreamed of: a husband and two beautiful daughters. But when her eldest daughter Callie starts acting strange and her husband seems to encourage it, Rob decides the best thing for everyone is to take Callie to Sundial, the desert town where she grew up. She left Sundia...

The less said about the plot the better, so suffice it to say that this centres on Rob, her daughters Callie and Annie and with her marriage to serial philanderer Irving as another important element. Sundial is Rob’s deceased parents home in the Mojave Desert where the ‘old dead and gone’ Rob takes her daughter Callie for reasons which become increasingly apparent.I couldn’t write this review for over 24 hours because I was too stunned and unable to put pen to paper, stunned, but in a good way.

*Upping my rating to 4.5 stars after discussing a theory with a few people, and being even more impressed. Catriona Ward I need to ask you a question!!!*A disturbing, confusing and violent psychological horror about buried secrets..No plot summary for this one, I think if you're a horror fan, you should go in as blind as you can! But just know it's about a weird, toxic, dysfunctional family, a creepy house in the desert and a woman running from her past.How does Catriona Ward come up with this s...

I expected this to be creepy but never in my wildest imagination would I have guessed just how strange of a story this would be or in which direction this story would go. Just like with her previous novel, the brilliant, Last House on Needless Street, nothing is what it seems. Rob had a difficult childhood growing up in the Mojave Desert at Sundial, her family home, with eccentric, hippie type parents. Homeschooled and sheltered from society she always dreamed of her escape. Rob now married with...

And you thought YOUR family was dysfunctional!It’s official. I am a compete Catriona Ward stan. After being bowled over by the incredible The Last House On Needless Street, I could not wait to get my hands on her next book. I am happy and excited to say that Ward’s next effort did NOT disappoint. Glittering, dark, shocking, horrifying prose - Ward is an heiress to Stephen King’s throne. (It was King’s recommendation that got me to read Needless Street, and I couldn’t be happier to have found thi...

How weird is too weird?I’m keeping this brief, and sans synopsis, because this author just wasn’t for me. I found Sundial fantastical, overly long and slow, with the last half descending into the equivalent of a drug induced haze. Once you stripped away the surrealism, the dreamlike prose, and the nonsensical metaphors I reckon there was only one good twist – the rest have been done before, including the ending. And, did every character have to be so strange and unhinged? I accept that they were...

“Kids are mirrors, reflecting back everything that happens to them. You’ve got to make sure they’re surrounded by good things.”I can’t think of a better book to be reviewing on Halloween, because this one gave me ALL the heebie jeebies.Catriona Ward has done it again. She’s built another creepy house of mirrors where so much of what you see isn’t what you think it is, and even the parts that you think you’re seeing clearly change with each step. By nature, I’m not one who devours books in a day,...

**3.5-stars rounded up**Rob doesn't have a good relationship with her husband. In fact, their relationship is so toxic that I had to take a break only 10% into the book just to get away from it.The couple have two young daughters. Callie, the oldest, favors her father, while Annie, the youngest, is definitely her mother's favorite.Rob struggles to understand Callie and her increasingly disturbing behaviors. Unfortunately, the older Callie gets, the more frightening her behaviors become. It even

2.5 rounded upI don't think I was the right audience for this book.I like a good horror novel from time to time, and I loved The Last House on Needless Street, so I was eagerly anticipating this one. It does have a very eerie feel throughout, and the premise is definitely creepy and quite Stephen King-like. Yet, while I can do creepy/scary, I don't love gore (and this book has a lot). Also, I never fully comprehended what was going on until it was too late for it really to engage with me as a re...

Let me start off by saying I almost DNF after the first two chapters. I was wondering what in the hell I was reading and this could not be the same author I read before. Seriously, I couldn't hate the parents more if I tried. I muscled through my distaste, mumbling to myself, I have lost my mind. Then suddenly the whole book changed, I couldn't put it down. The twists were crazy and shocking. I was changing my predications constantly, and I was wrong every time. I am still mad at the ending. I n...

2.5 stars. Having loved the brilliant, unforgettable Last House on Needless Street, I purchased Catriona Ward's eagerly-anticipated next novel, Sundial, on its release day. I found this novel also unforgettable, but not for the right reasons. I regret I was disappointed, but my review should not sway prospective readers. I encourage them to read the many admiring and praiseworthy reviews. The author writes dark psychological novels and can get into the minds of the emotionally disturbed with pow...

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY!I take small bites of an apple in the shape of a circle Those who can read apple code understand the meaning behind my message.Don’t read apple? 🍎Rob and Jack will help!Sundial is Psychological horror at its best! If you loved The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward delivers another unbelievably disturbing story about an extremely dysfunctional family. Warnings: animal abuse, torture, domestic violenceRob leads a normal life in the suburbs as Irving’s wife and the