Content levels
Positive tags
Hero archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Themes
Synopsis
Michael and Jillian Dansky seemed to have it all--a happy marriage, two successful careers, a bright future. But late one October evening, all that changed. Driving home from a Halloween masquerade, Michael momentarily nods off behind the wheel--and wakes to find nothing is the same.Standing by his car is the little girl he came within a breath of running down. She leads Michael to her "home," an empty house haunted by whispers, and sends him away with a haunting whisper of her own: "come find me." But in the weeks to follow, it's clear that someone--or some thing--doesn't want Michael to find her: ominous figures in grey coats with misshapen faces are following him everywhere. And then Jillian wakes one morning replaced by a cold, cruel, vindictive woman Michael hardly recognizes as his wife. Michael must now search not only for the lost girl, but for a way to find the Jillian he's always loved, and to do so he must return to where the nightmare began. Down an isolated lane where he'll find them, or die trying.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Is Wildwood Road appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
Parents should know this dark fantasy contains supernatural horror elements, including malevolent entities that stalk the protagonist, possession that transforms his wife into someone unrecognizable, and psychological terror. The haunting atmosphere and body horror (misshapen faces) may disturb younger readers.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include child harm, possession, and mental manipulation (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens who enjoy creepy supernatural mysteries with a race-against-time element will find this quest to rescue both a lost girl and the protagonist's possessed wife compelling.