Nobody to care about Lexi, the book starts with her detailing her suicide and how everyone in her life just doesn't seem to care I felt sorry for her.

I didn't find it convincing how Lexi manages to pretend to be someone else, in the days of child safety checks and you need photo ID to get a job. But it didn't spoil my enjoyment of the story. It had gothic overtones and the setting and atmosphere was perfect, with a nod to Jane Eyre at one point. I enjoyed the Nordic myths seeping into the story and it added to the dark atmosphere. It was a riveting story with very sad moments driven by characters I came to care about. Except I couldn't really seem to get interested in Tom's story.
The middle felt slow and, I found some bits interesting, felt it was just plodding along which let the beginning down. However it was worth it to keep reading.

"The Nesting" by C.J. Cooke is a masterfully crafted atmospheric thriller set in the haunting backdrop of Norway's forests. This novel is a perfect blend of gothic and spine-chilling elements that promises to keep readers enthralled and haunted long after they've turned the last page.

This book had so much promise but it didn’t quite deliver
The setting of this book was very good
Some of the plot points were not really explored.

Absolutely not what I expected - creepy, atmospheric and really well written.
Highly recommend you read this.

This book was not exactly what I was expecting. It was an adequate paranormal thriller that I will not pick up again.
Overall, it was very slow-paced with everything happening in the last 5 or so chapters, The ending was rushed, and the book would have benefited from some editing early on to allow more time for the climax.

This book was a strange one to read it wasn't what I expected it to be and it didn't lead where I thought it would.

Initially it was a 5 star read because it was atmospheric and intriguing but as the story developed it developed into something completely different and I had started to lose interest in the story which is unfortunate because it sounded like it was right up my street.

An atmospheric thriller set in Norway, a very creepy read perfect for the depths of winter. It is very unsettling and is full of Norse folk tales. Very good.

Dark and compelling, The Nesting had me on the edge of my seat until the very end.

Perfect for the cold winter nights

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an advance copy of this book. This was an excellent read.
Thoroughly recommended

Once more Cooke delivered a gripping gothic thriller. I really love her writing and it always has me holding my breath.

I liked the pace on this one and I liked the constant suspense of trying to figure out the killer. Touching mental health issues is also something that I liked and how the author had her characters dealing with it. The twists and turns of the story were captivating and the ending was truly satisfying!

Definitely an addition in your thriller list!

Thank you netgalley for a chance to read and review this book.

I will not be able to complete this as I just couldn’t force myself to get through the book. This could be because its not my usual style, or just because I couldn’t relate to the main character who is a complete doormat.

This is gothic suspense looking a nordic folklore with mysteriois happenings.

The story jumps back and forth between time lines aureilas life before her death, and then the family returning to the site in which she died and trying to continue with their life and continue the development of the family house.

You do get chills and makes you question about the damage to the environment and how it will seek its revenge.

I would love to give this 4 stars at it did get me gripped, wondering what happened. But at the end there was to many unknown answers but also some actions didn't fit with the character. Though despite this is worth reading.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC for an honest review.

Oh, my golly (as Sophie would say)! I really enjoyed this. I love myth and legend and shadowy things that go bump in the night. And fjord, in this case.

I liked Lexi a lot, and also the girls. The sad lady had shivers creeping up and down my spine, especially when I tried o explain her to my husband. I do have one question, who was the body on the hill? I don't think that was ever really established, which worries at me a bit. But well done, I'm going to look up some of C.J. Cooke's other offerings now.

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for my ARC!

I had been looking forward,reading this book for some time and I was not disappointed! The Nesting is an atmospheric, spooky thriller with a fantastic cast
of interesting, likeable and , importantly, relatable characters. The setting of Norway, the vastness and the beauty was truly brought to life in all its terrifying splendour . This managed to be heart wrenching and heart warming at the same.time and kept me gripped from the beginning until the very last page. Highly recommended!

Lexi’s life is falling apart when she happens to overhear a job opportunity to be a nanny to 2 little girls in Norway. She has no experience in this area, but the stranger she overhead talking about it does. When she realizes the stranger isn’t going to apply for the job, she steals her resume and application and takes on her identity.

Upon arriving in Norway, Lexi is awed by the house the father of the girls is building, but soon starts to notice a strange and terrifying woman figure around the house. The children are still reeling from the death by Suicide of their mother months before and things don’t seem as straight forward as she was led to believe.

The Nesting was a meandering, creepy story. While the story moved at a fairly slow pace, the creep factor kept it going. I’m totally going to have nightmares about the Sad Lady. I absolutely love stories set in cold places, I’m fascinated by them and this one did a great job of building the right atmosphere. Giant elks, rivers that hide folklore monsters and nature that may hold a grudge. My husband now has no hope of ever cutting down another tree on our property. Just in case 😅

The mystery in this one, although interesting, took a back seat to the horror aspect for me. I wasn’t quite as invested in how and why Aurelia died as I was with who or what the Sad Lady was and whether the Nordic folktales were coming true.

It's the time of year for dark nights, cosy fires and ghost stories, and The Nesting is a highly entertaining addition to the genre.. The Norwegian setting is superb and the main character a joy to read about. Recomended.

Wow, this is horror as it should be. Many books in this genre are full of cliches but not this one. Instead, The Nesting is character driven and fabulously eerie without being too gory. I quickly began rooting for the characters, increasingly worrying about them and hoping they’d be alright. Loved it and highly recommend!

As the nights are drawing in this is a great read if you're looking for low level tension & creep factor threaded through an intriguing mystery.

This is a story made up of unreliable narrators & disturbing happenings. I particularly enjoyed Lexi & Gaia, their relationship & their characters really drove the story for me. Within the story there are also elements of Nordic folk stories which I found fascinating & really added to the tension with that strangely childlike quality but more in a Grimms fairytale sinister way.

Stunningly atmospheric and emotionally conquering!

Thank you Harper Fiction and Net Galley for the eCopy.

A truly atmospheric thriller that incorporates themes of nature and living through grief and loss.
Loved the Norwegian setting and the small elements of folklore that were threaded into this story.
This book is full of unreliable narrators and honestly quite unlikeable characters so it makes it interesting to read from both the past and present timelines.

If I could compare this book to anything I would say a mix of The Haunting of Bly Manor but set in Norway and even a touch of Riley Sager.

The only thing that let it down a little was the ending for me, and the plot surround Derry. I just didn't feel like it had enough fleshing out to really sum up such a promising and atmospheric story. The reasoning of sleepwalking felt a little thin to me and the ending so abrupt it was slightly jarring.
But apart from that I really enjoyed the reading experience.