Fir

I requested this novel as every so often there is a YA novel that catches my eye. This appealed to me due to its location and the synopsis had me intrigued. Although I am 33 years old, I have a teen that absolutely loves the YA horror genre.  
I found the novel to be a eerie & the descriptions of the location added to this feel of being far from civilisation in the deep north forests of Sweden. The novel builds and builds with tension and mystery, added along the way with some Scandinavian mythology, which I felt created greater depth in the plot. Ultimately building to a creepy ending that left me stunned! 4*
I would hugely recommend to YA fans of horror & mystery novels. Also to readers like myself who are sometime drawn to an intriguing plot in the YA genre.

This is a dark and twisted book with many, many secrets.  
I'm in my 30s, but this YA novel had me biting my  nails throughout.  
The chapters end with a message from someone or something and that just adds to the chilling nature of the book.  
I would use this books with my students to emphasise how central setting is to a novel.  This would simply not have been the same book had it been set anywhere else in the world.  The Scandinavian Woods, although beautiful, are  cold, isolated, vast and dangerous.