William

This is one for Stephen King fans, absolutely! If you love horror, you'll absolutely eat this one up.

I thought it had the perfect touch of horror, personality and AI. I loved the inclusion of the technology in this text - it felt very modern and creative, and I thought the inclusion of AI made it all the more terrifying and tense.

I don't usually read books in one sitting, but I couldn't turn away from this one. I loved it. It was everything I wanted. The characters were perfect, the story was engaging and tense, and the ending was truly shocking and surprising.

I was immediately drawn to this book based on the synopsis as I love a good thriller with a bit of sci-fi thrown in. I’d say it’s on the shorter side of most thrillers but it certainly packs a punch! The author did a great job of creating an eerie atmosphere and with the entire story takes place in one location it made it feel very tense and claustrophobic. William the AI was really well written - he was freaky, creepy and made me feel quite uneasy. The ending was perfect and unexpected!

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion

5 Stars from me!

INCREDIBLE what did I just read?!

I've got a terrible habit of not reading the blurb on books before I read them. I tend to skim it when I decide if I want to read it but then it might be weeks or months before I actually do and at that point I trust past Lisa to have made a good decision...

Consequently, sometimes books are a huge surprise and William by Mason Coile sure was that! I loved it, it was fascinating, confusing, gross, funny and above all impossible to to put down. What a superb concept and brilliantly executed - bravo Mason Coile.

As someone who wouldn’t usually call themselves a horror fan, I was absolutely HOOKED by this creepy, thought-provoking and downright terrifying book!

We follow a single day in the lives of Lily, Henry and William. William is an AI robot (and honestly, the physical description of him was like something from Frankenstein) who seems to have a strange hatred for Henry, his creator. As expected, things go downhill FAST and we are plunged into a literal House of Horrors as William begins controlling aspects of the “smart” house.

I read this in one sitting because I simply couldn’t sleep without knowing what was going to happen!

I am absolutely in my horror era, and William hit the spot and also chilled me to the core while completely sucking me in.

We meet Henry, an engineer with agoraphobia. Hidden away within his home with his pregnant wife, Henry begins to unravel, especially when his newest creation, William, starts pulling Henry's strings. William, from the outset, scared me. He's a half created robot, a warped confident of Henry's, but he's also toe curling. The way that Mason Coile describes William moving across the room is forever burnt into my brain and is in itself nightmare material.

As Henry begins to lose control of William, William's obsession with Henry's wife, Lily, begins to grow. After their initial meeting, William changes, and his anger spiders out to more than chilling 'friendly' word play with his creator. He begins to haunt their home and create absolute havoc.

My childhood nightmare character was Slappy from Goosebumps. Even now, I can't watch a show with him in it. William is the AI, robotic version that is seared into my nightmares. Mason has created an electric and terrifying atmosphere within this book. The writing was perfect and melted like butter but left that forewarning sense of doom. I swear can't of the chapters. I completely held my breath, and I couldn't get enough air in after completing.

William is a horror novel that has what it is to be human at its core. But it's also a book about loneliness and the urge for a connection. William is absolutely a ghost story filled with the most tummy twisting of thrills and adrenaline pumping chills. I would highly recommend adding this one to your Halloween TBR!

This is such a genius premise. I loved the genre mash-up: Psychological horror with a sci-fi/Spec bent. I'd love to read more books in this genre so kudos to the author for the ingenuity. Highly recommended to anyone who likes a chilling read anywhere in the thriller/sci fi/horror spectrum

Wow! William is creepy, terrifying and has a killer twist that I did not see coming. I read this in one sitting. The perfect Halloween read.