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Review: The Burial Tide

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Book information Title: The Burial Tide Author: Neil Sharpson Genre: Horror, Thriller, Mythology I started reading The Burial Tide expecting a standard horror story mixed with some suspenseful aspects, but this book surprised me. The mythological aspect of this book is not only unique from other horror books who usually don't include mythology but it's also creative as it displays Irish mythology and not Greek or Norse, which is more common to see in a book. But that's not everything that made this book stand out from other horror books and I will discuss this below. The protagonist of this story wakes up in a coffin, she was buried alive and has no memory of what happened before this. With her new amnesia she unravels the dark truth of Inishbannock, the island she is living in. Not only does Mara start to feel suspicious and unsafe around her neighbours as she comes closer to the truth, Declan Burke, a new villager is sharing her concerns. As she starts to remember more of...