The Body is a pulse-pounding supernatural horror story from bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow, where one woman must survive a series of bizarre and escalating attacks on her marriage.

Mavis broke from her parents’ congregation years ago, but she still hasn’t recovered. Their impossible expectations and soul-shredding critiques have dug deep into her mind, and she’s taunted by the knowledge that even when she’s done nothing wrong, she’ll never be right.

Now Mavis is afraid she’s about to lose the only thing she has: her husband, Jerrod. The man she’s always known was too good to be true. No one thinks she deserves him—not even after surviving the serial cheater they wanted her to stick by—and soon they’ll all find out they were right.

Mavis is already unraveling when a brush with death shows her what real fear looks like. Soon, she’s under constant attack from all directions. As the assaults turn increasingly vicious and bizarre, Mavis realizes that Hell isn’t reserved for the afterlife.

And sinner or not, no one is coming to save her.

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This was a book I hadn’t heard about until I received in in my Owlcrate horror box, but I figured I would give it a go.

The Body centers around Mavis and her husband Jerrod, the former of which starts the book off with a rather nasty car accident that leaves her shaken and injured, but not terribly so. She’s more shaken by the fact that the people who hit her were a couple she knew. That event sets off an essential landslide of eerie events.

This was an interesting take on religious horror, but there were times I felt it didn’t quite go far enough with the supernatural element. It definitely could have been fleshed out more and more developed in the premise. There was also a lot of back and forth timeline wise, which at some points was a little confusing as it was abrupt at times.

Overall it certainly had that creepy factor and a whole different take on how binding certain things can be – but I felt it didn’t quite go far enough in the way of fleshing out the concept.

Happy reading!

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