The Dark Beneath the Ice

by Amelinda Berube

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Thank you to NetGalley and SourcebooksFire for an e-arc in exchange for my honest review.


This book was far creepier than I was expecting it to be. Just wow.

Marianne's life is drastically changing due to her parents. This life change starts making strange things happen, first Marianne starts losing things, and then she starts losing pieces of her memory as well. The more time goes on the more things start getting strange and the less she remembers about certain situations. She doesn't start putting things together until her mom leaves her with her aunt while she goes and checks herself into the hospital. With this happening Marianne is now convinced that she is the problem and that she is the one going crazy as she is having more and more trouble focusing on school and finals. With a little help from her new friend Ron though she is able to start figuring out what is happening and it appears to not be human.

Overall I really enjoyed this book. I needed to know what was going to happen next and what in the world was happening to Marianne. I loved how her new friend Ron stuck by her side through most of it, and helped her figure things out the more scary things got for Marianne. Another thing I liked was how even though Marianne's parents were going through things they still made sure she was okay, and they tried to work together through the aunt to make sure that she stayed safe with all of this strange things happening.

One thing that I found really frustrating was the exam portion of this book, I know it was a little thing, but for some reason the fact that she was still taking them even though all this other stuff was going on and we never saw her studying bothered me for some reason. Another thing that bothered me was how clueless the aunt seemed to be about certain things that were happening in her own house. Like really, come on now, we all know you're smarter than this you've lived alone for years you know certain things don't just happen.

Dark Beneath The Ice kept me on my toes throughout the book with the need to know what happened next, and I can't wait to read Berube's next book!