4 Stars for FOLLOWERS by Christina Bergling

Followers, by Christina Bergling is a good read, but to be honest, for a little more than a third of the way in, I read about Sidney, a horror blogger/reviewer and her daily life at her dead end job, her bloody photo shoots (for her blog), her family/personal problems and of course, her online presence working toward her goal of becoming an internet sensation, which was the cursor to get the story going, but nothing had really happened yet.

I'm a horror move fan, so it held my interest, and the writing was good. I enjoyed the trip to the Telluride Horror Film Festival, the discussion of Rocky Horror among other favorite horror movies, and that would have been fine if this wasn't a book in the horror/dark fiction genre. I'm all for setting up the story plot and characters, but it could have been condensed so the core of the story could begin sooner. 

When the action did start, however, I was drawn right in. The creep factor was good, especially as Sidney's online conversations got darker, more personal and her online fans wanted more and more of her and from her, causing the suspense to build up nicely. In the end it became quite a chilling game of cat and mouse between Sidney and her 'followers', that I absolutely enjoyed despite it taking a while to get there. 

I received a complimentary ARC from the publisher for an honest review.

You can purchase FOLLOWERS, from the publisher, Crystal Lake Publishing here or Amazon, here