“A brilliantly written and exciting horror novella. Dramatic and terrifying, the scenes move speedily along to an ending which stayed in my head for some while.”
—Banshee Irish Horror Blog
“Harvest Festival is a splendidly horrific adventure that makes me think of the old Quatermass series.”
—Altered Instinct
“I always love being surprised by a story. Harvest Festival is deceiving, setting up what feels like a small secluded tale which quickly outgrows its boundaries, expanding into something I couldn’t have predicted. To me, this felt like the story that M. Night Shyamalan’s “Signs” could have been. Great example of what long fiction should be, the “fluff” stripped away, leaving only a rip-roaring story that plows along roads seldom tread. I discovered this book on the list of preliminary Bram Stoker Awards nominees; definitely deserving of the honor.”
—The Behrg
“What begins as a picture of a typical family scene soon flips into a terrifying fight for survival. Harvest Festival was a straight through, single sitting read.”
—Grab This Book
“My heart was in my mouth. I could very much feel the fear that the family were feeling and as a parent my maternal instinct was kicking in and shouting at Callum and Cerys to get their family to safety. This is certainly not a novel you want to read just before going to bed. It literally had me on the edge of my seat.”
—ByTheLetterBookReviews
“From the moment Callum wakes in the middle of the night the action is spellbinding. The isolation of the setting, the dreamlike quality to events and ignorance to what is truly happening lends suspense. Reading this in bed at night my heart was pounding and every muscle tense as I willed the family to safety and even when I thought they had a chance, Drinkwater adds more to the terror.”
—Jera’s Jamboree
“I was really creeped out. I flew through it holding my breath when the action started.”
—Life of a Nerdish Mum
