The Demonic: Supernatural Horror Series, Book 1

THE DEMONIC: A Supernatural Horror Novel, is the first book I've read by author Lee Mountford. What an incredible introduction this was to his work! We start off with Danni Morgan, her husband Jon, and their two children, Leah and Alex. As they are traveling to Danni's hometown of Bishop's Hill--a place she ran away from due to her father's horrific abuse--we learn that the purpose of the trip is to bury her hated father, and check out the homestead she inherited before putting it on the market. Both Jon and young Alex (who was born with Cerebral Palsy) have a scientific, logical approach to matters, whereas Danni and Leah are somewhat more "sensitive" in general."It is what it is."First of all, I found the atmosphere to be all-encompassing, at ALL times. Mountford begins by setting the mood with the feelings of each of the family members on the way to Bishop's Hill. Danni is quite understandingly (as we are soon to learn) apprehensive and uneasy about the return. She makes it quite clear that she is only going there to see the man she ran from put in the ground--permanently. She wanted nothing more than to get through the ordeal and go home: ". . . Her real home, the one she had made for herself. Not this fading echo of one . . ."Everything from the dying, sombre town, to the neglected, dusty farm home that is Danni's inheritance, just combines to put the reader in a perpetual state of depressive unease. I even found myself jumping at noises in my own home while reading this! Accompanying this pervading feeling of dread is the constant sense of being watched by unseen eyes and half glimpsed shadows at all times.". . . We aren't alone here."In terms of characterization, Mountford is--again--at the top of his game. We see and "feel" these characters as their moods shift, and their thoughts and feelings begin to alter to fit their surroundings. The one person to retain his stubborn decision to stay a few days is Jon, whereas the rest of the family are growing more frantic to leave each time they get out for a short respite.". . . There is something evil there. And it will kill you all . . . "I can honestly say that this book took hold of me and never let up. Even when I was sure that the tension would have to relax momentarily, it didn't. The entities inhabiting this cursed place continuously became more terrifying on a mental level as each page progressed.". . . He was trapped between two places: . . . a prision in life and in death, but also somewhere else. Somewhere worse . . . "I simply can not do the overall oppressive "fear" that this novel evoked enough justice. Imagine your worst nightmare, and regardless of how hard you try to wake up, things only get more frantic and hopeless. These characters were ones I could feel--each rapid heartbeat, each moment of desperately wanting to escape the "nightmare" they found themselves in, became my universe for a while. The task they had come to complete became something that nobody could have foreseen.". . . Simply turning people and taking lives was not enough. Lives were finite. This was eternal . . . "Overall, all of the elements that I look for in a good novel were present here at all turns. Lee Mountford has a very strong, fluid writing style that was able to captivate and carry me along right from the start. The atmosphere was so absolute that I honestly felt like I was in HIS reality during the course of this tale."Existing without really living."It's been a long time since a novel actually scared me. THE DEMONIC did just that.Highly recommended!

Well I liked this book. I wanted a scare. I love getting into a world that is not of this world and things I know won’t happen yet be scared of what ifs. It helps me get out of the real world which can be a different type of scare I need to escape from. This book although it wasn’t my favorite scary book. It helped with the caving a bit. It wasn’t boring and kept me reading and turning the page. I was not scared per say. But I was on the edge of my seat a couple of time. That being said I do not scare easily because I love reading and I am immune to it now. I do not like gore so this fit the bill for now.

After escaping her abusive father and leaving behind everything that reminded her of her loving mother, Danni has go back home one more time.After many years, Danni has to go back home to put to rest the body of the man that tormented her for so long. Her past is tinted with awful memories of what she had to endure growing up. The things that were done to her, were inhumane to say the least.Her once loving father turned into a monster after her mother committed suicide in the farm’s mill. He abused her in every sense of the word. To say that she was not interested in going back to that awful place… well it was the understatement of the century.Her dear husband had other plans though. He thought that if she went back to the farm, one more time and faced her true fears, she would be able to overcome them and leave everything behind once and for all. He had the brilliant idea of staying in the awful house because he was sure that that would help Danni.As soon as the family of four settles in, weird and scary things begin to happen. Danni’s son, Alex swears that he saw a scary old lady with a black smile. The poor kid couldn’t even begin to imagine what was about to unfold. His sister Leah, after deciding that she wanted to take a shower, sees someone, a man, standing by the door, looking at her with a predatory smile.Guess what? Dear old Jon (the stupid husband) thinks the kids just have an overactive imagination and they just need time to get use to the spooky house.The bastard will come to regret ever suggesting going to that hell of a house.As the story develops, we learn what truly happen when Danni was growing up. We can see the true evil that lurks inside the house. That evil that took her mom’s life and immediately after took hold of her father and never let him go.The things that were done to her broke my heart in a million pieces and I had to stop reading, regroup and then continue. I was horrified beyond words.I don’t even have to say how much I hated the husband, but I will. Everything that happened to him, was well deserved in my opinion. I hated his mentality and the way he wanted to see everything either black or white. Everything has a reasonable explanation my butt! There are things that science cannot explain. Things that we cannot (and I don’t think will ever) comprehend. We just need to accept that and move on. The fact that he was willing to put his family in danger just to teach them a lesson and prove a point, pissed me off to a whole new level. He did not deserve them.And that ending… oh Lord. That ending. I get that it’s a horror story, that’s the reason why I wanted to read it, but COME ON!!! Did it really needed to end like that???? That kid had enough on his plate! He did not needed anything else.The story overall had the right amount of spooks I wanted but it also had the ability to make me so mad I wanted to punch someone.

This book is a quick read that is creepy in the way that you would hope. The short stories after the end of the novel are also pretty solid.

Was looking for a good horror author and I think I found one ! This book is about 220 pages. I liked the writing style. It flowed easily enough without being over bearing with unnessesary descriptions. The demon in the story was pretty scary as well. I also liked the ending ! Not going to give too much away though ! It was the typical haunted house story but the author made it their own. Only thing I wasn't a huge fan of was how short the book was. I would of liked more of a back story and more encounters etc. It was a little "rushed " for my liking but all in all was a good book ! I have purchased a few more by this author and am excited to read them ! I also enjoyed how they included two short stories in the back by other authors! Was a nice touch. I also like how they have advertisements for his other books as well in the back of the book. That way you can see what else they have to offer and look up those books as well to maybe order /read ! I definitely reccomend checking this author out! Don't want to give away too much about the story though so I'm going to end my review here !

Well written and very entertaining all the way through. Creepy as hell

What a great read. Lee certainly knows how to keep a story going. A good haunting with a hint of Lovecraft. Not as gory as Tormented but all the better for it. This is the third book I've read and it's great to have a modern British horror writer who knows his stuff. Highly recommended!

This is my first book by this author, and I must say that I am beyond impressed. I have read a couple of books in this horror genre previously and found them boring, predictable and not at all scary.The Demonic delivers on its promise, if you enjoy movies like Amityville Horror, you will enjoy this. It's a quick read that dives into the realms of the supernatural easily with well-written and likeable characters. It was impossible to put down and has generated an interest to discover more of this author's work. I highly recommend it.

Ich hab "Tormented" von Lee Mountford auch gelesen,das auch ganz toll vom Stil her ist,sich aber leider ab der Mitte in total grotesken Elementen verliert.Weniger wäre da mehr gewesen.Aber "Demonic" ist von Anfang an volle Pulle grusel-wusel bis zum Schluss.DAS liest man doch gerne!

I enjoyed this book. It was a really good read, it just didn't have me gripped enough. I would of given it 5 stars, but it just took me a long time to read it and I dont really know why.I will definitely read more of lee Mountfords books after reading this and I do recommend it.