“Ramona Emerson is a Diné writer and filmmaker originally from Tohatchi, New Mexico.

#OwnVoicesįrom Ramona Emerson’s Amazon Author Page: Two more books to go and, as far as I’m concerned, Ramona Emerson can’t write and release them fast enough! If you haven’t picked up this hot release, I absolutely recommend you add it to your TBR list STAT. I often shy away from series, but I’m so glad to have gotten hooked on this one. This novel will fly by with the blink of an eye and leave you transfixed by Emerson’s storytelling prowess. Lingering ethical questions that will keep the reader thinking about this story after they’ve reached “The End.”īut whereas Sundial leaned more toward atmospheric, psychological horror with beautifully applied dashes of thriller, Ramona Emerson’s Shutter offers a gritty, action-packed occult thriller with alternating dives into the struggles (psychological, societal, and otherworldy) that led the main character to this particular crossroads. (as already noted) a setting in the contemporary American SouthwesternĪ creative, conflicted, yet fiercely determined female lead (one is an author, the other a photographer)Ī mother and a daughter with a complicated relationship that plays out in surprising ways In this case, both of my March reviews include (among other things): One of the things I love about reading as a writer is appreciating when two talented writers can use a number of similar elements and then craft that raw material into vastly different stories. And, my friends, they are getting it done.

What can I say? The women horror writers are liking the American Southwest as a setting lately. Can it be true? A second Dair Reads Review of a novel set in the desert? In the same month, no less? These are crazy days indeed.

Shutter by Ramona Emerson