Name: Enter, Night
ISBN: 9781926851457

Michael Rowe

Welcome to Parr's Landing, Population 1,528 . . . and shrinking.

Enter, Night

Sarah Sammis

Enter, Night by Michael Rowe weaves a tale of a Canadian town in decline and besieged by the curse of the wendigo. All of this plays out as Christina Parr, recently widowed is forced to move back to Parr's Landing with her daughter and brother in law.

Mrs. Parr, matriarch of Parr's Landing is by far the most evil creature, far more so than the ever hungry wendigo. She can't abide the fact that her favorite son left her to marry a woman she doesn't approve of. Nor can she accept that her other son is gay.

Enter, Night tells the tale of the wendigo (sort of new world vampire) in a similar fashion to Angelology by Danielle Trussoni (review coming). Both cover a lot of history and numerous points of view. Enter, Night comes close to a dozen points of view.

It is these multiple points of view and multiple eras that is the weakest part of the novel. The present day tale of the Parr family coming apart at the seams while the wendigo returns after a decade's long absence is the most compelling and hair-raising part of the book, but it gets lost in the flashbacks.

Maggie Gordon

I'm been a bit hesitant to pick up vampire books because there's been so many of them, and most are pretty terrible. There's been little new in the sub-genre, and even classic stories haven't been written particularly well. And then came along Enter, Night. It is a traditional vampire story set up in the northern parts of Ontario and it's terrifying. These are not sparkling vampires. These are deadly, inhuman monsters that destroy many things very quickly. I loved the Canadian setting because small depressed mining towns are creepy places, and the characters were compelling. The only complaint that I have is that the ending was abrupt and left me with a lot of questions. Possible sequel?