Nestlings

De: Nat Cassidy

Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell, Nat Cassidy

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the creeping paranoia of Rosemary's Baby and the urban horror of Salem's Lot, set in an exclusive New York City residential building.

“This is the horror book of the year.”—Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse

Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2023—Paste Magazine

Ana and Reid needed a lucky break.

The horrifically complicated birth of their first child has left Ana paralyzed, bitter, and struggling: with mobility, with her relationship with Reid, with resentment for her baby. That's about to change with the words any New Yorker would love to hear—affordable housing lottery.

They've won an apartment in the Deptford, one of Manhattan's most revered buildings with beautiful vistas of Central Park and stunning architecture.

Reid dismisses disturbing events and Ana’s deep unease and paranoia as the price of living in New York—people are odd—but he can't explain the needle-like bite marks on the baby.

Other Books by Nat Cassidy:

Mary: An Awakening of Terror

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.

©2023 Nat Cassidy (P)2023 Macmillan Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Cassandra Campbell's careful pacing and deliberate articulation complement this horror audiobook.... Utilizing a variety of accents, she perfectly renders a large cast of humans and monsters, including a mysterious and glamorous movie star. Nat Cassidy narrates his author's note at the end with remarkable optimism, considering the distressing series of events that inspired the story." (AudioFile)

“A truly creepy story of urban and bodily unease. Nat Cassidy has created a terrifyingly claustrophobic world, and his clean, beautiful prose manages to make the horrific events he describes here feel dismayingly plausible. You’ll certainly never look at a gargoyle the same way again.”—Scott B. Smith, Bestselling author of The Ruins and A Simple Plan

“Nestlings cleverly pays homage to classic horror while also filling its Manhattan highrise with post-2020 frights and concerns. Nat Cassidy has written a creepy page-turner where the scariest things of all are what reside in the human (or inhuman) heart.”—Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.

“Nestlings builds on the success of Nat Cassidy's first novel, the strong Mary: An Awakening of Terror. An impressive accomplishment in its own right, Nestlings shows Cassidy expanding his range as a writer with skill and confidence, with this gripping twenty-first century take on some old terrors.”—John Langan, author of The Fisherman

One of my favorite new authors

An entertaining, unsettling and weirdly relatable horror novel. Full of creepy crawlies and real-world struggles. There were a few loose ends, but whose life doesn't have those? Loved it.

1st 5-star of the year for me

Nat Cassidy is definitely an auto-buy author for me now. This and Mary are both favorites! Can't wait for his 2024 release.

A muddled Thriller.

A muddled Thriller.

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Narration:🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
Writing: ✒️✒️✒️
Details: 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Characters:🧡🧡
Horror: 💀

I am struggling to determine if I just listened to a Horror Novel or a Thriller Novel. If it was a horror novel, my honest opinion would be it was a major miss. If it was a Thriller book, it was a wishy-washy Thriller at best. The characters were written in a way that didn't feel genuine or relatable. There was a major missed opportunity to describe this big beautiful, ancient building and how the characters truly became detached and angry, leaving me the reader wanting more. Camilla our villainess, should have been written in greater detail instead of the main focus on her career and her past, which had no relation to the present. Amanda who has experienced so much turmoil just felt flat for me. Reed, is a whole other ball of goop in himself feeling so whinny. Reed was supposed to be the support for his family but was characterized as not. It just fell flat and was a super slow start. The narration was however done exceptionally well.

2024 On to the Next.

A unsettling and refreshing take on the Vampire

This is a captivating and emotional story over the trials of motherhood, the monstrous form of parental gaslighting and at its heart a character(s) that feel genuine.

This is a really fun story!

A couple wins a lottery to live in a fantastic and historic building in New York City. But there turns out to be a catch. And the story gets going from there. The story takes a bit to get going, but once it does, it is a blast. Typical friction between a scared wife and a skeptical husband occurs in the book. They both have different experiences while living in the apartment building, with the husband's experience being a bit more mysterious while the wife's being a bit more horrific. When the poop hits the fan at the end, boy is it a fun and stressful ride. Narrator does a great job, but the wife's voice is a little "off" in a way, but I adapted. Pick this one up if you want a good, creepy read!

Solid 4.5

I wish Audible allowed for half-star reviews. This book was really good but not quite 5-stars for me. I struggled a little bit with the pacing of this story as it seemed like it took a little too long to reach the reveal. However, the author does a great job of building the insidious feeling of dread, claustrophobia, and dread. This book has many trigger warning but I would say that although it tackles all of the topics mentioned at the beginning of the book Nat Cassidy approaches them in such a respectful manner, and I specifically appreciated how he approached the topic of disability.

Whinny MC

The writing was great, but I did NOT care for the ending. I also didn’t care for the main character, Anna. She was very whinny to me.

The ending.

It was good overall. The narrator was good but not as good as Cassidy’s last narrator.
The beginning was a bit slow but still good. The last third of the book is where it takes off. So be patient and keep going.

Excessively mediocre

not a fan of the narration and the story was just ok. a twist on vampires i guess but it was just meh

Very engaging, slow burn, not too slow

I like the complexity and rawness of the characters. I like the mysterious reveal of the nature of the baddies over time. I loved the heroine’s strength, courage, and perseverance. Great story.