Sleepy Hollow

De: Dax Varley

Narrado por: Sofia Willingham

Katrina is still haunted by her encounter with the Headless Horseman - the night he beckoned to her. Now he has risen again, slashing heads and terrorizing the quiet countryside.

Her only joy during this dismal darkness comes when Ichabod Crane, a gorgeous young man from Connecticut, moves to Sleepy Hollow and their attraction turns to romance.

When the Horseman marks Ichabod as his next victim, Katrina, despite dangerous efforts to save him, sees no other choice than for them to flee.

But the Horseman awaits. Now it's up to her to sever the horror and alter the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

©2014 Dax Varley (P)2014 Dax Varley

A twist on a classic tale.

One of my favorite movies is Sleepy Hollow starring Johnny Depp. It is twisted and sick just the way I like things. This story is more of a romance with the headless horseman terrorizing the villagers. I enjoyed this story it was pretty good up until the ending, that part was a disappointment. The biggest draw of the story was who was controlling the headless horseman and while this story tells of how he came to be, the story had so much more potential that fell flat. Plus there were a lot of questions that were left unanswered. But for a book that was on sale it was worth the cost. Narrator was okay, she did fit the main character.

A ghost of another kind

The story is very interesting with a different twist on the hessian. The twist at the end almost made me feel like I was in a Scooby-Doo episode (in a good way) I was very happy to see Katrina and Ichabod run away together.
I won’t lie there were to many “I don’t know” says that I got a little frustrated. The narrator wasn’t bad but she read in a way that I had to go back and listen over again. She didn’t do a good job distinguishing characters and if she did it was too fast that I thought the same character was speaking. All in all it was a good book and perfect for the Halloween season.

Spooky Tale

I love this version of the classic story, with shocking plot twists. The story is well put together and has a great flow. So frequently the bad guy is easy to figure out from the start but with this story I had no idea. It was such a shock at the end.
This story is told from the perspective of Katrina, the daughter to a wealthy businessman. When the schoolmaster is beheaded and surrounded by scorched grass, the town becomes fearful of the hessian's ghost also known as the headless horseman. When the new schoolmaster becomes marked Katrina becomes hellbent on coming up with answers and putting the horseman's ghost to rest, but during a time when people are fearful of the unknown and witchcraft she may have put herself in the line of fire. The Narrator does a fantastic job with all of the voices.

Not a bad book. Three and a half stars!

Any additional comments?

I would have given the book a three and half stars. I liked it more at the beginning but as time went on I found the main character to be selfish, especially when it came to her farther. I felt she did not love him a lot if she was contemplating leaving him without telling him where she was going. I can understand her doing it at the beginning but once she got to know her farther as we did I thought she might change. It would have been clever of her if she could have changed her farther especially when things started to heat up.

I did not like the ending, I felt there was some unanswered questions but I found out that there is a book two which I will read to find out what will happen next.

There is no language or sexual content except for kissing and an attempted rape scene towards the end. There is violence which is to be expected, after all this is sleepy hollow with a headless horsemen.

I would recommend this book to those who love adaptation of Sleepy Hollow.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author.

Good audiobook

Would you listen to Sleepy Hollow again? Why?

The narration was original and the story also.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Sleepy Hollow?

The end and the beginning were no surprise.

Which character – as performed by Sofia Willingham – was your favorite?

The main character was my favourite character.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

I would choose the tagline of the book.

Any additional comments?

"This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review."