In Canada the writing and pacing of this is akin to the show ‘Corner Gas’ or for the newer crowd ‘Letterkenny.’ This is small town Canada to a T. It is through the past and the present that we learn about the secret they kept from all those years ago, and how that secret created ripples through each of their lives until now. We follow Trevor (Trev to his friends) as he returns to Grimshaw after a close high school friend dies. The book takes place in two time periods – Grade 11 in Grimshaw and present day aka 20 years later after the events in the past.

For me, Pyper is the best writer on the planet for a reason – every single sentence he writes is sublime, but he is always willing and capable of writing the gore-iest, scariest scenes out there. What I liked: This may very well be the first coming-of-age thriller/horror story I’ve read from a Canadian author, especially one of this magnitude (does The Troop count?).

I now really regret having waited so long to read this. So, I decided to abandon my two current reads – and decided to dive into ‘The Guardians.’ It’s a weird world we’re living in and with COVID-19 creating so much unknown and for many people a loss of enjoyment of normally enjoyable activities, reading has become a solitude for many.įor me – I went two days in a row without reading a book. If I have no Pyper to read, what can I turn to when I’m struggling or in a slump? 2) God forbid, what if the unfortunate happened and for some reason I didn’t like one of them? I know, I know, probably not going to happen, but it’s a worry. At this point the only two I haven’t read from him were ‘The Guardians’ and ‘Killing Circle.’ Why hadn’t I read them? Two reasons really – 1) Pyper is my grounding author. Look, there really is no secret to my adoration of Andrew Pyper and his books. “There was something wrong about a house people chose not to live in.”

The Guardians by Andrew Pyper