{"id":17646,"date":"2022-11-14T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=17646"},"modified":"2022-11-13T01:30:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T06:30:33","slug":"review-lute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-lute\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Lute by Jennifer Thorne"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17647\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-lute\/lute\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lute.jpg?fit=326%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"326,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lute\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lute.jpg?fit=326%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17647\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lute.jpg?resize=228%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cover of Lute\" width=\"228\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lute.jpg?resize=228%2C350&amp;ssl=1 228w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lute.jpg?w=326&amp;ssl=1 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 85vw, 228px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lute-Jennifer-Marie-Thorne\/dp\/125082608X\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=34T0AF6GLGOZ2&amp;keywords=lute+jennifer+thorne&amp;qid=1668319888&amp;sprefix=Lute+Jenn%2Caps%2C916&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Lute<\/em>\u00a0by Jennifer Thorne<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tor Nightfire (October 2022)\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>288 pages; $24.99 hardcover; $13.99 ebook\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaleyNewlin22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaleyNewlin22&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1664832126837000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0HcSeNYtqyPMMTTSrgPdBn\">Haley Newlin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is all one big horrifying party and I\u2019m the hostess.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In Jennifer Thorne\u2019s <em>Lute<\/em> readers follow Nina, a mother of two, and via marriage the \u201cLady of Lute.\u201d With a war-torn backdrop, ritualistic nature, and an unseen ruler of the island, Nina struggles to understand the annual custom referred to as \u201cThe Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Day dates back thousand of years. At the heart of it is the tithe stone, where barbaric rituals took place. Where the \u201csacrificial rock\u201d descended time and again, smashing through hair, skull, and brain matter. 2,000 years before Druid predicts oversaw the sacrifices of The Day and it was an honor to give up your life.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the means of the day became more humane. But the island held its haunted shade and saw tragedy after tragedy. The island takes who it deems fit, children, mothers, fathers, and the people of Lute submit to it. Provide offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Nina soon learns that accepting the people of Lute, becoming one of them is a condition of her and her children\u2019s survival. As Nina steps into the role of Lady Treadway on The Day, she witness a number of accidents and supernaturally cruel slaughters. In every wobble, trip, or move, Nina feels the covenant\u2019s presence, like a snake ready to strike.<\/p>\n<p>I do wish Thorne would\u2019ve held readers in the chaos of the final thirty minutes of The Day. This part really\u00a0puts readers\u2019 nerves on needle-thin tripwire. But the reveal, an uncovered emissary of death, was earth-shattering, and emblematic of a woman\u2019s ferocity and the will to live.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lute<\/em>\u00a0is a masterful merriment of folk horror and murder mystery. Thorne captures the shock and terror of horror fan-favorites like\u00a0T<em>he Wicker Man <\/em>and\u00a0<em>Midsommar<\/em>. But the ending, the bizarre shift The Day transpires in Lord Treadway (Hugh), felt like an ode to classic mystery novels like Agatha Christie\u2019s\u00a0<em>And Then There Were None<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lute<\/em> is a shining thread that links readers to the imaginative mind of Thorne, reminiscent of Ari Aster, the tonic of an unputdownable mystery, and folk horror in the same vein as Adam Nevill\u2019s writing.<\/p>\n<p>Thorne conjured a read that feels like watching the world explode in beautiful obliteration. It\u2019s a haunting and simultaneously hopeful reminder that we live in defiance of death each day, and on the island of Lute, the siren of The Day, of \u201cThe Shining One\u2019s,\u201d will always call.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">I\u2019ll eagerly await whatever Jennifer Thorne has to offer us hungry readers next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lute\u00a0by Jennifer Thorne\u00a0 Tor Nightfire (October 2022)\u00a0 288 pages; $24.99 hardcover; $13.99 ebook\u00a0 Reviewed by\u00a0Haley Newlin This is all one big horrifying party and I\u2019m the hostess. In Jennifer Thorne\u2019s Lute readers follow Nina, a mother of two, and via marriage the \u201cLady of Lute.\u201d With a war-torn backdrop, ritualistic nature, and an unseen ruler &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-lute\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: Lute by Jennifer Thorne&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80],"tags":[2299,2846,2845,79],"class_list":["post-17646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-haley-newlin","tag-jennifer-thorne","tag-lute","tag-reviews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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