Pleasant Valley

Pleasant Valley
Eralides E. Cabrera
AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1-4208-2214-4
Fiction, Suspense, Thriller
Reviewed by Dr. Tami Brady

On the surface, Pleasant Valley is pleasant. Nick Soter was born and raised in the small town and has had a pretty normal almost idealist life. His parents are outstanding and well respected members of the community. School is fine. Nick has even been invited to play his keyboard with his buddies in a local band. Life for Nick Soter is great and can only get better. Who knew that one wrong turn could bring Nick’s world crashing down? Who could have possibly guessed at the evil that was lurking beneath the pleasant exterior of Pleasant Valley?
Pleasant Valley is a thriller that follows the life of Nick Soter after the aftermath of discovering the strange and evil mysteries at work in his hometown. Despite that Nick tries to just put these events out of his head and get on with his life, these incidents just keep coming back to haunt him. I like this aspect of Pleasant Valley as I think “trying to just get over it” is a really common reaction to trauma and almost always seems to lead right back to the problem.