Dark Fantasy: An Intricate Web of Suspense
Eva Pasco
Goodreads: 5-Stars
December 6, 2025
An Intricate Web of Suspense
‘The Thunderbolt Effect,’ Author Kristina Gallo’s dark fantasy horror, is an intricate web tightly woven by interrelated characters affected by the brief affair and subsequent traffic fatality of Alice Smith, Susan Grant’s mother.
These interrelated characters, along with those passing through the novel, have unlikable traits. This in itself is refreshing. The protagonist, Susan Grant, is no exception. Yet, she had me rooting for her when the “thunderbolt effect” manifested: forty-five years old; at a stalemate in her career, working for a much younger boss who disrespects her.
Puzzle, the tarot master’s cat, has nothing on the author’s prowess for connecting the puzzle pieces of this story from beginning to end via character background and disturbing plot developments.
A must-read!
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