Dive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley Armstrong
Publication Date: October 6th 2026 by St. Martin's Press & Macmillan Audio
Pages: 288
Audio Book Length: 8hrs 23min
Narrator: Helen Laser, Shane Ghostkeeper, Sean Patrick Hopkins
Source: Publishers
Rating: ★★★★
My
Thoughts:
Ellie is driving home on a stormy night when, out of
nowhere, a woman appears in the road. When she swerves to avoid her, Ellie
crashes into a downed tree. With a disabled car and no cell service, she sets
out to find help and stumbles upon what looks like a rundown bar. Another
traveler, Henry, crashes into Ellie’s car when he spots it too late. Three more
cars soon crash: Edgar, an older man; Noemi and Caleb, a young couple in love;
and Raymond, a ruthless businessman. The stranded travelers all end up at the
same bar, waiting for the storm to pass and their cell service to return.
It starts to dawn on Ellie and Henry that not everything
is as it seems, and maybe it’s no accident they all ended up at the same bar.
The forest is more than creepy. It’s dangerous. Will they make it out alive?
Dive Bar at the End of the Road had me on the edge
of my seat trying to figure out what was going on! I was rooting for Ellie and
Henry! There’s an ode to classic horror films sprinkled throughout, and some of
my favorites were brought vividly to life. The story was atmospheric, creepy,
and the perfect way to kick off spooky season!
I alternated between reading and listening to the
audiobook, and I enjoyed all three narrators. Helen Laser, Shane Ghostkeeper,
and Sean Patrick Hopkins did an excellent job conveying the uneasiness,
tension, and horror of the situation!
4 Stars
Book Description:
Final Destination meets The Cabin at the End of the World in this supernatural horror from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, in which a series of car accidents traps a group of strangers at a dive bar.
A forested road at night, slick from the pounding rain and eerily illuminated by flashes of lightning. Just before midnight, a car swerves to avoid something—or someone—mysteriously standing in the road, only to slam into a fallen tree instead. In the pitch black, four more cars follow in a pileup no one can seem to avoid.
Stumbling out of the wreckage, soaked from the rain and nursing various injuries, five strangers find themselves in a backwoods dive bar, waiting for daybreak and hoping for cell service. But as tensions rise and the storm rages on outside, the occupants of the dive bar start to notice that not everything is as it seems. Time is moving differently, and they quickly learn that going outside—whether to assist another accident victim or to hike for help—is a very bad idea.
There’s something in the woods, something that isn't natural. Could the figure in the road have been a warning? Or something more sinister? None of this is normal, and they'll need to work together to figure out what’s happening if they have any hope of surviving the night.
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