From the author of The Hunger—hailed by Stephen King as “deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down”—comes a hauntingly atmospheric tale filled with alchemy, lust, and betrayal.
True love can last an eternity…but immortality comes at a price.
On the midnight shift at a hospital in rural Maine, Dr. Luke Findley is expecting another quiet evening of frostbite and the occasional domestic dispute. But the minute Lanore McIlvrae—Lanny—enters his ER, she changes his life forever. A mysterious woman with plenty of dark secrets, Lanny is unlike anyone Luke has ever met. He is inexplicably drawn to her…despite the fact that she is a murder suspect with a police escort. As she begins to tell her story, Luke finds himself utterly captivated.
Her impassioned account begins at the turn of the 19th century in the same small town of St. Andrew, Maine, back when it was a Puritan settlement. Consumed as a child by her love for the founder’s son, Jonathan, Lanny will do anything to be with him. But the price she pays is steep—an immortal bond that chains her to a terrible fate for all eternity. And now, two centuries later, the key to her healing and her salvation lies with Dr. Luke Findley.
Part historical novel, part supernatural page-turner, The Taker is a “mesmerizing” (Booklist, starred review) story about the power of unrequited love not only to elevate and sustain, but also to blind and ultimately destroy.
Savannah
8-10-2025
Very well-written novel although I felt no connection to the MC I felt a surge of motivation,(albeit sluggish motivation), to listen. To what kept me going was the need to learn the ending so i can finally be taken for surprise amd maybe some i dont know suspense?! I figured there had ro be a reason for this story to continue for another two books. We learned of the Mc and her backstory. We've followed her through the naivety of her youth growing up as a purist in an isolated rural town and becoming infatuated dressed as love with her best friend—for the sake of remaining spoiler-free—only for her “love” to lead her to being ostracized and excommunicated to Boston by her father. We then follow her to Boston where she’s taken in by her arotracates whose favorite pastimes include debauchery cutthroat competetion between eachother for the attention. Of the leader and all forms of “sin”. We see her as a purist reformed into an immortal immoral whore and by golly 🤗 it was magical.✨ LOL. Come on what am i supposed to follow that up with. It was interesting i kept notes?! No, it seemed to be a whole lot of filler to me for a trilogy that's genre is horror. Maybe they forgot to include the word psychological before horror because of anything this book did a number on my psyche. 😮💨🫠 the only pro i can think of is the reason i stuck it out. Sometimes sequels are the books to really up the pacing and get the story started. There have been few but the reviews are saying otherwise. We shall see if i will make thr leap. Look out for the sequel's review section and you just might see me there.🫡
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