I received an ARC copy of this book from NetGalley
And as always with anything by Seanan/Mira, I have to read it IMMEDIATELY because I have absolutely I received an ARC copy of this book from NetGalley
And as always with anything by Seanan/Mira, I have to read it IMMEDIATELY because I have absolutely no chill. I would describe this novella as kind of a mix between her other novella Rolling in the Deep and Edgar Cantero's Meddling Kids. As always, she really manages to make her characters come to life immediately and it's cool to see her take on a more Lovecraftian approach to her horror novellas as well.
My only complaint is that I wish it were a full length novel instead of a novella. I do think she is one of the few authors that always manages to pack a complete idea into a novella or short story, but the worlds she creates are always so interesting that I immediately want more of them. With this story in particular I think it could have been scarier if it was drawn out a bit more, but it was still a really creepy read and I like that she never pulls her punches with her endings.
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I received an ARC copy of this book from NetGalley
And as always with anything by Seanan/Mira, I have to read it IMMEDIATELY because I have absolutely no chill. I would describe this novella as kind of a mix between her other novella Rolling in the Deep and Edgar Cantero's Meddling Kids. As always, she really manages to make her characters come to life immediately and it's cool to see her take on a more Lovecraftian approach to her horror novellas as well.
My only complaint is that I wish it were a full length novel instead of a novella. I do think she is one of the few authors that always manages to pack a complete idea into a novella or short story, but the worlds she creates are always so interesting that I immediately want more of them. With this story in particular I think it could have been scarier if it was drawn out a bit more, but it was still a really creepy read and I like that she never pulls her punches with her endings....more
A decent story with an interesting premise and I'll always read anything Seanan writes but I think that either I'm getting the point where I'm not enjA decent story with an interesting premise and I'll always read anything Seanan writes but I think that either I'm getting the point where I'm not enjoying novellas very much or she's getting worse at writing them because usually I feel like she does a really good job fitting a lot of information and character development into a small page space but everything just felt incredibly rushed here to me. Love the bones of this story but it really just left me wanting more at every turn and I would have loved to be able to take some time and get to know the characters and the world more. ...more
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