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This is quite the creepy story, combining eco horror with cosmic horror and a dash of folk horror to round it out.

A couple buys their first home in a quiet retirement area in Florida. Close to a swamp and teeming with flora, it's a fixer upper but it's what they can afford. Owen is an indie documentary film maker and Marcy is a nurse.

Although they have a good relationship, it's marred by past events which will be revealed over time. One day Owen finds a lockbox filled with old VHS tapes which had been encased in bricks for some reason. Soon, he becomes obsessed with them despite Marcy's insistence that they take them to the police.

What he'll find on these tapes is something which starts out a bit creepy but soon turns into true terror. And he will never be the same again as whatever lies dormant on their property is ready to come out. And it's extremely hungry.

This author does a great job of building the horrors while we see the slow unraveling of this couple. The hot humid Florida swamplands provides a fantastic backdrop for the narrative. The creepy things keep getting more intense as the book progresses and you get the feeling that things are not going to end well for either Owen or Marcy.

This is a banging short novel which you'll definitely want to read. I highly recommend it.I received a copy of this book through Netgalley. This review is voluntary and is my own personal opinion.