Gotta write this review today because I’m about to start The Hollow Places, and I don’t want my brain to get to confused about it.
This book was ooky spooky and I enjoyed it very much. The atmosphere was A+ for me, the MC alone in her evil grandmother’s hoarder house (the book is clear that her being a hoarder is in no way related to her being evil, but the doll room is def related) and a THING in the woods. The THING omg it is just in my head now and I can’t help picturing it running around in the yard and then peering in the window and it’s SO CREEPY.
Anyway, MC and her stupid but Good Boy dog are in this house cleaning it out, and they get way more than they are bargaining for when she finds her step-grandfather’s journal and creepy, creepy things start happening.
What’s always nice about T. Kingfisher is that even when creepy things are happening, they are always balanced by friendships forming, good dogs, good food, and other cozy kinds of things. Then things Get Weird at the end. And I just find it generally so enjoyable. I also liked that the MC was telling the story after the fact and foreshadowing the hell out of events. That storytelling style always appeals to me.
Chipping Away at Mt. TBR, Spooky Season Edition — Book 9/31