I wasn't sure what I was getting into with this one. I picked it up on the wildly passionate encouragement of another customer while at a booth at last year's Word on the Street Toronto event. Yes, my TBR pile is big enough that it's taken damn near a year to get to it.
Anyway, I wasn't sure. Was this a horror novel? A romance? It started out more like a coming of age/romance, but when it turned dark, it was dark. It's another in what I tend to refer as "quiet horror" as there's no blood and guts, and the focus is squarely on the humans, not the monster.
The only quibble I have was with the pacing toward the beginning, when Hannah met Callum. It accelerated very quickly over a few months, where I would have liked to see that relationship develop a bit more, especially considering what happens later in the relationship. But aside from that, the descriptions are good, the characters are good and the actual writing is always great and frequently gorgeous.
It's a quiet, Southern gothic story, and it's worth the read.… (lisätietoja)
Tämä sivusto käyttää evästeitä palvelujen toimittamiseen, toiminnan parantamiseen, analytiikkaan ja (jos et ole kirjautunut sisään) mainostamiseen. Käyttämällä LibraryThingiä ilmaiset, että olet lukenut ja ymmärtänyt käyttöehdot ja yksityisyydensuojakäytännöt. Sivujen ja palveluiden käytön tulee olla näiden ehtojen ja käytäntöjen mukaista.
Anyway, I wasn't sure. Was this a horror novel? A romance? It started out more like a coming of age/romance, but when it turned dark, it was dark. It's another in what I tend to refer as "quiet horror" as there's no blood and guts, and the focus is squarely on the humans, not the monster.
The only quibble I have was with the pacing toward the beginning, when Hannah met Callum. It accelerated very quickly over a few months, where I would have liked to see that relationship develop a bit more, especially considering what happens later in the relationship. But aside from that, the descriptions are good, the characters are good and the actual writing is always great and frequently gorgeous.
It's a quiet, Southern gothic story, and it's worth the read.… (lisätietoja)