It made for a more than excellent reading experience. It’s also absolutely hilarious and I really enjoyed the humor and sarcastic tone Mouse uses as she narrates. It is technically told in the style of Mouse talking to us directly, the readers, and telling us the events that have happened. The writing was probably my favorite part, if I’m being honest. This was fairly short, however, and apart from that I was enthralled with the story. There are also some parts where my adrenaline was really going because it was so tense and there was stuff going down! I would say they only time I ever felt like the story dragged was towards the middle where there are some diary/journal entries that just felt really slow and were honestly confusing to read through. This is a well paced book, I felt there were plenty of little twists and enough action that it never felt like a chore to keep reading. I thought the horror aspects were very well done, there were parts where I was more than creeped out! However, that being said I still think this would be a great book for readers looking to get into horror or want to read one and not be completely scared shitless. I really enjoyed how the stories and superstitions were introduced and weaved in with the elements of horror. The general plot was very unique and I thoroughly enjoyed it.Īs I already mentioned this is folk horror, which basically means it’s a horror book but involves folk lore and honestly it’s one of my favorites now because it was so intriguing. Mouse basically begins poking around and investigating the strange things she read in Cotgrave’s journal and more strange things happen.
I thought the story was very engaging and well paced, as soon as Mouse started discovering some odd things inside and outside the house I was hooked because I needed answers! I don’t want to go into a whole lot of detail involving the plot because I went in blind and had a blast, so I think you’re better off going into this without too much information.
As she cleans up she discovers her “step”-grandfather, Cotgrave’s, journal which tells of strange beings and happenings around the house and woods surrounding the area and she soon discovers there may be something going on. However, she discovers her grandmother was a bit of a hoarder and the house is stuffed full of junk that will take her a while to clear out. The story revolves around a woman named Melissa, she goes by Mouse, and her redbone coonhound, Bongo, as they travel to her recently deceased grandmother’s house to clean it up for resale.
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