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I two days I am two-thirds thru this book. It’s very good but I understand some of the reviews claiming it’s repetitive - it can be just a little. But it’s still a darn good read. And it’s funny in a morbid way. It’s still a 4.5 star read which is down from the original 5 stars. I guess due to the repetitive ghosts. But I love these ghosts man!

All I can say is “WOW” - I read one-third of this book in 1 day. For me that’s a record. I love it - so far it’s 5 stars and since I am hard to impress or scare - that’s saying a lot. This book starts the action right away - definitely not a slow burner. And it’s kept that pace thru out. And even with all this action, the author is building the characters. I love it.

So far so good - I am taking forever to read it but that more me than the book. Brom mixes horror and fantasy-adventure well. It’s an adventure in purgatory. But I love how he does not pull any punches - even with children. I think he’s my favorite author.

Wow - this book is awesome so far. Dark fantasy - old gods, purgatory, lurid death scenes and the such. Brom is a genius - when I first read the reviews I saw people complaining about his writing style and being disappointed. LIES! I have read a lot in the past few months and Brom is blowing my socks off. My new favorite author.

Quite enjoying this - lots of fantasy elements though which I like. Also lots of African mythology- which I also like. After reading so many duds it’s nice to like what I’m reading.

I like it but I am finding it hard to get through - not sure why. It’s a gothic historical fiction with the protagonist being the evil one. You can feel her come up-pence happening any moment. I should be devouring this book but I am not. In terms of supernatural horror there is some black magic performed by the protagonist but that is all.

So far so good - for the first time in a long time I am enjoying my reading. The heroine is b**** - I love gothic horror novels with evil women protagonists. I hope she gets hers.

Wow - this book is getting good. The main event with the forest happens around 50% of the way thru the book so it’s all action from there. Most books wait until your 80% of the way thru. I wasn’t sure at first but I like this. It’s not ghosts strictly speaking - it’s more demonic and some folklore.

Why can’t horror authors write what they promise? I thought this was horror? A third of the way in and I am not scared even a little bit. I mean there is some scary imagery but nothing concrete or real. I mean it’s not clear if this is something supernatural or if the protagonist is mentally ill. It’s kind of annoying and I am taking forever to read it.

Goodness, I don’t know how to feel about this book. It’s back to back tropes. Nothing original or genuine. But it’s not entirely bad. The premise is good: a loving family with issues, each with character traits and each with gifts. Parallel universes and demons. Serial killers. Just this amalgamation of tropes I guess. It’s a little annoying but again, it’s not as awful as it sounds.

So far so good. It’s not scaring the heck out of me but the supernatural elements are malevolent which I like. It’s a good story to boot. It’s about a family who move into the dead, abusive father’s old house. The house is haunted but so is the town it’s located in. And there are a lot of deaths according in a supernatural and gory way. I like it.

Oh god - will this book ever end? There is a terrifying apparition though. But I have no clue why this god forsaken house has to be built when so many people have died or gotten hurt. Did they have to hurt Dag - especially after his Erik lost his wife - now he may be losing his son? I don’t like it but I have come too far to DNF it. I am a glutton for punishment.

Oh god this is taking FOREVERRRRR! I don’t understand why I can’t get into this book. Maybe it’s because these insanely competent people hired a suicidal, on antipsychotic, child of a drug addict, identify theft nanny to take care of two innocent children who just lost their mom? Apparently these people interviewed her and nothing was off. Ok - it’s just too convenient. I hate when authors are lazy.

It’s more Victorian body horror. The male counterpart that’s supposed to kick off all the issues has just arrived so I am hoping this book gets better. I am having a hard time getting thru it - all this self-mutilation is boring. And the protagonist is spoiled - living this comfortable life on her father’s dime and totally self-absorbed and beholden to no one. Basically a mentally deranged brat. Unlikable.

The book is ok - very gothic horror. But I like my ghost more in-your-face, that is, more obvious and undeniable at this point. I mean it’s 75% of the way thru and the ghost is still at the stage where everyone is debating its existence. But it’s a good read.

So this is a slow burner - real slow. But it’s finally getting enjoyable. The first few pages were really tough though- I usually am farther along in more interesting material. But the ghost has finally showed up my hard work is finally paying off. The characters re being developed though no I enjoy historical gothic horror and this is certainly that.

Pretty good - zombie and shapeshifters as well as ghost and secrets. The story is almost gothic. The protagonist is naive which is hard to believe since he has been in desperate straights for a while - why isn’t he more street smart? And why is he so destitute? Can’t he gets job at some restaurant or go to school to learn a trade while his family was still alive? Just saying…

Slow burner I suppose - no ghost yet but it’s an interesting read and VERY atmospheric and mysterious. Someone or something knocking on doors at night - very good. I like it - like, not love.

This book is actually scary. The ghost is malevolent which is my kind of horror.

So far so good - this book is actually delivering some scares. The ghost is scary. Finally a mean ghost as opposed to a helpful or sad one.

Half way thru and no real ghost. Netley is famous for this I guess. The ghost are subtle. I like my horror to be more frank I guess.

I like it - kind of a gothic slow burner but well written like everything Netley does. But not one ghost yet - just feelings, etc. and lots of secrets and hints of secrets.

Slow burner for sure but I like it. Not very scary though. Glimpses of things here and there.

Ughhh - “when will this be over” I keep asking myself. It just keeps going on and on.. Excruciatingly bad book. How does he go from Hex to this. But there were moments in Hex that foreshadowed this clown show ~ especially towards the end when the witch somehow became the good guy. But this book is almost childish in how bad it is. I have to finish it because I bought it but never again..

Awful read. I am just continuing to read it because I started it. This 13 year old keeps outsmarting all these really bad ass secret svc types. Then they add Grim in there and he is now beating up commando types. This thing is hard to read. And why on earth is this classified as horror??? It’s not even sci-fi. Not even a little scary. I am done with this author - I liked HEX but this 2nd book is trash.