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Wow is this gory! But in a really well done way, wow. I'm loving this so far. It's basically what I wanted from My Heart is a Chainsaw. Meta and gruesome and fun.

First chapter is promising, I have high hopes for this! Listening to the audiobook for now as well, while I have the print at home, and I like the narrator! She's pretty good.

Already liking this better than the 2nd and 3rd books lol Good sign!! I like slashers set on movie sets though, so I am hopeful this will be a good time.

I hope it picks up soon, or gets moodier. I've realized I'm not really into true crime podcast lit, which this is, so I may not finish it...

I'm slowly getting used to "you"... though I'm not the biggest fan still. I do like this better when "you" isn't around lol

This is kind of reminding me of Bridget Jones. I'm not hating it but I have to be in the right headspace for this sort of voice. Her anxieties are giving me anxiety. Also she is so frustrating sometimes!

I spent a credit on this

I was a little "ehhh" about the author narrating the audiobook but she's doing pretty good. Not great but good for Phoebe's voice.

I guess I was expecting something different because this is not it. I don't know why I'm not feeling it but I'll give it a full shot. I guess I was hoping for something more like Piper's novella "Benny Rose: The Cannibal King" from her collection "Teenage Girls Can Be Demons". I loved that, so I had some high hopes for this but it's just ok so far.

omggg why am I crying over a ghost dog :,(

I was wondering why so many people listed this as LGBTQ+ because the leads are straight but there is a secondary queer romance, which is a nice surprise. The ghost dogs are cute.

The spice keeps taking me by surprise. I don't know why, but I guess because I'm just a bit tired lol it's like I keep forgetting I'm reading a romance not a paranormal mystery.

oh noooo ghost pets?! I am actually tearing up, I was not expecting this book to make me want to cry

The first book for my summer solstice reading challenge! Thought it fit to start with with something ~magical~ Also starting with an audiobook because it's too early for eyeballs lol Fingers crossed this is cute, but I WILL be finishing it today!

OK I get why people like this, it's very cute and charming and so atmospheric and visual with its setting. Really likable, and Peter Mayle is an excellent narrator!!

Torn on my feelings over this hah

OK I'll be honest - I find this kind of boring. I want more Ninth House, I want more horror. I thought Old Ones as in eldritch but it's more like Sandman, which isn't awful but doesn't interest me really. I wanted cosmic horror in this romantasy, because I love Barnes scifi horror. I don't think this is for me but I'm going to finish it because I got it from NetGalley...

This is like Ninth House-lite.

I just had the same visceral gagging reaction to this that I had with Sarah Gailey's Spread Me. Oh. My. God.

Reviews said it picked up at 60% but I kind of liked the first half better so far? The reveal/twist doesn't really feel like one, like I was expecting it? This is why I don't do a lot of thrillers, I get annoyed and bored lol I do like the paranormal aspect though. Like there are a LOT of homages to The Shining. At first I was like "is this an unofficial sequel" but then they reference Stephen King. Confused.

This is giving Alan Wake vibes!! I love Alan Wake. I don't think this is quite a five star, we still have half the book to go so it really depends on how it sticks the landing but so far I LOVE the vibes!

Trying to finish this today for book club next weekend. It's cute and all but also kind of boring. Not bad just a lot of day-to-day life at a magical inn. I'm always shocked when the plot finally moves forward, but it's just inching along...

Trying to read at a sunny baseball game and it's not working out too well lol BUT they said the thing bwahaha

"And it's yes, Chef."

Lololol how many times do we think we'll see that in the book then?

Very reminiscent of Junji Ito's GYO. It's freaky and good so far.

Hm I don't think I like how this is written. The use of "you" keeps throwing me. I don't think I like it. lol.

Yeah, this is super cute. I'd like a whole novel of this.

This is fun! Interspersed between the history are retellings of Baba Yaga stories, as it goes over why those stories are, where they may have come from, and the influence the story has had.