Alright, I'm all for weird books. In fact, they're usually my go-to. But this was just odd and it wasn't necessarily in a good way. I really enjoyed The Last House on Needless Street, but Sundial just didn't do it for me. It was just okay.

To start, things were awkward and really a tad uncomfortable. There was just something about the way Rob felt about her daughters that seemed unnatural and it rubbed me the wrong way. I very nearly just gave up altogether, but I stuck it out. The story moved super slowly for quite a while and then things finally started moving in a way that created a plot rather than just more uncomfortable atmosphere.

Things got dark and weird, playing with boundaries of reality and really leaving me not quite sure of what was going on. This worked well and Ward can absolutely write creepy. It was definitely disturbing and there were places where the story absolutely had me interested and intrigued. Things got a bit violent here and there, so warning for those who are squeamish. Once things started down this road I was feeling better about my read and got into the groove, but then the plot would take a tangent or return to the oddly inserted book with in a book storyline and I would be back to not really caring about what was going on. There was just a lot of frustration involved.

Unfortunately, it turned into one of those reads that I just shouldn't have picked up. It wasn't bad and I didn't hate it, but it did taint the great thing I had with Catriona Ward. Will I pick up more from her? Sure. But this was a bit of a gray mark and it just leaves me a little disappointed.