first ever horror book: ✅

i heard about this one on a a zoom influencer event with @berkleypub and the author sold it SO WELL that i was like “welp, guess i’m reading horror now!!!” she even DMed me to tell me she didn’t think it was that scary so i should be fine…

and i actually was! the plot twisted in ways i did NOT see coming (let’s just say the devout religious community is worshiping less of a heavenly being and more of… hellish one) and i actually learned a lot about a people group and way of believing that had previously been so unknown to me! (my little exvangelical self kept feeling like i was going to get in trouble for reading a book about satanists hahaha)

i almost wish this book DID scare me a little more, because i’m not quite sure what it is that classifies it as horror, except for all the satan stuff? i mean, that probably does it…

the plot got a bit unbelievably wild for me towards the end and felt more on the cheesy/too dramatic side for me to fully immerse myself in it, but overall, i’m glad i took a chance on this one and tried something out of my genre comfort zone!