I wanted one more quick read to round out my spooky season and this one did not disappoint! I loved The Return by Harrison so I’ve been excited for her second novel. In Cackle, the main character Annie sullenly moves from NYC after a breakup to a small town called Rowan. She’s living a pretty humble existence pining over her ex-boyfriend and going through the motions at work. Annie meets a woman named Sophie and it turns her experience in Rowan on its head. Sophie is well known and respected throughout town despite the fact that she lives in the woods and ~strange things happen around her~. Could Annie’s new friend be dangerous in ways she never knew possible?

Y’all I really loved this book. It wasn’t very dark and riddled with gory horror details like I usually prefer but, this worked so well! By mid-way through the book I painted fantastical images in my mind of Sophie and her dreamy woodland existence and wanted to be transported there myself. I lived for the chapters where Annie and Sophie were just hanging out doing witchy things and living my personal Stevie Nicks fantasy. I know why they had to be included but, I could have done with far less pathetic bargaining and wishing that Annie did over Sam. I was definitely on Sophie’s side during this and couldn’t see what Annie saw in him…at all. There were points where the book could have taken a darker turn and I was happy that it didn’t. I loved the themes of friendship, females forming a united front, and the *lite* spooks that ensued. There were portions of it that were cheesy in my opinion (Ralph’s entire character) but, I loved that cheese! I recommend this for light-hearted witchy fun with a dash of true spook.