ARC received from the author -Chad Nicholas- in exchange of an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Well, I enjoyed this. Even though I don't exactly go looking to read horrors I'm glad that I gave this a chance.

Despite being horror, the book still had very strong family dynamics which was 100% my favorite aspect. Getting to see how familial relationships work and how it is tackled in horror/thriller/suspense stories (as they do get quite tragic) is always so interesting to me.

— overall thoughts: 2.5 —

The concept of nightmares, crows, and ghosts(?) was what pulled me in at the beginning... I am happy to report that I was not let down.

If you're a squeamish person, probably prepare yourself. Not too much that I won't be able to sleep tonight but I was creeped out to say the least... which is good.

Love the beginning, it was hooking, but nothing particularly interesting to me happened for a good 30 pages. However, it does explore the different characters’ mindset and dynamics at this time which does help with the anticipation and actually getting attached to them.

The way they were all tip toeing around Scott in the beginning broke my heart into a million pieces.

I do feel like some scenes were just the same thing over and over again in the beginning. I had no idea what the direction of the story was and it just felt like those parts dragged more than what was necessary for the suspense. I had this heavy feeling of dread for the most part which is probably something good for a horror story? I really don't know, I don't usually read this genre, please be aware.

I would suggest trying this out if you are into more "there might be something wrong with your head" types of horror stories. Not the biggest fan of the rest of the plot but the family relationship made up for it.

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