I'm not much of a horror genre reader, and with a name like Horrid, I admit I was a little nervous going in. And then the initial page had me questioning "what just happened." I honestly wasn't sure what I was getting into or if I would enjoy it. But I soldiered on, and WOW... I am so glad I did! It didn't take long, and I was hooked.

The book follows Jane and Ruth, who have to move from California to Maine after Greer, Jane's dad, dies. Grief is a main theme, and I appreciated how well it was written. Jane deals with the loss of her father, and while we don't get her point of view, Ruth is dealing with her own grief throughout the entire book as well. I loved the Agatha Christie references and while I both did and didn't see it coming, the twist was just spooky enough to make me shudder but not scary enough to give me nightmares.