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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

TW: Assault, drug addiction, villainization of drug addiction and mental illness

The reason this was not an entirely five star read for me was that at the exact moment I would have classed this as genuinely scary- the story took a turn. And this turn made me angrier than anything else. We want to change the "crazy girl" horror trope, and this story attempted to do that. I would not necessarily say that it succeeded, however. (

Spoiler

Using drug addiction as a horror trope seems just as short-sighted and mildly problematic as using mentally ill women as a horror trope. They're both mental illnesses.

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Horror is always a tricky genre to review as it can easily step into the problematic. I did not appreciate the way drug addiction was used in this book. However, the atmosphere was creepy enough to keep me on my toes and make me believe in ghosts. I also really enjoyed most of the characters in this book and how they learned from the things that happened. That's what makes this a 3.5 star read.