“My fingers felt grimy and smelled of something putrid, even though I’d washed them three times at home. The smell came from the flowers on the photo. I’d plucked one from my sister’s eye before I left.”

Three girls on New Years Eve suddenly disappear in thin air. They are nowhere to be found, until they mysteriously reappear on the doorstep. They can’t remember what happend to them, but they look unharmed, are well fed and they seem just fine. Or are they? Because something seems different.

House of Hollows is a story that will make you feel eerie the whole time, shower you with gruesomeness while at the same time let you experience beautiful horror. Wait, what?! Beautiful horror, is that a thing? Never knew it was until I read this one. This book was everything I hoped it would be. It was moldy, beautiful and scary, but also had some awesome female characters. I simply fell in love with those funny personalities. The banter between these sisters and the ex of one of the sisters made the whole horror even light to a certain degree.

Besides these lovely and funny dialogues this story also dealt with themes as mind control, memory loss and abuse and what it feels like to experience sexual intimidation. But apart from these serious themes this book just submerges you in a dark fairytale, filled with wonderful prose. Highly recommend this book, but do look into TWs before diving in.