Buddy read with Rae & Karen! ❤

This is a strange little book, quietly creepy with a handful of "hold on, wait what?!" moments that make you sit up and check the shadows, look around the room, make sure everything is exactly as it always was. Merricat (Mary Katherine) is exactly the kind of unsettling child that seems to be the focus of every recent horror movie, though this book is thankfully nowhere near as gory or overtly threatening than any of those. I did guess the biggest "twist," though that didn't detract from my enjoyment of the story since it's got more of a "life goes on" vibe ; it's not plot-driven at all, which is just fine by me.