Wow - where to even begin?! This book was SO good! I have always been into possession stories so I am sure that played a huge part in my love of this book. I also am a MASSIVE fan of a coming-of-age story - especially when it can be woven seamlessly into a horror book! Glenn Rolfe manages to create a story that has so many of my favorite horror features: possession, demons, coming-of-age, love, sex, gore, etc.

The coming-of-age aspect of the story was just awesome. A young boy spending one last summer with his dad and his friends. He finds love and is just trying to have the best summer of his life. The friendships were sincere as was the group banding together at the end like we see in so many things like The Goonies, The Monster Squad, and IT. And the crush/love story was pure and innocent the way it can be for a lot of teenagers new to the world of romance. LOVED IT.

This book spoke to me on a personal level as the author dropped so many little Easter eggs of authors, movies, etc that I also love: Jonathan Janz, Briane Keene, Pet Sematary, etc. He just kept sprinkling in some of those connections that engaged me and made me feel like the book was tailored just for me the way Salt Bae did in the viral meme from a couple of years ago. I AM HERE FOR ALL THE REFERENCES!

This book has tremendous amount of loss and heartache in it as well. But all of that adds to the variety of horror that Rolfe gives us with just this ONE book. This book gets an easy 5 stars from me! I HIGHLY recommend it if this review resonates with you at all. I can't wait to read more from Rolfe!

Thanks to the author for this free copy in exchange for my honest review.