This horror slow-burn follows a young Cree woman as her past catches up with her. Having run away from grief a few years ago, it now catches up to her in a flurry of bad dreams that soon blur the line between dream and reality.
This is an incredibly interesting novel about grief and the way it can fracture a family. The story starts out slow, which to me only intensified the feeling of grief and loss that permeated the story, but once it gets going it Really gets going. The horrors are in these woods and they are scary.
The writing was immersive, without becoming too flowery and often times I felt like I was running through the woods alongside Mackenzie.
Besides the horror I adored the familial relationship, strained but healing, and how Mackenzie was only able to heal once she stopped running away from her trauma. It is also a novel steeped in Cree culture and I really enjoyed seeing how that influenced the story and characters.
If you're looking for an indigenious horror story haunted by grief and crows, I absolutely recommend checking this out.