Thank you @vintagebooks for gifting me a copy of Sisters by Daisy Johnson to review! I think this book is PERFECT for those of you seeking some darker reads for autumn, but aren't too keen on straight-up horror. And if you tried Everything Under and found yourself somewhat baffled, I also think this one is a lot more accessible. It still feels like her style, but I wasn't grasping in the dark as much with this one as I was with Everything Under.

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July and September are two sisters who have always been closer than close. After an incident at school prompts their mother to move them away from Oxford to a tumble-down house in North Yorkshire, that bond becomes stronger than ever, barring even their mother from their relationship. Their bond is tested further when an outsider makes his way into the sisters' lives.

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The atmosphere in this book is palpable. I love it when houses in books seem to take on a life of their own, like in Rebecca, White is For Witching and The Haunting of Hill House. There's just something irresistible about a great big creaking house which seems to breathe right alongside its inhabitants, don't you think?

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The relationship between July and September is impossible to tear yourself away from once you start reading. The differences between their characters is striking, and Johnson makes them feel truly alive. Her style is quite fragmented, choppy in a way that feels almost frantic, and that keeps you flipping the pages until the end.

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The tension is real, the atmosphere haunting, the relationships twisted - what else could you ask for in an autumnal read?