My Rating: ✩✩✩✩✩
If someone told me that there could be a book that was classic gothic horror, with a dose of body horror, plus make it horny and sapphic...well I would have felt that was a tall order. However, van Veen has done it and done it so well.
The book opens with a bog body, an excellent vehicle for the creepies. Much like Sarah, my feeling is "tell me everything." Add in some classic vampire lore (hello Mercy Brown and the American Vampire Panic) all set against a rambling and desolate estate and the perfect creeping horror novel emerges. In the beginning, you do feel like you know where the tale is going (it all feels comfortably familiar ), but then there are some twists and turns that even seasoned fans of the genre may find surprising. All this combines to create a horror lore that is as fresh as it is scary.
To all my spooky friends, this one is a must read.
Published on 25 March 2025 by Poisoned Pen Press
If someone told me that there could be a book that was classic gothic horror, with a dose of body horror, plus make it horny and sapphic...well I would have felt that was a tall order. However, van Veen has done it and done it so well.
The book opens with a bog body, an excellent vehicle for the creepies. Much like Sarah, my feeling is "tell me everything." Add in some classic vampire lore (hello Mercy Brown and the American Vampire Panic) all set against a rambling and desolate estate and the perfect creeping horror novel emerges. In the beginning, you do feel like you know where the tale is going (it all feels comfortably familiar ), but then there are some twists and turns that even seasoned fans of the genre may find surprising. All this combines to create a horror lore that is as fresh as it is scary.
To all my spooky friends, this one is a must read.
Published on 25 March 2025 by Poisoned Pen Press
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