Thank you to NetGalley and Aria & Aries | Aries for providing me with the ARC.
I
really liked this book. I found the lore building a bit on the lighter
side and I definitely came for this so this part is a bit of a put off
for me. But the plot is excellent and I loved how A.M Shine developed
their characters with so much depth.
This story goes from an
usual inheritance received in a creepy hometown with weird past and lore
to a dark mysterious tale of children snatched and creepy local
population. Grace came back for the first time since she was a little
child, to a hometown she never knew of. As an adopted person, she cannot
resist the pull of her past, to find out where she came from and who
were her biological parents. But the Irish island is not so cute and
warm and more the epicenter of a dark and gritty past binding together
the local population of insular and the strange lore of a creature
snatching children for the greed of their parents.
The multi POV
is a bit heavy for my taste but the plot et the atmosphere are so well
done that you forgot about it after a few swaps.
If you are in a
mood for a gritty, creepy and eerie Irish folk horror story with a
great character development and unsettling insular Irish folklore, go
for it. It's a quick read and you are hooked from the very beginning.
This book will be released on February, 10, 2026 but you can already pre-order it and send some love to the author!
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