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Nestlings
Nestlings | Nat Cassidy
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Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings which harnesses the creeping paranoia of Rosemary's Baby and the urban horror of Salem's Lot set in an exclusive New York City residential building. This is the horror book of the year.Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2023Paste Magazine Ana and Reid needed a lucky break. The horrifically complicated birth of their first child has left Ana paralyzed, bitter, and struggling: with mobility, with her relationship with Reid, with resentment for her baby. That's about to change with the words any New Yorker would love to hearaffordable housing lottery. They've won an apartment in the Deptford, one of Manhattan's most revered buildings with beautiful vistas of Central Park and stunning architecture. Reid dismisses disturbing events and Anas deep unease and paranoia as the price of living in New Yorkpeople are oddbut he can't explain the needle-like bite marks on the baby. Other Books by Nat Cassidy: Mary: An Awakening of Terror
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OutAndAbout
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Rosemarys baby meets salems lot. Mostly tense leading up to the moment we finally know what‘s happening. Creepy and a little scary but nothing too gory. Easy scary read.

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Reagan
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Rave rave rave! Loved it! Salem‘s Lot meets Rosemary‘s Baby in the blurb on the back is 100% accurate. This was basically a perfect horror book (imo) and if you‘re on the fence, my new fave description is human beings being used as juice boxes. Weird out of context but so apt in the moment. All the 🌟

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#doublespin read.
I liked this one. Not what I expected but that wasn't a bad thing. A lot of people really disliked Ana. I found her fine; she'd been through a lot. I did not like Reid and I felt the most sorry for Georgia. Two critiques - There is no deep character development so I didn't feel that attached to anyone, and it had its body horror gross moments that I tried to gloss over.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo
MaleficentBookDragon Oh, and more Gargoyles, please! 4mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
Nestlings | Nat Cassidy
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Finished Good Bad Girl (April‘s #bookspin pick) and am now on to this one (June‘s #doublespin and a #GoodreadsDustyBookshelfChallenge)pick. It‘s 100% here but on #Goodreads it has a good mix of both 1 ⭐️ and 5⭐️ reviews. I wonder which one I‘ll fall on.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Enjoy!! 5mo
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ReadingOver50
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This book was not what I thought it would be, and I enjoyed it very much. A young couple with their first child wins a lottery to move into a luxury apartment building. The author took the whole creepy, old apartment building trope and went places I was not expecting. It combines the horrors of vampires with gargoyles and was very imaginative. The second half of the book moved quickly, and I couldn't wait to see what would happen next.

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candc320
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This was so deliciously creepy! I love a story set in a fancy New York apartment building (and how it‘s never as wonderful as it seems) and I found it really unique to have the main characters struggling with new parenthood set against this sort of “monster” story. I wasn‘t a huge fan of the husband but I really empathized with the wife‘s struggles being a new mother while facing her own physical and mental issues. Definitely recommend! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

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she.hearts.horror
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This isn‘t going to end well …

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ImperfectCJ
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From the opening quotes from The Mountain Goats, to the references to awesome scary books throughout, I very much enjoyed this novel. The organization of the novel feels less organic than I would prefer, and some of the details don't hang together as well as they might, but the ending was pretty near perfect. It's rare that I read a novel that sticks the landing, and I always cheer when I do. So...yay! Also, this is my #doublespin for November.

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BookMaven9
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️this guy knows what scares!!! Another new horror author on the scene delivers in atmosphere, dread, creeps and wholly interesting monsters!

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TorieStorieS
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Aptly described as a mix of ROSEMARY‘S BABY & ‘SALEM‘S LOT, Cassidy‘s latest horror novel provides a gripping read, dripping with tension & creepy imagery. Ana & Reid win a housing lottery to live in the prestigiously mysterious Deptford in what seems like the first turning of their luck after their continued grief in losing Reid‘s mother & the trauma of their daughter‘s birth that left Ana paralyzed. But it‘s soon clear the apartment has secrets.

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AbstractMonica
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I loved Rosemary‘s Baby, and Nat Cassidy took a lot of inspiration from it for this novel. Ana was a great character, and I wanted her to so desperately find a happy ending. Ana and her husband Reid won the lottery for affordable housing in a prestigious/historical apartment building in NYC. After a spinal injury from birth, Ana is left paralyzed from the waist down. She‘s dealing with motherhood, limited mobility, and her new SINISTER apartment.

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