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I get what the book was going for (sort of), but I think it would have been better if the author revealed more about what was *really* going on, or at least these entities' motives in doing this. The character work here was intentional, but there were a lot of odd choices. The characters make choices that normally wouldn't be made, so it gives off this weird, uncanny vibe that permeates throughout the plot.

I didn't find this scary as much as--

‘London 1905- It begins when a toymaker comes bearing a unique Christmas gift for his favorite niece, Olivia: a handsomely carved nutcracker doll.‘

Finished in August. This was my December pick for the 2024 #FairytaleReadingChallenge.
#TheNutcracker

This is a very dark and mature reimagining. It‘s more like a horror story. Very well written.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#Read2025

Andy McGee and his daughter Charlie are on the run. Agents from The Shop are hunting them down. Because Charlie has the ability to start fires with her mind.

This is another I‘ve read a few times. One of my favorites.

Finished in August. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#LosersClub #KingFromTheBeginning #Firestarter

#Read2025

December Wrap-Up

Total read: 7

6 TBRs
✔️ #BookSpin
✔️ #DoubleSpin
1 DNF
1 5 Star: Golda

#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025

My last book for 2025

This deliberate slow pacing gives a more introspective exploration of immortality; eternal life and the loneliness that shadows these indulgences.

Dark and mysterious set in a lush Gothic atmosphere that transported me immediately to another time and place.
Rice vividly paints pictures that stay trapped in your mind.

Look at that average rating! Good month!

#DecemberStats

4⭐️
If You Love It, Let It Kill You
The Ten Year Affair
Brightly Shining
3.75⭐️
Forbidden Notebook
The Sitter
The Garden
The Burning Heart of the World
3.5⭐️
The Passenger Seat
Palaver
The Mind Reels
3.25⭐️
Waterline
Dream Count
3⭐️
Among Friends
Underspin
Stolen Children

This was a really good but twisted story. Will wakes his best friend Barry up at gun point to confront him on all the horrible luck he's been having 💚

This is a weird little story about toxic algae blooms growing around Cape Cod.
I wish this story had been longer. It was really fascinating but ended quite abruptly 🦠

July 2025 Book #2

First book in a series. I like this author writing style. Her stories not always are too scary but they are so atmospheric, you feel the creepy vibes, eerie ambience. Keira “takes refuge in an abandoned groundskeeper‘s cottage”. (From blurb) She can listen the dead and start to help one of them…and things start to get complicated. Perfect! Ready for the second one 3.8⭐️👻