Gloriously Horrifying!
This one was everything I'd hoped it would be. It was gloriously horrifying in all the right ways. It was Center Stage meets As Above, So Below, and Black Swan, with The Craft and Stranger Things vibes.
The themes were heavy in this one, but rightfully so. They highlighted the truly horrifying aspects of human nature, toxic friendships, racism, nepotism, societal expectations, and the lengths that people will go to to achieve what they want, and/or hold others down. There may have been a bloody, demonic river beneath the catacombs of Paris, but it was the humans that were the most terrifying.
I loved that, even though most of the characters were awful human beings, the personalities were fleshed out and jumped off the pages. The pacing was nice. The story itself was unique and felt like it could have been a horror movie. And, the ending was perfect. This one was definitely satisfying for the beginning of spooky season.
The themes were heavy in this one, but rightfully so. They highlighted the truly horrifying aspects of human nature, toxic friendships, racism, nepotism, societal expectations, and the lengths that people will go to to achieve what they want, and/or hold others down. There may have been a bloody, demonic river beneath the catacombs of Paris, but it was the humans that were the most terrifying.
I loved that, even though most of the characters were awful human beings, the personalities were fleshed out and jumped off the pages. The pacing was nice. The story itself was unique and felt like it could have been a horror movie. And, the ending was perfect. This one was definitely satisfying for the beginning of spooky season.