I just finished this book the other day and noticed it only has 33 reviews and it deserves way more so I'm giving a shout out. If you like southern gothic horror or supernatural, paranormal, etc. I think you will like this tale.
When we first meet Clare, her demon is gone and she's in mourning, grieving its loss. Her home situation is pretty crappy. Her real dad is dead, her jerk of a stepfather is the one who called the preacher and his son in to rid her of her demon, and her mother isn't or can't be what Clare needs. But then Clare finds the clues her demon left behind. A way to get HER (as Clare calls the demon) back. And as Clare works toward this goal we learn all about how her dad died, how the demon came into Clare's life, and what Clare will or will not sacrifice to get Her back.
This was a super fun story with a very interesting demon and I almost wanted to know more about Her and her kind. Oh, and the Wish House. What a perfectly horrible awful place!
I put this up there with Joe Hill's NOS4A2.
Well, it DOES sound kind of intriguing . . . a very interesting premise and perspective.
ReplyDeleteI love books that offer a different take.
DeleteNot one I know (or had heard of). Thank you. Drat you.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome and I'm sorry :)
DeleteThat's really twisting the idea of demon possession around.
ReplyDeleteIt did, which made it fun and hard to know how things were going to end!
DeleteI hadn't heard of this one. Glad you enjoyed it so much and want to learn more about the demon.
ReplyDeleteI forget where I read about it but it intrigued me immediately and I'm glad I bought it.
DeleteSounds very demonic LOL
ReplyDeleteIt was! But fun too, and not very scary.
DeleteWow! That's really... different. I'm not usually into horror but thanks for introducing me to this book! Glad you liked it.
ReplyDeleteIt's not full on horror, imo, ie, there weren't a bunch of bloody deaths, and you find out right off that the demon has been banished and Clare wants it back. The wish house was definitely a house of horrors, but the rest of the world was fairly normal.
DeleteSounds very satisfying. Is there a sequel in the works?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. It had a fairly definitive ending, and a satisfying one, I'll add, in that it felt real.
DeleteCool.
DeleteSounds intriguing
ReplyDeleteIt was!
DeleteI've been kicking around an idea about a good demon. Sounds like an interesting book.
ReplyDeleteWhen I think of good demons, I think of Supernatural, or The Good Place. It's definitely an interesting idea to play with.
DeleteThis does sound interesting. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome
DeleteI like your image of the lake. If possible, I would walk into that photo. :) Hope you and your loved ones are well!
ReplyDeleteMy son took that pic and it is a good one! Thank you and we are all well here, thank God.
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