Haley

Unsettling, but superb. I kept hoping that we would get some answers, but the book makes you sit with the realization that we aren’t really in control of anything and often never get answers to our own mysteries and questions. I am really surprised this book hasn't gotten more attention before now.

This book was a delightful mixture of suspense, mystery, and fantasy. It introduces this weird cult-like family with its strange magical rules and rituals and then made me question the assumptions I'd made about them and the nature of the world they're in. The bog itself leaks into every aspect of this book: I could describe every interaction and description as heavy, sludgy, and grim. I hope there are more additions to this genre like this one in the future.

"Isn’t it intoxicating—

the ecstatic briefness of it all?"

Beautiful. These poems left me breathless.