And the Trees Crept In

Initial reaction: What the what!!!! Holy crap, I'm four chapters in and this book is cray-cray and I love it. Holy smokes! The snake!

Final review: This book had me, scared me, wore on my nerves, lost me, and then I finished it. The first quarter of the book is some of the best horror I have read in a long time. The tension is ridiculously high. Ridiculous. The problem is, it doesn't let up. Unless you are going to read this in one sitting, prepare for some jangled nerves. Usually a writer throws the reader a bone-some humor or a plot review. Something to ease the tension. Nope, not here.

And then, Chapter 22. No, nah-uh NOPE. No one while chasing down the Boogey Man who has just stolen your baby sister stops midchase for some crazy, sexy grown up fun. Hell, no. Gowan annoyed me from the time he first appeared and this chapter made me feel even more like he was a character from somewhere else that wandered into this book. This whole chapter makes no sense. And then, when Silla wakes up and just decides now Gowan is The Creeper Man I just wanted to give up reading all together. Only little Nori kept me going.

And tbh, I'm still not sure I “buy” the ending. I didn't find it satisfying at all.

I'm still going to recommend it because I think a less demanding reader would be satisfied with it. I think Kurtagich has chops. This only her second book. I predict she will get better.