Small Favors

I'm giving it 4.5 stars and I loved this novel. It's atmospheric horror with sprinklings of gore in several chapters so be warned if you're not into that.

Some reviewers found the story slow, but the plot had my attention throughout so I would disagree with them. The author does a great job of having moments of levity in the novel even though strange, scary, and unsettling things are happening in the town in basically every chapter. I loved the romance between Whittaker and Elerie and I loved the twist within their side story. Overall, I think the novel had an appropriate amount of drama, romance, horror, and hopefulness for it to earn my 4.5 star rating.

My only complaint is that I think there should be an epilogue. The story ends after so much chaos has passed in the last few chapters that it feels a little abrupt. I would have liked to see what happened to the group after things calmed down. However, all my important questions were answered in the end and I was very satisfied and a little surprised at how things ended.