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Nestlings

Nat Cassidy

3.91 AVERAGE

aboo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

oliviaknutsen's review against another edition

5.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

As a woman who is always right and also works with babies, this was truly a nightmare.

ladyheather10's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brittanyc's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

rachaellv's review against another edition

3.5

tense medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Focuses on a small diverse family:

A Jewish husband
A paralyzed mom who uses a wheelchair
Baby Charlie (~1 yr old)

Content Warnings

nikkifrances1979's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ace_tc's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I hadn’t heard of this book but I had heard of other Nat Cassidy books. They hadn’t peaked my interest until I saw that he was going to be a featured author at DragonCon 2025. I’ve always enjoyed the author panels, even with authors I hadn’t heard of. I jumped on the chance to buy one of his books and maybe read it before the convention.
That had been my plan, I even brought them all the way down to Georgia but in the end I didn’t have time to read it. I had a great time at his featured panel, added a lot more books to my TBR.
I’m not usually a seeker of family based books, I’m not opposed to them but I don’t actively go out of my way to find stories like that. I come from a small family myself and I currently have no children, just a partner. Maybe that makes reading horrific family stories easier to digest for me.
I really enjoyed Nestlings, it may become a top favorite. I always enjoy a “haunted house” setting and I love that the monsters were gargoyles. That’s so different, at least from what I’ve read!
The book was very easy to follow along and I enjoyed spooky scenarios and settings. I love an ooey gooey monster. Again this may more devastating for parents to read.