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A review by javacat
Credenza by Wendy Dalrymple
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
If you think this book is going to be a campy story about a haunted piece of furniture, then you would be just like I was before starting this book. And I was wrong.
I straight up devoured this book. The first third or so felt like a ton of filler adjectives thrown around like bubbles at a wedding, but that did eventually calm down. Dalrymple did a great job at keeping the reader engaged and had the perfect amount of jumping into different years to add onto the story. This felt like a 2010s horror movie, just written onto a page.
The ending was not expected by me, at least not based on the feel of the first 75% of the book. I still wonder what happened after the epilogue, though.
PLEASE check trigger warnings for this book as there are a number of sensitive subjects throughout the story.
Thank you, Quill & Crow Publishing and Netgalley, for this ARC opportunity. This honest review has been left voluntarily.
I straight up devoured this book. The first third or so felt like a ton of filler adjectives thrown around like bubbles at a wedding, but that did eventually calm down. Dalrymple did a great job at keeping the reader engaged and had the perfect amount of jumping into different years to add onto the story. This felt like a 2010s horror movie, just written onto a page.
The ending was not expected by me, at least not based on the feel of the first 75% of the book. I still wonder what happened after the epilogue, though.
PLEASE check trigger warnings for this book as there are a number of sensitive subjects throughout the story.
Thank you, Quill & Crow Publishing and Netgalley, for this ARC opportunity. This honest review has been left voluntarily.