A review by ashyoung
Nestlings by Nat Cassidy

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is an incredible novel. The writing is exquisite, the Jewish look at vampires was great, the exploration of post-partum depression and disability and change and belonging and grief was poignant and done in that unique way horror can do it. It was scary, intriguing, entertaining, thought-provoking. 

"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are.
It's an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. 
A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."

I will be thinking about that staircase for some time, I think.