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A review by oddree13
Nightmare in Savannah by Lela Gwenn
3.0
Alexa is sent to Savannah to live with her grandfather and get away from her family's past. Unfortunately, a quick search from her classmates reveals her parent's criminal acts and marks her as an outcast. Lucky for Alexa, three girls quickly invite her into their group of friends. But after a bonfire bacchanalia in the woods, the girls realize they have one common link - they are all fairy changelings.
Nightmare in Savannah was a fun spooky read during Halloween and gives the reader a good primer of fae lore. The story shows how the girls start to use their powers to exact revenge on those who have wronged them, and how it gets out of hand. There are some episodes of hallucination, paranoia, minor body horror, gore, and even death enacted on their victims and you come to find out there is another big bad really pulling the strings.
Bonus points for representation of a variety of backgrounds, both racial/ethnic and sexual, including ace and wlw romance.
My issues with it are that a lot of the motivations of the characters are only briefly presented. The character development for the main character is much more robust than for the other three girls, and usually, those wouldn't be an issue except that a lot of plot points turn on them and you find it hard to either connect with them or remember why something would have occurred. Additionally, there is one male character who will not let up his advances on Alexa and though at the end it's shown that he's not really a creep, he feels like a red flag from the meet-cute.
Nightmare in Savannah was a fun spooky read during Halloween and gives the reader a good primer of fae lore. The story shows how the girls start to use their powers to exact revenge on those who have wronged them, and how it gets out of hand. There are some episodes of hallucination, paranoia, minor body horror, gore, and even death enacted on their victims and you come to find out there is another big bad really pulling the strings.
Bonus points for representation of a variety of backgrounds, both racial/ethnic and sexual, including ace and wlw romance.
My issues with it are that a lot of the motivations of the characters are only briefly presented. The character development for the main character is much more robust than for the other three girls, and usually, those wouldn't be an issue except that a lot of plot points turn on them and you find it hard to either connect with them or remember why something would have occurred. Additionally, there is one male character who will not let up his advances on Alexa and though at the end it's shown that he's not really a creep, he feels like a red flag from the meet-cute.