al99 's review for:

Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
3.0

Love a Richmond-set horror novel and was interested to see it dipping into some scenes set in Hopewell, VA (well known for its ketone crisis in the 60s-70s).

I also really liked what I believed to be the main (not veiled) story regarding the claws of addiction and how easy it is to become entrapped.

I was not into what felt like all the other side plots shoehorned in just to bulk out the book/add "depth" to the characters, and there were parts where I was rolling my eyes or saying "really?", but overall I'd likely recommend this to horror fans looking for a story about addiction. 3.5/5.