A review by cabeswateraven
Direwood by Catherine Yu

4.0

This was so creepy and gory and such an insular horror story !! I loved this take on vampires and despite others not enjoying the slowness of the plot, I think it worked perfectly! The slowness and the uncertainty really added to the story and made it even more compelling!! I do enjoy how heavy it went on the gore at times and just how weird it was and how nicely it wrapped up at the end, a great standalone for an afternoon. 

If you like weird, beautifully written low plot books with interesting unique horror elements I recommend this, I read it in one sitting and I had a lot of fun with it. I’ll be for sure picking up further horror from this author in the future!