A review by literaryjunarin
Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

dark

3.0

CW: graphic rape scene, violence, homophobia, ableism, gore, murder, ritual sacrifice, Islamophobia

I love how engrossing LaRocca's writing is. It will just suck you in. Although this one has too many similes and metaphors I think. 

This book is marketed as a supernatural horror but the horror was rarely there. I thought the cult was huge but there's only one believer who just hypnotized (?) other villagers and trapped them in. 

I liked the little wraith friend of the main character.

All in all, I think this was okay but the gang rape is very, very, unnecessary for the plot.