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The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror by Tori Bovalino
4.5
Oh my god, I loved this book so much! It's always super tough to rate anthologies because each story is different and has a different writing voice but I genuinely enjoyed the majority of them a lot.
These are depicted as folk horror and a lot of these stories as expanded urban legends and I found them so fun to read through. I think this book isn't necessarily pitched in the correct way though and I don't think these stories truly represent folk horror. This really is just about urban legends and ghost stories the characters are involved in. Our characters are mostly young, like this is definitely YA focused with a lot of characters being in their teens and in high school.
My favorite stories that I liked the most out of this book are "Loved by All, Save One" by Tori Bovalino, "Ghost on the Shore" by Allison Saft, "Stay" by Erica Waters, and "It Stays with You" by Aden Polydoros.
These are depicted as folk horror and a lot of these stories as expanded urban legends and I found them so fun to read through. I think this book isn't necessarily pitched in the correct way though and I don't think these stories truly represent folk horror. This really is just about urban legends and ghost stories the characters are involved in. Our characters are mostly young, like this is definitely YA focused with a lot of characters being in their teens and in high school.
My favorite stories that I liked the most out of this book are "Loved by All, Save One" by Tori Bovalino, "Ghost on the Shore" by Allison Saft, "Stay" by Erica Waters, and "It Stays with You" by Aden Polydoros.