bryangball 's review for:

Seed by Ania Ahlborn

2.0

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2.5 stars rounded up. I’ve been wanting to read Ania Ahlborn for a long time, and I will read more of hers, but this fell flat more than it didn’t for me. There is some very strong horror writing in here, and it starts off super promisingly, but for a shorter novel, it just about lost me half way through. With some work there’s a better novel in here somewhere. There’s nothing wrong with gore in a horror novel, but this seemed more interested in gore over character work that could have provided some depth. Also, the characters. There’s nothing wrong with a grating character, but they seemed very one note here. I don’t mean to be so negative; there were quite a few genuinely spooky moments in the beginning.