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Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
5.0

Listen, this may be 5 stars, honestly. I have to sit with it for a little while and sort through the well of big feelings this book brought to my life. Around the middle, I kinda detached from the story a bit but that may have just been a me thing so… stay tuned.

For now, I will say that this book genuinely had me scared and creeped out several times and pretty consistently through the entire read.

The main characters, their stories and connections are instantly relatable. Then, the spooky stuff starts and I was in no way prepared. My toxic reader trait is that I try to guess the endings and twists, even when I go in blind as I tend to do. I was unsuccessful here, I had no clue what was coming next. The excellent writing and atmospheric, haunting story kept me in the dark and it was deliciously horrifying.

I opted for the audiobook version and the narrator did an incredible job at creating an extra layer of immersion into this already fantastic story. Genuinely unsettled and scary.

I’ve now talked myself into it- 5 stars, go read it.