House of Hollow

I had really weird dreams the whole time I was reading this book.

What can I say, I love a creepy fairytale-ish story with body horror and weird plants. Sometimes the pacing was weird and I felt like it for sure could have gone deeper but it was a fun ride.

- some of the horror elements in this were excellent. would love to read more pure horror writing by this author
- Some really beautiful imagery especially a few pages in chapter 24.
- one mystery was not solved and that I feel had the potential to make the book even creepier or more interesting and felt like a missed opportunity/I would have liked to know!! This is a spoiler so I will not say what it was
- definitely some indulgent and gaudy writing that is fun if you let it be or annoying if you want to be annoyed (this was fun for the most part although in a few parts made it drag slightly).
- did not realize before starting it that this is considered YA - nothing against YA but it explains some things.