Scratches

This was a good debut novella by Joshua Marsella. It's about a 12 year old boy, Connor, living with his mother in her childhood home that has some dark secrets best left uncovered. Connor decides to move his bedroom down into the basement and things start to get a little creepy.

I gave this 4 stars, but it's really 3.5, it's 4 stars for the story, as it's a good story, and I think the characters and plot were interesting. However, the writing and dialogue had some issues, there was some awkward transitions in the narration and things of that nature, so I give the writing itself 3 stars, for an average rating of 3.5 stars. But overall I think Josh really did a fantastic job for a debut, it was a creepy story, and had a really good ending.

Josh is working on a prequel to this, and I'm looking forward to reading that. I would definitely recommend this if you like horror, it's a quick read and worth your time.