When the Reckoning Comes

read for blackoween 2022: a book set in the south & a book by an underrated authorread for halloweekend: horror or thriller genre blend

this book was truly horrifying and i really really loved how horror was used to explore real-life issues in the past and in the present. the imagery was gruesome and this was just so great. i'm not super into speculative horror but i like the way it was incorporated.