What an excellent debut collection! I thoroughly enjoyed these strange, uncanny stories - very reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and The Twilight Zone which I LOVE. My absolute favourites were the opening story, Table Scraps - even though I figured out what was going on pretty quickly, it still had a massive impact; Emily scared the hell out of me - the ending!!!!; Make a Home of Me, the titular story, is this strange, scary and sad sort of a story that I really like; As Above, So Below - a tense and sci-fi-ish tale, excellent!

I’ll definitely read what Vanessa Santos writes next!

ARC received through Netgalley

3.5 ⭐️
This was so good!! I don’t usually particularly appreciate collections of short stories (especially when they are horror because I feel like most times they’re too short for me to even get into it and actually feel scared). This one, though? I loved it, I thought the pacing was spot on in most of the stories, the themes were interesting and the endings satisfying. I would definitely recommend if you want a nice selection of horror short stories which all somehow have to do with homes.

I loved the unsettling nature of these short, eerie stories. Easy to read but harder to forget this author is an excellent talent and I will be looking out for more! They will stay with you and make you look over your shoulder!

Thank you for my advance copy!