Truly terrified this is a slow burn that shakes your very bones. It's terrific, terrible and tragic and kept me reading to all hours, scared of every creak and shadow. It's also set in Ireland where ancient curses and shadows haunt the darkness.

𝙄𝙛 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙝𝙚’𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪.

4.5💫 Haunting, tense and atmospheric, this gothic folk horror rooted in Irish myth and legend is one for reading with the lights on.

What begins with ghostly knocks on the door of her little bookshop, quickly develops into a descent into Hell for Grace as she heads to Croaghnakeela, the small island off the coast of Ireland where she was born before she was sent to the mainland and put up for adoption.

Following the news of her biological mums death, she heads home, to the island shrouded in mystery and deep-rooted secrets, and Grace quickly discovers that some secrets should be left buried.

Multiple POVs made this book a little confusing at times as I struggled to get my head around who’s who, but this was a really enjoyable and aptly eerie read with a wholly unexpected ending. Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this book!