Review: We're Not Safe Here

We're Not Safe Here by Rin Chupeco
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and SOURCEBOOKS Fire for the pre-release copy of We're Not Safe Here by Rin Chupeco. Below you'll find my honest review.

I absolutely LOVED Rin's The Sacrifice. My experiences with Chupeco's work have shown that they have an extremely creative mind and that they try to push boundaries with new ideas, and I love that.

Alas, for me We're Not Safe Here led to mixed feelings.

PROS: Really strong weirdness vibes. Good characters. Excellent creepy cryptids. Compelling enough to be hard to put down, just because you want to see what happens next.

CONS: At times, it was vague in its answers in a way that wasn't satisfying (sometimes the vague answers are satisfying because you can fill in the blanks), including the ending. The blog post/video/chat/forum post format was an interesting twist, but at times, it could be difficult.

All in all, I enjoyed this one, but I do wish there were some tweaks that would have kicked it up a notch. And Rin, if you're reading this (you're probably not), I'd love a novella prequel to give us a bit more information!

I'd give this one three and a half stars, but after waffling a bit on how to round it, I rounded down to three. I liked it but didn't love it.

Definitely still recommended for horror fans who like creative creatures. I still liked the book and think it's worth a read, especially when my misgivings might be someone else's shining gem.

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Review: The Place Where They Buried Your Heart

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and Berkley for the pre-release copy of The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry. Below you'll find my honest review.

Yet again, I've loved a Christina Henry horror novel! That's quite a few in a row, which is putting her into my "automatically TBR" category of authors.

I was totally in the mood for more haunted house horror after reading my ARC of Play Nice by Rachel Harrison recently, also a Berkley novel, and then this one became available on Netgalley and I was ecstatic.

If you're a fan of Stephen King, this one was absolutely on par with some of his best works. It gives that King vibe, following a small group of people (and our MC) through a long period of life, with a danger in their area that grows over time in very Pennywise fashion, except in this case, it's a house and not a demonic space clown spider thing.

I don't want to spoil much, so I won't say more, but I highly recommend it for fans of Stephen King, Joe Hill, Rachel Harrison, or even Chuck Wendig's recent forays into horror.

Five stars. Perfect Halloween read.

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