Some of my favorite things this horror anthology contained:
Desolate Desert Landscapes- I absolutely loved the scenery of many of these stories. I live in the desert, therefore, I highly appreciated these little attention to detail moments. The smell of a monsoon, the humid rain heavy in the air, ugh the feels it evoked left my heart empty, covered in thick settled dust.
An Ocean Kingdom- I love mermaid horror stories. Horror and iridescent scales go so well together.
Revenge Parties- It's all fun and games until you find out why you truly are the center of attention.
Creepy Phone Calls- Always make for a good psychological adventure.
Creepy Children- Let's face it, children can be extra creepy, especially the on purpose creepy ones.
Other elements I enjoyed:
Revenge- All the fun ways revenge was taken... super fun! Morbid fun, but still. :)
Monsters- Supposed myths but these ladies brought them to life!
Evil- Who doesn't love evil twisted stories?
I'm a sensitivity reader. I knew going into this horror anthology that I would not be able to read it at night once it got dark. I also knew I couldn't read this while eating because of blood and gore.
So why did I read this?
A couple of reasons:
1. The cover looked sweet! I thought it was unique, pretty, and the colors popped right out at me. Most demons I've read about seem to have a male presence, I'm elated to see female demons getting more popular. (Probably because women are working towards equality still.)
2. It was free the day I found the sweet cover on Amazon. Lucky me!
3. I learned this was an ALL WOMEN horror anthology and I definitely wanted to support that. Women live with deep horrors, oftentimes even scaring the outside of the skin, if anyone should be writing about horror, it's those who have lived it and keep on living. Women who write horror, ugh ya I'm here for even if I am a little sensitive. The horror community had remained mostly male in the past. I love that this is an all-women edition. Can I fangirl over that enough? Not really.
4. Some of the authors I follow on Twitter were featured- I was excited to see what they came up with.
5. As I was reading these stories I became more and more inspired and encouraged to write about my own horrors I've lived to tell, in a creative way. Anything I can refer to over and over and draw inspiration from is something I can appreciate, even being a sensitivity reader.
If you enjoy the horror genre, you'll definitely find multiple, if not all of the authors you'll want to follow. I know I'm going to.
As stated before, I downloaded this while it was free on Amazon. I was under no obligation to write a review, my honest opinion is given freely.
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