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@whatkelseysreading •R E V I E W• “That’s a pretty heavy burden to bear, being everything for someone.” Let’s hear some commotion for this cover please 👏🫶🤩 because I’m 10/10 obsessed with it and yes it’s why I bought the book! A wonderful surprise that the inside of the book is just as good! And I have another book for you to sneak in during this spooky season! When Iris and her 2 sisters were very young they went missing. They later returned with no memory of what happened and identical half-moon scars on their necks. Years later, Iris’ oldest sister Grey goes missing again and she’s determined to find out if it’s connected to their past, the horned man who keeps following her, the corpse found in Grey’s ceiling, or all of the above? This is a super eerie, atmospheric read, a bit witchy too! I finished it in a day because I needed to know what was happening. Sometimes with books like these you can be disappointed with the “reveal” but I was pleasantly surprised here. I’ll leave it at that 😌 I rated it 4⭐️s - I really liked it! I ended up listening to the audio and highly recommend! It did take me a little bit to get into but once I did I was hooked! Definitely recommend for spooky season or if you want a book that’s creepy and strange but won’t keep you up at night. 💭What spooky/witchy book are you for sure trying to get before October ends?!
@whowhatbooks The House of Hollow. Ya know, just another book on my TBR I completely forgot about 😩 • And, I know the whole “don’t judge a book by its cover” — but, can we agree this cover is 😍 • It has a hint of magic in it that I am very here for. • What’s the word on the ‘gram? Have ya read it? • #readmorebooks #bookreview #readersgonnaread #bookchallenge #houseofhollow
House of Hollow - by Krystal Sutherland
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"Iris and Vivi work to uncover their dark, dangerous, and possibly magical past when their older sister Grey goes missing"--Book Synopsis
An Instant Indie Bestseller! A dark, twisty modern fairytale where three sisters discover they are not exactly all that they seem and evil things really do go bump in the night. Iris Hollow and her two older sisters are unquestionably strange. Ever since they disappeared on a suburban street in Scotland as children only to return a month a later with no memory of what happened to them, odd, eerie occurrences seem to follow in their wake. And they're changing. First, their dark hair turned white. Then, their blue eyes slowly turned black. They have insatiable appetites yet never gain weight. People find them disturbingly intoxicating, unbearably beautiful, and inexplicably dangerous. But now, ten years later, seventeen-year-old Iris Hollow is doing all she can to fit in and graduate high school on time--something her two famously glamourous globe-trotting older sisters, Grey and Vivi, never managed to do. But when Grey goes missing without a trace, leaving behind bizarre clues as to what might have happened, Iris and Vivi are left to trace her last few days. They aren't the only ones looking for her though. As they brush against the supernatural they realize that the story they've been told about their past is unraveling and the world that returned them seemingly unharmed ten years ago, might just be calling them home.Review Quotes
Praise for House of Hollow "Stepping nimbly among the liminal spaces and eerie real-world haunts of our heroine's cipher-sister, this haunting modern fairy tale will wrap you up like a glittering fog, before going for your throat." --Melissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel Wood ★ "Sutherland keeps this haunting, contemporary fairy tale poised on the edge of gorgeous and gruesome, with visceral descriptions of sensual yet menacing magic hidden in the everyday. . . Hand this to your Nova Ren Suma and Melissa Albert fans." --Booklist, starred review ★ "This is slow-burn horror with imagery steeped in the senses . . . and Sutherland maximizes tension by playing into familiar tropes and then tearing away from them . . . The ending manages to be both horrific and heartbreaking . . . [with a] lingering chill." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review "Wonderfully creepy and full of unnerving supernatural flourishes." --PopSugar "[Readers] will be eviscerated. . . Alive with lush language and a dark fairy tale feel, this is a compelling readalike for lovers of Holly Black's many wonderful fair folk standalones and series." --School Library Journal "Smart and assured narration easily carries a fast-paced story entwining themes of grief and loss with elements of folklore and some very inventive body horror. The pervasive feeling of dread builds to a shocking twist. A lush and darkly twisted modern fairy tale." --Kirkus Reviews "Filled with evocative detail, Sutherland's dark fantasy teems with eerie atmosphere . . . [in] Sutherland's carefully crafted fantasy world. Readers who are delighted by stories of the uncanny . . . will find themselves enchanted." --Publishers Weekly "In House of Hollow, Krystal Sutherland turns her razor-sharp imagination to new horizons and proves, once again, that words blossom at her command. This story will steal up your spine, slip beneath your skin, and stick to you like honey." --Samantha Shannon, New York Times bestselling author of the Bone Season series and The Priory of the Orange Tree "Filled with lush language and a fairy tale feel, this horror story takes readers on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. . . Hand this to your readers who love Holly Black books and dark twisted fairytales. This high speed ride will catapult readers to an end many may see coming, but which is nevertheless shocking when it finally arrives." --School Library Connection "This dark, deliciously twisted novel has everything you could hope for as a reader--a brilliant concept, glamorous characters with secrets to hide, immersive world-building, and some of the finest writing I've seen in YA fiction. I'll put it like this--I am obsessed with House of Hollow." --Louise O'Neill, author of Printz Award Honoree Asking for It "Dark and delicious, House of Hollow hums with malice and mystery. I devoured it whole." --Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies "An intoxicating, gorgeously grotesque fever dream full of the impossible stench of carrion flowers, the allure of haunted stairways in the woods and doors leading nowhere. A beautifully crafted, addictively dark fairy tale with horns!" --Dawn Kurtagich, author of The Dead HouseAbout The Author
Krystal Sutherland's first novel, Our Chemical Hearts, was published in over twenty countries and made the American Booksellers Association's Indie Next List in 2016. The film adaptation, Chemical Hearts (2020), was produced by Amazon Studios and stars Lili Reinhart (Riverdale) and Austin Abrams (Dash & Lily). Sutherland served as an executive producer on the project. Her second novel, A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares, was published in 2017 and has been optioned for adaptation by Yellow Bird. Originally from Australia, she has lived on four continents and currently calls London home.Additional product information and recommendations
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