I had the pleasure of reading this book before publication and I can tell you that it’s fantastic! There were parts that were so scary I had to turn on the lights to continue reading and parts that were so hilarious that I was laughing for 15 minutes straight. And then it made me laugh again when I thought about it hours later. And again when I read that part to my friends. In short, this book made me feel something, and that’s what I’m looking for in a book.Also, something else that’s brilliant...

I’m really developing a special love for stories that mesh fantasy with dark and horrific imagery. And although The Crows plays heavily with traditional Gothic tropes, it manages to build a lush fantasy world filled with the truly weird and grotesque. At first, it appears to be a straight up haunted house story, as Carrie finishes renovating her dream home, a dilapidated manor in Wales, and begins to have thoughts that are not entirely her own. But it soon grows into much more as she discovers n...

Delightfully weird and creepy. I think this is my first real exposure to body horror. There's a lot in this book + I don't think I tracked everything, but I enjoyed it - the characters, the town, the story. Am curious to read more.

The narration is so confident and smooth that I felt no skepticism of the supernatural events. The world is well designed and told through a particular voice. Weird, spooky, and graphic — enough gore for those with some tolerance for horror-violence without feeling gratuitous. Also, the ebook has lovely art. Ebooks are rarely so visually attractive.

This book captured me immediately into the story and I loved everything about this story. Excellent story with great characters, especially Carrie. This is a compelling story with action and perfect pacing.I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

So, I don’t generally read horror. I had no idea what body horror was until I read this. But let me tell you, Rosens’ The Crows absolutely blew me away. Her world-building is phenomenal, detailed, and terrifying. She knows each and every one of her characters inside out. Her writing voice is beautiful. And just when you don’t think things can get any creepier, they do. Five stars to this breakout book loved every minute of it.

The Crows is a really great book. The story grabbed me from the beginning and kept me hooked throughout. The characters are likable and well developed. The story is well written and interesting. A great book that I recommend reading.I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

This was a gory, Gothic story which was also a lot of fun. I loved the small seaside town setting and all the little details the author included in regards to this, but the true star of the show here is The Crows itself (my apologies to Carrie & Ricky). Rosens takes the concept of a living house & executes it to perfection.There were a few parts in the story where I was a little lost, in large part because there is a lot going on at times, but overall this was great read with an excellent myster...

~About:When Carrie Rickard moves to an old manor, Fairwood House, known to locals as The Crows, she soon finds herself in the midst of a decades long supernatural plot that opens her eyes to the otherworldly goings on of the village. ~Characters:Carrie was a down on her luck young woman, having recently separated from a manipulative ex boyfriend. Though cautious in nature, her mental strength and determination in the face of adversity were awe-inspiring. I found myself sharing in her various hig...

I adore this book! I was a beta reader and now I own the arc in order to write a review! It’s a spiritual cousin to The Haunting of Hill House, the Uninvited, and the Hammer films. Full of Lovecraftian horror, dry British humor, and *lots* of body horror. The book is about Carrie Rickard, a shattered young woman running away from a bad breakup, and buys a house in a small town in England. But not just any house: a living house that has seen more terrible things than a torture chamber. Also, her

The Crows is a fantastic Gothic Horror book that has all sorts of twists and turns, which also has a macabre taste that's definitely dark in nature. The happenings among the little town is fun, especially with all the beings that come out at night that happen upon the protagonist when she least expects it. There's a lot of dark humor as well which is a lot of fun, so The Crows does provide plenty of giggles.The lore of the The Crows is very extensive and its obvious that C.M. Rosens has taken a

This is such a fantastic gothic tale! It's perfect for anyone who loves haunted houses, body horror, and a town with more secrets than residents. The characters are incredibly relatable, as they grapple with past traumas and current mysteries. All the characters are richly drawn and complex, making this a great story about found-family and magic. For as creepy and horrific as certain parts of this story can be, there are other equally comforting parts, and often the two are mixed so well togethe...

This is hands-down the weirdest paranormal/haunted/undead/Other/etc story I have ever read. If that appeals to you, give it a try. I enjoyed/was creeped out, and recommend it unreservedly. Will I read book 2 when it comes out? Probably. What a peculiar, unique, somehow entertaining experience.

A clever heroine who falls for a ruined house… and the house that has a mind of its own falls for her. When C.M. Rosens offered to let me beta read The Crows, I couldn’t be more excited. Curses, a murder, and a spooky town all wrapped up in a blanket of dark humor? A very emotionally unavailable monster boy from next-door with a penchant for cannibalism? Sign me the heck up! To read the full review, follow this link: https://nitapanwrites.com/2020/01/02/...

When I picked this book to read next, I assumed I was getting myself into a modern riff on Gothic haunted house horror, which is a genre I love. This is certainly that, but so much more. It's hard to say too much without giving away major spoilers, but suffice to say that one of our protagonists, Carrie, is a rather passive heroine who falls in love with a house that loves her almost too fiercely in return, and our other, Ricky, is the most anti-hero of anti-heroes I can ever remember encounteri...

I adore this book! It's a marvellous contemporary horror story which bustles with lively, horrific characters doing terrible, fascinating things yet still manages to have the horror of lonelier books in the genre and several of the scenes were incredibly chilling. The curiosity, anger and fear of the heroine makes her feels incredibly real – she's not just a passive character through whom the story is observed. The plotting and pace draw the reader on and on and on, it's an incredibly addictive

No story is better than its characters, and it is a joy that the characters are well realised and fit within the narrative. The author makes you feel what the main characters feel without telling you directly. For example, I felt myself mirroring Carrie's shock and surprise at the beginning of things and then mentally adjusting to the new normal. Brava! I hope to see more stories in this world.On a slight tangent: I was not expecting it to be as erotic as it had turned out, but that was a deligh...

The Crows is a breath of fresh (fetid?) air on the miasma of contemporary fiction, with unexpected twists and turns (and tentacles!) blurring the line between horror and comedy. I honestly didn't know whether to hide under the covers or chuckle to death - but I know I did say "what the f---" quite a lot.I must say I was a bit confused at times - there were so many characters, dead and alive, it was hard to keep track. The intriguing illustrations by Tom Brown provided a much helpful pause in the...

It is only May, but I have to declare this as my book of the year so far!The story is bizarre, terrifying, funny, and gruesome. Yet, with all these mindboggling components, I found it to be 100% relatable, and I could not put it down. For real. Fairwood wouldn't allow me to.Carrie is one of the most well written characters I've ever come across. She manages to live a half-assed normal life in the middle of drop in werewolves, ghosts, cannibals, not to mention the house itself.And who could possi...

such a good read w amazing, nuance world-building, & characters that you're going to fall in love with & IMMEDIATELY question everything about yourself because how can you love these terrible people this much