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*2.5This was a really quick and atmospheric read! I think it would be best to read this during the winter season. I didn’t connect to the characters but did find this enjoyable!
Note: I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in return for an honest review.3.5 stars.Review to come.
I love a good Krampus story. This novella was a little short on Krampus for me, but it was filled with all too human monsters. It felt predictable, or at least none of the events were surprising, but I did like the end, and overall I found the story deceptively creepy. I’ll probably be thinking about it for longer than I want to. I recommend reading it at Christmas as a nice contrast to the Hallmark Christmas Movie season. Thank you to NetGalley and Tordotcom for the digital advanced copy in exc...
Este libro parecía que sufría de una crisis de identidad. Así es como lo puedo explicar. La autora empieza con una historia y de un pronto a otro salta a otra sin poder conectarlas bien. El libro tenía una premisa interesante pero… no lo fue para mí.
Mary Rickert packs a big punch in this little novella. I only wish I could have read this tale by the glow of the Christmas tree lights!"Lucky Girl: How I Became a Horror Writer: A Krampus Story" follows struggling horror writer Ro. The victim of an unimaginable and unsolved crime as a young girl, Ro finds herself alone in a diner on Christmas. Things take a turn for the creepy when she and a group of lonley strangers decide to get together for a spontaneous holiday celebration. The evening ends...
Not really sure how I feel about this one. It was eerie and sometimes uncomfortable which I liked but I feel like I guessed most of it and it took away from the surprise. Still an enjoyable and quick read.Thank you to the publishers for the gifted review copy!
Thank you to Tor and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!Lucky Girl by Mary Rickert is a chilling horror and thriller novella that will appeal to fans of Catriona Ward or Grady Hendrix. The story revolves around Ro, who invites four strangers at a diner to a Christmas dinner party. At the party, after an exchange of gifts, they decide to tell ghost stories. But as time passes, will the horror from the tales enter their real lives?Here is a captivating excerpt from an opening
Ro meets four other college students at a diner on Thanksgiving. For different reasons they all find themselves alone for the holiday. They decide to meet up for a Christmas party and gift exchange. At the party, they takes turns telling ghost stories. Grayson's is the creepiest about finding a bell that belongs to Krampus. Years later, Ro is a successful author basing her horror stories on events she experienced along with Grayson's story. Grayson invites them for a reunion. Who knew that their...
Great spooky Christmas story. Nice quick read. Thanks NetGalley for an advanced copy!
Lucky Girl is a fast but intricate basketweave of horror. Every time I thought I knew what was happening, the narrative was flipped on its head. Haunting and crisp, this story sings with a slow-building terror that feels like Andrew Shaffer's Secret Santa meeting Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth.
Five strangers come together one Christmas to keep each other company, passing time telling scary stories. Over the years they meet again, and they start to understand the horrors of the past and the stories.This atmospheric novella, focuses on Ro - a woman with dreams of becoming a writer. She has a dark past that is unveiled as the story progresses, and makes her name taking inspiration from stories she has heard and people she has met.The story was fast paced, and at times chilling. It was ra...
I didn't love it but didn't hate it. It just felt like it didn't really go anywhere and I didn't really connect with the main character. I did not see the ending coming though, that was a nice surprise. I felt it ended abruptly as well. I felt the same about this book as I did Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw, so if you liked that novel I suggest giving this a read when it releases.Thanks Tor for the advanced reader copy!
We joined each other for Christmas dinner. "We weren't really friends, just people who had formed a union out of loneliness." "I wasn't sure I liked any of them, but they had gotten me through an unbearable day and for that, I was grateful." "I harbored a secret hope we would form the sort of intense, almost-familial union I'd seen in friendships depicted in movies...That Christmas, after the delicate bubble of conviviality we created over dinner...All I wanted was to get through the night."An a...
This is an interesting story; at times it is raw and real and others it feels like a spoken story. After reading it, I sat on my thoughts for a while and at times I was engaged in the story that unfolded, ultimately, I didn't connect or care about the characters and that removed me a bit from the whole experience. Now, that doesn't make the story bad in my view, but I do prefer to connect to the stories I read.The bones of the story are there, the characters were interesting, and people I could
