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January Reviews

This YA horror has been on my TBR a while. I picked it up for January‘s #ReadSpooky2023 prompt. I thought it was a traditional haunted house story, but there was a twist I didn‘t see coming. It‘s a pick for me, but a low one. It‘s not a long book and I feel that the story could have been fleshed (ha!) out more. I will pick up Lukavics‘ other books. #haunted #Booked2023 #TitleStartsWithVorW

(2016) Lucy lives with her father and aunt in a historic mansion, where the family's livelihood consists of hosting rich-people parties. Then the cook dies, the aunt disappears, and Lucy's cousin starts hearing voices in the walls ...

It's a YA haunted house story with an ambiguous setting: clues about the story's location in space and time are so mixed that I expected it to end as Just A Dream. But it has its moments, and the ending delivers

A kind of haunted house story with a twist. Good enough that I kept reading it because I wanted to know what happens, and I would recommend it to anyone who loves a haunted house story but it‘s by no means a masterpiece. You never quite forget that you‘re reading a YA novel. #ReadSpooky2022

“Walter the cook killed himself in his little bedroom downstairs, just a few hours after saying good-night.“

This is the opening of the tagged book - a recent read #SundaySoapbox @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

Finished a couple of books during #JoyousJanuary @Andrew65 - just not the one I set out to finish - will work on that this week!

Make a great day everyone -

"Walter the cook killed himself in his little bedroom downstairs, just a few hours after saying good-night."

#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

A lot of great spooky imagery and atmosphere! I always enjoy a horror that starts out with a slow burn and then goes explosively off the rails.

There were things about the setting that didn't make any sense, though. Maybe it should have been set in a different time period.

Overall good for it's YA horror genre, not quite for me, but still fun.

An entertaining pick for #readspooky2022, looking forward to the rest of the year! 👻 @teebe

TW - self harm/suicide

I am giving this a pick because:
1 - the opening line “Walter the cook killed himself in his little bedroom downstairs, just a few hours after saying good-night.“
2- I read it in one day because I wanted to know what was going on

My only issues are listed in comments with a spoiler alert -

This is January book for #ReadSpooky2022 hosted by @teebe - looking forward to each months pick!

Make a great day everyone - ⭐

Gruesome! If you don't like gore, I don't recommend.

Mama is enjoying some quiet time. It is mid-week of the first week of school, and my kids are GROUCHY!

☝️❤

"People can be happy and sad at the same time," my aunt says "Sometimes the sad parts just spiral out of control"

Literally read this in one sitting. Such a fantastic book and totally had so many elements that I love in it! I always love grand manors in books and this did not disappoint. I wanted a bit more history of certain elements, but that is just me being persnickety. Definitely going to look into other books by this author! Highly recommend this one!

Trigger warning for self harm!

This book gave me major Sinister vibes, which I loved! I had a hard time putting it down because I just had to find out what was really going on. Super creepy and, at times, gruesome. I'll definitely be picking up her other book, Daughters Unto Devils.

Starting this one next 😊

Well that was scary. I was very happy to drop this off at the library. I couldn‘t stop reading it even though it was gross and scary. Usually YA horror isn‘t that bad! And yes I am a wuss, deal with it.

So i just finish this book..need it the distraction. And its amazing..so intense and it graps you from the beginning. I had never read anything by this author before but i think im going to start. Def recomend it to everyone that likes horror/mistery❤❤

*****5 out of 5

super creepy and completely addicting, i read this in about 5 hours today and was hooked.

not as much as i would've liked to have been. only 4 stars. but that just because of the lack of descriptions. I LOVED the plot. this book was perfect for fans of horror.

Gorgeous day to walk to the library and return a book that's not keeping my interest! #mylibrary

Onto book two for the day. This is super creepy so far!

I'm lucky my husband understands my book obsession.

The first few paragraphs grabbed my attention. This book is not a deep read but chilling nonetheless.

#riotgrams #bookishtattoo One tattoo is never enough especially when you love books.

#riotgrams #bookishtattoo My bookish tattoo with my kids names.

The premise is very interesting but could use a better editor and a revision to the ending.

Damn. Amy Lukavics is getting deep in the first chapter.

Starting out my catch up month a day early with this creepy book.

First post on here and I'm feeling the Election Eve tension! So what am I doing? Snuggling with a cat and reading a horror novel! I greatly enjoyed DAUGHTERS UNTO DEVILS by Amy Lukavics, and this is her newest foray into horror. At least this is a horror story I know isn't real. We shall see how tomorrow goes...

This was just ok. It wasn't scary and the characters weren't that good. It took too long to get to the real story. It was so weird to first describe this elegant diner where people come dressed in their finest and then the food is corn or hamburgers. That was so strange. Also I think the house in the cover of the book doesn't match with the describtion in the book. These are only details but when there are enough of these it gets really anoying.

Strange, gruesome things are happening in this "sacred" house. Things become even stranger when the walls begin talking. A quick, spooky read.

#AllHallowsRead

The best part of this book is the very last page. In the acknowledgments there is a reference for Stephen King's It. Yeah, I didn't like this book so much.

I'm not too crazy about this book but I have a feeling that now after 115 pages it's starting to get better.

Although this kept me reading and was imaginatively gruesome in places, the ending disappointed me so much that I am now exasperated with the whole book. The characters were also rather flat.

I really wanted this to be good but it just fell flat for me. It had some really spooky scenes but overall was kind of bland. However, I am excited to see what Lukavics writes next!

I'm again a bit late with my booktober photo but I was busy yesterday so here is the snack photo. Dark mint chocolate and chips. #readingsnacks #booktober

I liked Lukavic's Daughters Unto Devils so much that I had to check this book out! The first page already has me hooked 👻🕸🕯#booktober #scaretober

Our first #AllHallowsRead TBR pick! A Victorian mansion, a dead mother, and mysterious voices?! Ahhh! 👻

Visited a bookstore today. My order had arrived. Women in the walls looks like a perfect book for a dark and cold autumn before the winter arrives. The other book was an interesting find. It is a collection of stories of mistakes done by famous and historical people and the consequences that followed.

Hotel reads!!! Now which one do I read first?

I've been looking for good YA horror for years and finally found a fantastic author! This book was really good! It was scary and gory and quite disturbing😱👻💀

Creepy!!!

Birthday #bookstore visit. It's not hard to figure out what I bought as a present to myself. Although I had to reserve it because it's not in yet.

So, so disgusting and bloody and disturbing and BRILLIANT! I love it!

I'm really enjoying this and decided to read parts aloud to a bat.

Reading a creepy book from this great view.

Somewhere between Pan and So-so... I really enjoyed the first half- very creepy and atmospheric. The second half got progressively more absurd until a rushed ending that was just grotesque. It was almost like two completely different books.