I guess I was expecting a more traditional horror narrative when I picked this up. While the novel does have supernatural elements, the suspense seemed blunted to me; even the family’s stalker felt less menacing than I would have expected, as if Due pulled her punches to leave uncertainty in the reader’s mind about what was real and what Hilton was imagining. ‘The Between’ was Due’s first horror novel and the theme was ambitious for a first-time novelist: what family members do for one another across generations. I would try another of her books—this one just felt more like an extended short story to me.