It's extremely dark and a bit demanding of a book but I kind of ended up loving it. This is the first book of Ahlborn's that I've read but I will make it a point to check out her other stories. I enjoyed the atmosphere she created and how subtly, almost discreetly, builds her characters. I don't know if that's consistent in her writing style but it really stood out in a good way here.

It is like I mentioned very dark, there's no real light moments or levity to be found it's fairly unrelenting in that fact which is mostly true it seems to the world the story lives in. There's also not a single likeable character in the book including the main protagonist Stevie. I feel a lot of sympathy for him, he has everything going against him and he's trying to do the right thing but I wouldn't ever want to spend anytime with him.

All that said it's 100% worth checking out if you want a legitimate and original horror story.