Katie Hayoz

The Curse That Binds Us

Alice Hyman

Nopety nope nah no nope

I’m sorry but this is too creepy for me 

Okay being completely honest I am a MASSSIVE baby when it comes to creepy paranormal things. I’m talking like pg15 stuff terrifies me. So please dont take the fact that I DNFd I 65% as an actual opinion on the book. If I knew I’d be able to sleep tonight I would have continued.

Star rating is based on what I did read

A fantasyesque historical but also modern day paranormal Thriller - To be honest I don’t know really how to describe it. Basically a mashup of House of Hollow and The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue 

We follow three POVs 

Redd the “main” character 

John the one from Eden 

And Eleanor from the 1800s 

Redd to be honest didn’t interest me much, though it’s clear she’s different and has led a different life I didn’t really get to the point of understanding her or understanding her motives - which I’d hoped I would having gotten well over half way into the book 

John is pretty ditto, though I did enjoy what we learned of Eden through his POV

Eleanor POV Let me tell you I was on the edge of my seat figuring out what happening, I loved the fact there was a warped sense of time between all the POVs and as someone who has been interested in the Roanoke mystery I loved seeing it in this book. Slowing figuring out what and who everyone is is so gripping - and the feeling of nervousness and fear because you don’t actually know what is out there. Sinisters the word, I was never like actively scared but I felt like something was looking over my shoulder.

Massive thanks to Katie Hayoz and BooksGoSocial Publishing for the opportunity to read this amazing book !

The Curse That Binds Us

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