The richest family on the island is entirely made up of women. While some of it is layered in throughout the story. “It was written by men.” She held out her free hand to Marion. While this book is dark and involves several deaths and destruction, it also is incredibly feministic. There is a generations old pact with a demon! I was sold from the moment that became clear. I wasn’t sure if this book was going to be a Slenderman or just a fake paranormal book, but DEMONS THERE ARE DEMONS. I didn’t like her Furyborn book, but that is okay - KEEP WRITING HORROR, CLAIRE! Holy cow this book! I was so apprehensive going into it - I absolutely adore the cover, but the author gave me pause. Also been friends with the last few girls that have gone missing. The richest family’s daughter, a family with just a matriarchy line. She’s also recently broken up with her boyfriend, Grayson. Zoey Harlow- The outcast, the daughter of the police chief and the best friend of the most recent girl who has gone missing, Thora. Her father just died, her mother just took a job as the Mortimer’s housekeeper, and Marion is the rock keeping her mom and sister Charlotte steady until her sister goes missing. Having to blend three voices, while also making them quite distinct? This book has three narrators, which is something that is always dangerous in my opinion. Are they simply missing, or has something more sinister happened? Characters There used to be years between the girls, but they’re starting to happen more and more frequently. The island of Sawkill Girls is off the East Coast of the US where girls have been going missing for decades.

Sawkill Girls By Claire Legrand Published Date: October 2018 Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand definitely secures that for me. There is something about them that I find scarier and darker, maybe because they lack the underlying despair that adult horror seems to have.

I have come to the strange conclusion in the last year that I enjoy middle grade and YA horror more than I enjoy adult horror books.