Not only is the shift from west coast to east coast big, because LA and New England are so very different, but it is also the extra hurt from leaving everything she has ever known, and the mystery surrounding her family and the big house that she now has to call home. Jane has recently lost her father to a heart attack, and her and her mother are forced to leave their California home and move back to her mother’s childhood home in a very small town in Maine. And this Agatha Christie vibe check will make so many of you happy, I just know it.

From Summer of Salt and You Must Not Miss are still my favorites by her, but if you are looking for something very spooky, very introspective, and very profound this fall season, then I really recommend Horrid with my full heart. I have loved Katrina’s books for so long and each of them are equal parts whimsically beautiful and intensely raw. Three little girls all eating things in order to fill their bodies with something other than the anger, the rage, that would otherwise consume them.' 'Three little girls all eating things they weren’t supposed to eat. OwlCrate's September 2020 Box : My Rep Code: MEL10 ❤️ Is it grief? Mental illness? Or something more. Then Jane discovers that the 'storage room' her mom has kept locked isn't for storage at all-it's a little girl's bedroom, left untouched for years and not quite as empty of inhabitants as it appears.

Jane's mom also seems to be spiraling with the return of her childhood home, but she won't reveal why.

She steadily begins making new friends, but also faces bullying from the resident 'bad seed,' struggling to tamp down her own worst nature in response. and more tormented.Īs the cold New England autumn arrives, and Jane settles in to her new home, she finds solace in old books and memories of her dad. All they want is a fresh start, but behind North Manor's doors lurks a history that leaves them feeling more alone. From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting contemporary horror novel that explores themes of mental illness, rage, and grief, twisted with spine-chilling elements of Stephen King and Agatha Christie.įollowing her father's death, Jane North-Robinson and her mom move from sunny California to the dreary, dilapidated old house in Maine where her mother grew up.

Horrid by katrina leno