I absolutely loved this book. The first thing that caught my eye was the cover art and the second thing was the title. All the short stories were very different then the next. Some stories didn't really justified the title by "Strange Girls" but the author let it know in the beginning. Other then that it kept me very entertained throughout the book. I would highly recommend this book to my friends.

I ended up DNF'ing this after the first few stories. These are just not the kind of stories I enjoy reading about. Obviously I knew these was horror, it's the title for goodness sake, but I just figured I'd still like them. But I've realized recently that I don't think I like horror. Thriller..yes. Mystery..yes. Horror...I don't think so. At least not like this. The thing I do like in the stories were the mysterious element of not knowing what each woman was capable of and trying to figure out what she was gonna do.

I really appreciate being allowed to read this in advanced. Unfortunately I jumped the gun on choosing this book without realizing what exactly it was about and I regret requesting because I'm sure other people would love to have the opportunity to read this early. I loved the idea of this and I would still recommend it to people who I know love this genre.

That cover... gorgeous!!!

As with most anthologies, this one was hard to rate because the writing and content was as diverse as the 20+ authors who included a piece. Even though I definitely didn't know what to expect from the title, I think my favorite had to be Jenny's Bobo by Hillary Lyon. Other stand outs include Patterns of Faerytales and A Song Only She Can Hear (great title, and I'm always team mermaid!).

Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This was an interesting read, women being the protagonists of each and every story narrated. Not ordinary women though, but women who others might fear. Why? Because they are powerful and unique. And that's why they are turned into horror stories.
I truly enjoyed the mythological diversity of the book. It is something I haven't tried before and I wasn't disappointed at all!

There are one or two decent stories in this collection. The other stories are poorly written. Overall, the anthology was disappointing

"Strange Girls," edited by Azzurra Nox is an interesting and unique horror anthology. I was given the opportunity to receive an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The tales of this anthology center around so-called strange girls and is a collection written entirely by women. This alone made me interested in the collection as women are often needlessly left out of the horror genre, both as authors and as main characters. It is largely a male-driven genre.

Going into "Strange Girls," I didn’t know what to expect, and I was pleasantly surprised. While some stories were misses for me and I DNF’d (did not finish) one and wish I had done so with one other, I enjoyed the collection overall.

My favorites were “The Doll’s House,” “Cracked,” and “Tribal Influence.” Two of these stories deal with dolls which I always find creepy. The last was about a little girl named Joaquina who has special powers and is fantastic. If you read anything from the anthology, I recommend these three, but there are also other strong contenders in the collection. The three aforementioned stories were five-star reads for me.

One story in the collection comes with a trigger warning, though a few others could as well. The trigger warning story was my least favorite and was the one I wished I had DNF’d as it dealt in detail with sexual assault and necrophilia, both of which I find disturbing and not entertaining. But, the writing of the story was good in that it painted a vivid, if not disgusting, picture and was told from a unique point of view.

If you love horror and are not squeamish, these sometimes violent and always creepy stories in the Strange Girls anthology will be right up your alley. Because of the misses in the collection, I cannot give the overall experience five stars, but it is a solid four-star book for me. I recommend this with caution as the anthology does deal with some hard-hitting topics, and as I said trigger warnings could have accompanied more than one of these tales.

I am a strange girl. I am also currently reading Shirley Jackson, Joyce Carol Oates, and Neil Gaiman.
I found the Gothic genre this year. It brings me an unsettling glee. Atmospheric. This genre builds a suspension of reality that slowly blossoms from the cocoon as reality.
I absolutely love anthologies and this book delivered. Yes, some stories came up short. Does not mean that they did not hold merit.
Complete enjoyment.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this digital ARC in return for an honest review.

I wanted to love this book. The cover is beautiful and the premise for it was so intriguing, a book of short horror stories written entirely by women authors? I was so excited for this!

There are some great stories in here! Night Terrors was well written and kept me guessing as to what the twist would be. The Doll's House was another short story that had a great theme to it. All of the authors are wonderful writers but some of the story's seemed hurried, or just didn't flow at all. One in particular seemed to have no actual story to it, it jumped around and changed tone so often in the few pages it had that by the end of it I just felt confused.

A lot of the stories in this collection touch on big issues. Issues such as rape culture, immigration, discrimination within the LGBTQ community, among several others; and while I think it is amazing these authors are using their platforms to bring attention to these issues they also seemed rushed or forced. One story in particular left me feeling uneasy in response to how they approached rape culture.

This book may be for some people but unfortunately some of the topics discussed or implied in it such as necrophilia just weren't my cup of tea. The stories didn't feel scary so much as uncomfortable to read. I unfortunately felt like instead of horror this was a collection of short stories about taboo or current hot button topics. Another thing about the book I wasn't fond of was that it felt like a lot of the stories had an "all men are terrible" undertone to them. If you are easily triggered or not a fan of topics such as rape, necrophilia, or punishing men then this book isn't for you. If those are topics that don't bother you then it may be worth a read.

I was very excited to read this book but I just found all of the stories to be very underwhelming. I just simply didn’t enjoy it at all, it didn’t feel like horror to me.

What a brilliant collection of stories from talented female writers! A collection of very different tales but all with females taking the lead. I really enjoyed reading these stories and there's plenty to keep you going. I highly reccomend reading this collection.

For fans of American Horror Story, Shirley Jackson, and Creepshow.
You know them. Those girls that aren't quite like everyone else. Those girls who stand out in the crowd. Those girls that dare to be different. Those girls are dangerous.
In Strange Girls, twenty-one authors dare to tackle what makes the girls in this collection different. Vampires, selkies, murderous mermaids, succubus, and possessed dolls take center stage in these short stories that are sure to invoke feelings of quiet terror and uneasiness in the reader. Following the successful debut of Women in Horror anthology with My American Nightmare, Strange Girls is the sophomore effort to showcase these talented women in a genre that is often dominated by the male gaze.
Dare to take a walk on the dark side.

Unfortunately, this was not my cup of tea. Nothing really "scared" me per se, and not all of these stories will be for everyone. A few of the stories were well done, but most did not capture me as a reader as much as I had hoped. Still, for Women in Horror month in February, it will hopefully attract readers who will support the women featured in this horror anthology.

I wish I could say that I loved this book. I wanted to love this book, but honestly there were alot of misses for me. I thought the idea of everything sounded amazing, but some of the stories I didn't enjoy as much as others and I felt like it was enough to not make me as excited to read the ones that were coming up. I have to admit, I did not end up finishing this book, which makes me feel bad about the review, but I just honestly couldn't get through it.

It’s unfortunate that this is a book that has more misses than hits.

This collection of stories seems undone as though held up by a single strand and slowly it’s unraveling.

A few of these stories are well done and creepy but a majority are meh and left me confused if anything.

I ultimately had to DNF at the 42% mark.. This would be a great book for young adults just getting into horror perhaps.

Thanks very much to Netgalley and the publisher for this copy of my ARC. All opinions are my own.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with this book in exchange for my honest opinion. This will be available on February 18th.

There’s a reason I’m posting this review so far ahead of the book’s release date: it is really, really bad. I hate posting a negative review right before a release date, so I’m posting this earlier. My final feeling on this anthology is: YUCK.

I went into this book with excitement, looking forward to horror stories where women are the major focus. That’s a cool idea, and I stand by that. However, what was included in this book is not something I would ever knowingly choose to read.

One story had an incredibly nasty person who had a penchant for necrophilia. Another repeated the phrase “You didn’t say no” multiple times. What you infer from that is unfortunately correct. I don’t read these things in books. It bothers me enough that I mention it in my blog review policy. I will give a shout out to yet another story involving these problems: this one at least included a trigger warning at the beginning. I chose to skip that story.

Okay, you might be thinking, that’s just a few examples though, and you’re right. Other stories felt unfinished (and not in a good way). That doesn’t mean that these authors are bad: in fact, I’m sure some of them are very talented. It might have very well been a choice to leave these particular stories with an unfinished feeling, but it didn’t work for me.

I can’t choose a favorite story among the ones in this anthology because so many of them left a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach and not the fun sense of eeriness that I was hoping for. My takeaway from this anthology was disappointment. Hopefully, the next book I read will be more enjoyable.

I really like all the stories in this book. The authors chosen were chosen well. All interesting stories. Will recommend.

There were stories in here I loved and stories that weren't for me. I really loved the concept of this collection and also that these weren't a bunch of authors I'd heard of before. I really loved "Blood" and the imagery included in it. This is a fun book to pick up and read a story or two in between longer reads or to just read in one go.