This is one of the creepest collection of short stories for the halloween season. Anyone who loves a scary story needs to read this book

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

2.5 rounded up to 3 stars.

Spoilers ahead. I will not reveal anything big - most of the review vaguely alludes to plot, structure, and characters.

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What can I say? Meh. This collection was not cohesive at all. It started off with a nonfiction piece, moved onto flash, then onto short stories. I feel that this is likely to turn off casual readers, and that the nonfiction piece didn't really fit - maybe it would have been better as an intro. Some of the stories were much better than others, as with any anthology, but this one just felt...slapdash to me. There was nothing tying it all together for me. And it wasn't spooky, so this gets a 2.5 from me.

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Again, thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book was great but there were a few flaws. Two short story exceeded, vampire guards and pumpkin hollow. I give each of those 5/5 stars. Awsome books
The others were not so great though, they were messy and not put together. I was left wanting more.

Blame it on the Pumpkin

This book could have been so fun, but it just fell short. Seems a little discombobulated and the grammar wasn’t great.

I really wanted to enjoy this collection of short stories given that spooky season was upon us. While there were some decent ideas in here none came together well enough in my opinion. The writing and grammar was dreadful the whole way through, it's like it was just slapped together with no proof reading whatsoever. Some of the writers were better than others.. marginally. Very disappointing

Blame it on the pumpkin

A Halloween anthology series that just fell short for me. I think it’s because of the first story a non fiction story about pumpkins. I think that threw the tone of the book of for me. Out of the 8 stories Pumpkin Hollow and Alone on Halloween were my favorite. I really wanted to love this book, it just wasn’t the book for me. 3 stars

This is a neat little selection of spooky stories for Halloween. My enjoyment varied depending on each story, if I'm being totally honest, but there is enough good stuff to warrant a read. 3.5 stars

I’ve recently discovered a love for short story collections but this one didn’t hit the spot for me sadly. I didn’t really get most of them, a couple were ok though. The language used in to in particular I found really jarring. Just not for me.

Like many other reviewers, I agree this anthology is a good starting point for anyone who's just beginning to read horror. There were a few stories I really liked but for the most part many of them didn't hit for me. I am an avid horror reader though so that could definitely be part of the reason why I didn't enjoy this as much as I had anticipated. It was a cute easy read for spooky season.

not my cup of tea but I think this would be a great book for someone just getting into the horror genre and wanted a easy quick read to start with

I really felt that the stories really lacked the cohesiveness generally found in these kinds of anthologies. I really did somewhat like a couple of the stories, however there were a few that I just did not really understand the reason for. I just wish there would have been more balance. Thanks for the ARC, NetGalley.

First of all, I love pumpkins, what halloweenie doesn't so the title immediatley caught my attention, it sounded like a fun spooky read!. The stories were quite short so I read it in one sitting, I expected it to be a little more on the spooky side but I enjoyed it nevertheless, I'd say its YA but on the much younger end of that audience, my favourite of the short stories was Vampire Gourd. I think maybe the first story could put people off slightly as its nonfiction so it may cause confusion (I was a little confused) I thought it was great as a quick halloween read but thought the title and description is slightly misleading.

loved these spooky stories they were great for the run up to Halloween.
The good thing is though they can be read all year round.
I would really recommend it for a campfire read with marshmallows.

I'd like to say thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book.
This was a fun read for Halloween. The stories were interesting but they were definitely not scary, maybe a little spooky. This is for sure a middle grade horror and not ya, so it's more suitable for younger readers.

This book was ok. It wasn’t terrible and it wasn’t strong. The writing was mediocre and the stories were alright but not overly compelling or interesting. The first story on the collection was a bit weird and I’m not really sure why it was included and honestly almost made me DNF. If I had to pick a “favourite” it would be Vampire Gourd. All in all, it was just ok. Not much more I can say really

Blame it on the Pumpkin - multiple contributors.

This book was a mixed bag, some good some shockingly bad stories, some didn’t seem quite finished just ended abruptly. One reminded me very much of one of my favourite films so it wasn’t all bad.

I also enjoy reading spooky short story collections around Halloween and I was excited to get my teeth into this one. However, I think that I expected a little too much out of this one as I did not enjoy it as much as I had hoped. Some stories felt out of place, and many were quote underwhelming.

Yet I do understand that this was aimed at younger readers and it could do well as a good way to get into the mood for Halloween. Overall, it just wasn't for me.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy.

I love a book of short spooky stories right before Halloween,but this was not that.
I have no idea what I was reading but I did not enjoy any of these stories. Sorry, but I suggest a hard pass of I were you.
Still, thanks to @netgalley for the opportunity to read this eArc in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

Whenever I see a spooky short story book, I always get so excited and this was no different. Blame it on the Pumpkin, however, definately surprised me. It starts off with a non fiction and then a flash fiction, both of which are new to me when reading anthologies.

I did have some dislikes of a few of the stories but overall had a good time with reading them. Pumpkin Hollow is my favorite by far. I think this would be a great read for YA!

Thank you to NetGalley and the authors for this copy of the book in exchange for an honest review!

What's better than an anthology of horror stories? That's right - an anthology of Halloween themed horror stories in October. Oh, yessss - thank you NetGalley!

They range in styles and length, and I would suggest less appealing to splatterpunk readers and more to the chills and thrills horror readers.

Some are description heave (one of which feel like nonfiction) and some are just gellfully funny (the 90 year old halloweener!).

Like any anthology, you'll like some more than others, but if you're looking for a spooky smorgasbord of scary tales that isn't too lengthy, get your creeping eyes around this book.