Yet another awesome Arkham Horror novel!! I’m so glad I found this universe/series because it’s been such a blast returning to this setting and my favorite Mythos monsties.

Silent movies aren’t something I’m super familiar with, but it was a blast reading about the culture around them and the ‘behind-the-scenes’ so to speak. The escapades of the director’s crew were a delight to read. Which is another thing: the author did a wonderful job with the characters’ personalities and made me, the reader, get close to them. Characters that would initially seem like unpleasant people turn around and before you know it you start growing fond of them too. Which makes you anxious for everything to turn out alright for them in the end when you know inevitably things start going eldritch.
Most of this book takes place in a wonderfully described old New England mansion that’s almost as much of a character as the humans in the book. You sympathize with the heroine as her suspicions and dread begin to escalate as things just start to feel more and more wrong.

It might be obvious which Mythos entity makes an appearance in this one based on the cover (which I also love, by the way), one of my favorites!! There are references to the original stories this creature was featured in without it being necessary reading - just something nice for the devoted fans who like picking out references (something akin to the Marvel movies).

Overall, another delightful Arkham Horror novel and I’m so grateful to Aconyte Books for publishing this new series! My thanks to them for my review copy.