Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!

From the first short story, I was hooked!

I went into this just thinking I'd read a couple stories, then come back to it, but I found the writing so engrossing, the stories so mysterious, that I found myself deep within a second cup of tea and unable to stop!

I don't want to give spoilers, but each short story deals with a different type of mystery (or sometimes horror) and there is a lot of interconnected unease. The first story really spoke to me. I hate flying, find myself anxious, so maybe that's why it resonated. I sometimes wanted more, but that's the point of the story. It cuts off when it gets to a big twist or reveal.

There's one story in particular where the protagonist explains the dangers of the woods. The ending ripped me. I don't want to give too much, again, each story is worth it.

I found the writing very easy to read and as a fast reader, I flew through it. Dialogue was good. I know since they were all short stories there would be differences, but sometimes tense changes were hard to adjust to, but this is just minor. I liked how connected to the characters I became in such a small amount of time, as though I saw a fraction into their life.

Overall this was sooo good. I needed a break from longer novels, and these creepy stories gave me that.