[A quick note: This book releases April 6th and I recommend getting a copy! I ordered a special copy through Fox and Wit so mine probably wont arrive until late April and I believe it will have a special custom cover. Yay! This isnโt what I generally read. But as Iโm finding, I really like dark fantasy with a dash of creepy morbid. Does that make me weird? I think not.]
โ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ. ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ.โโKrystal Southerland
The Hollow Sisters are something of a legend, speculated over across social media for their disappearance ten years ago. Iris has always struggled with the weirdness surrounding her. But when Grey Hollow goes missing again, she and Vivi go looking. A horned man follows, a dead man falls from her sisterโs ceiling, and flowers start growing out of her skin. Something isnโt right. Iris has known for a long time, and when memories start breaking through, she will learn just how dark her past is.
Dark. Morbid. Creepy. The Hollow Sisters are not what they seem. Grey Hollow is a famous model and clothing designer. Vivi is a punk-rock star. And Iris is just...Iris. Trying to get through prep school to get into a good university. But these sisters are twisted together. They can feel each other in ways normal people canโt. Their bond is deeper than roots burrowing beneath damp earth. And their secrets? Their secret will shock you. This story was impossible to put down. Itโs a mixture of urban fantasy bloodied with darkness. I had no idea what to expect going in. Certainly not what I got. It was BETTER.
I loved the writing, the prose, the mystery. I couldnโt stop reading because I had a desperate need to know what happened to Grey just as badly as Vivi and Iris. The story is told from Irisโs point of view, so we know as much as she does. But little by little, we learn more, get clues, and begin piecing together what happened ten years ago when she and her sisters disappeared.
โ๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป. ๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต.โ
The magic was morbid. A liminal world exists between the living and the dead. It is around this middle ground that the story revolves. I was fascinated. Itโs clear that Grey knows way more than her two younger sisters. But they begin piecing it together. Enough to know where to look when itโs time to go find her. And when they do finally slip through, the secrets come tumbling out. Each one more shocking than the next. It wasnโt at all what I expected, but I loved it.
โ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป. ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ.โ
I think this will be perfect for those who like morbid reads on the lighter side. Think Horrid and What Big Teeth. The creep factor was perfect for me, because I hate scary movies. I was more intrigued than afraid. Curious. Entertained. Weirded-out. I enjoyed this book enough to order a special edition of it. ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐: ๐ฐ/๐ฑโญ๏ธ
A big thank you to Penguin Teen for giving me an eARC in exchange for my honest review.
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