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The Hungry Ghost

Dalena Storm (Goodreads Author)

3.72 · Rating details · 53 ratings · 39 reviews

She'll eat you up.

A hungry ghost escapes from a dark realm into the human world, where it enters the unconscious body of a woman named Sam. When Sam appears to miraculously awaken from her accident-induced coma, her lesbian lover, alcoholic ex-husband, and well-meaning family must come together to try and stop the ghost from devouring everything Sam once loved.

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Mar 24, 2019 Montzalee Wittmann rated it it was amazing

The Hungry Ghost by Dalena Storm is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary. I found this to be a unique ghost story! I liked the originality of it! Different levels of beings, lots of twists and turns, a very creative plot, unusual characters, and good creepy vibes! Liked this book a lot! It has a lot going for it if you are looking for something new in the genre!

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Feb 21, 2019 Katie Gallagher rated it liked it

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Thank you to NetGalley and Black Spot Books for sending me a free advanced reader copy of this book for an honest review. The Hungry Ghost debuts June 11th.

This debut novel from Dalena Storm had my immediate attention with its title. Hungry ghosts are paranormal entities in the Buddhist tradition that emerge only in specific circumstances, such as when someone is violently killed—something I’m sure Storm knows, having graduated from Williams College wit Read this review and others on my blog!
Thank you to NetGalley and Black Spot Books for sending me a free advanced reader copy of this book for an honest review. The Hungry Ghost debuts June 11th.

This debut novel from Dalena Storm had my immediate attention with its title. Hungry ghosts are paranormal entities in the Buddhist tradition that emerge only in specific circumstances, such as when someone is violently killed—something I’m sure Storm knows, having graduated from Williams College with a BA in Asian Studies. The marker of a hungry ghost is its bulging, distended belly—the better to eat you with, my dear. 🙂

Anyway, even though there are only a couple mentions of Buddhism in this fast-paced book, nevertheless the reader is presented with a hungry ghost, who drifts upward to the human world from a lower, hellish void and inhabits the body of an American woman in a coma. Spoiler alert that you can probably spot from a mile away: once she inevitably wakes up, the eating commences.

I appreciate the swift pace of the story; at two hundred pages, this is a book on the short side, but there’s nothing wrong with that—in fact, I think there’s a conversation to be had in modern publishing about books being too lengthy for the story they’re seeking to tell. I found it to be a nice palate cleanser—something quick to tear through in a couple hours.

The prose could use some editing, admittedly. There’s a top-down feel to the writing, where we’re told moment to moment what the characters are feeling and thinking, rather than being fed sensory details and internal thoughts via close third POV. I like a straightforward writing style to an extent, but here it grew to be too much for my tastes, to the point where some sentences felt almost utilitarian.

There were also a few leaps of faith in terms of the plot that had me raising my eyebrows, but these were counterbalanced by some genuinely surprising and horror-filled moments where I was fully on board. A couple scenes in particular will probably stick with me a good long while. If you’re looking for a page-turner and are interested in the Buddhist take on ghosts, then maybe give this a shot. ...more

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May 31, 2019 The Nerd Daily rated it really liked it

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Arriving just in time for Novella Month, with a diverse and LGBTQ cast of characters, is debut-author Dalena Storm’s The Hungry Ghost, a chilling tale of love, lust, and desire and the often blurred line between them.

In The Hungry Ghost, a woman named Sam is caught between her alcoholic (and rather pathetic) ex-husband Peter; her young and determined would-be paramour, Madeline; and her own trepidations over letting anyone else inside Originally published on The Nerd Daily | Review by Seven Jane

Arriving just in time for Novella Month, with a diverse and LGBTQ cast of characters, is debut-author Dalena Storm’s The Hungry Ghost, a chilling tale of love, lust, and desire and the often blurred line between them.

In The Hungry Ghost, a woman named Sam is caught between her alcoholic (and rather pathetic) ex-husband Peter; her young and determined would-be paramour, Madeline; and her own trepidations over letting anyone else inside her heart (or her newly-earned freedom, for that matter, being only six months out from a divorce). She’s been stretched too thin for too long, caught between obligations to her family, lovers, and work that are painfully familiar. The details of Sam’s life are vague and inconsequential, but it’s her condition that’s all too common. Who hasn’t felt bossed around, pushed around, and heaped upon when all they really want is space to breathe? Who hasn’t been faced with the uncomfortable position of having to navigate expectations thrown upon them by someone else—most particularly those who’ve claimed to love us—when they haven’t even fully come to terms with themselves? There is something insidious about that context—a darkness that lingers on the edges of your mind worrying over not only whether we are “good enough?” but “good enough to be desired?” and hints that the consequences of such desire may be more destructive than simply being enough.

There is a nagging loneliness that permeates the pages of The Hungry Ghost, beginning in its first chapter as Sam dresses for a date with Madeline and persists in every page of what is a quick, paper cut-like read—sharp, stinging, and unrelenting. When an accident puts Sam in a coma, she is pushed out of her own body by a hungry ghost, a mainstay in Tibetan Buddhism (Storm has a degree in Asian Studies) that represents beings who are driven by intense emotional needs in an animalistic way. Sam, meanwhile, finds a new emotional and physical security in the body of a newly-born kitten in a pet shop helmed by an African-American orphan-turned-business owner with a big dose of magical predisposition and a tendency to name his cats after music’s greats—Macy Grey, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson. Those who ‘love’ Sam—Peter, Madeline, and her mother, Bianca—are forced to face the garish reality that the woman who Sam has become is not the woman they desperately wanted her to be—a realisation as literal as it could be figurative, while Sam has to learn to let go of…well, everything. It’s a fight for Sam’s humanity in possibly the most disturbing way possible.

With her limited role in her own story, as a protagonist Sam is something of a stand-in for each of us—a mirror reflection that gives us an opportunity to get outside of our own heads and come to terms with the weight of the world around us. At turns chilling and always-haunting, The Hungry Ghost is an essay on modern love and the dark side of desire that gives us the chance to reconsider the balance between our own needs and desire—whether it is “them” who are the hungry ghosts, or if, instead, it is us. ...more

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Jun 04, 2019 Reading Reindeer 2021 On Proxima Centauri rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019_a-z_ha-challenge, a1-i-own-books, 2019_reads_, a1-netgalley, 2019_horror, armchair-new-england, crow_marathon, feminist_speculative, 2019_cat-challenge, 2019_net-galley_reads

I was agreeably surprised by this novel as it proved to have a quite unexpected depth and richness of quality. Not strictly an LGBT narrative, not only metaphysical, not simply a metaphor of love attempted and failed (although it encompasses all and each of these), at heart I found it a treatise on writing and creativity, an exploration of how Imagination creates Reality. I tremendously enjoyed it and I know it will remain in my imagination while I ponder what tulpas I may create.

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Jun 06, 2019 Rachel Dawn Drenning rated it it was amazing

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. This was one weird, trippy tale. I enjoyed it immensely. If you are into strange stories that make you think, this one is for you. Loved the cat in the tale. 💕 This was really impressive for a debut novel. Hope the author writes more because I can only imagine how well she will do in the future. This book won't be for everyone as it has a lot of moments that you must interpret for yourself. Including the ending. ...more

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Apr 04, 2019 Octavia (ReadsWithDogs) rated it liked it

Shelves: suspense, women-author, weird-fiction

The Hungry Ghost was unlike anything else I've read.

Sam is recently divorced and not sure what she's looking for, but decides to go on a date to see an old student she kissed and crushed on just to see how it plays out. Madeline, the student, is absolutely smitten with Sam and is annoyed she's had to wait this long to get a date! Madeline is channeling her feelings into a novel she's writing about a hungry ghost. Sam is her hungry ghost and she wants to be gobbled up by her. The date goes well, ...more

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Mar 07, 2019 Mary rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: Interests in astral travel, reincarnation, afterlife, soul, asian legend

Shelves: netgalley-i-love-netgalley

"Why did you get born as you? Why did I get born as...this?" asks the Hungry Ghost.

The Hungry Ghost has something for everyone (almost). It is listed under horror, but I would say horror is a small part of this this genre-collage. Dalena Storm has provided us with the Asian myth and legend of the Hungry Ghost itself, mystic and dreamy magic of Sam's conciousness while in her coma, love....straight, lesbian mother/daughter love and the love of animals, the soul and afterlife and reincarnation, a ...more

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Mar 07, 2019 Keith Chawgo rated it really liked it

Storm’s debut novel is a curiosity within itself as it mixes genres and subgenres to become its own characterised genre. On paper or on book, in this case, this shouldn’t work but it remarkably works on so many levels.

The book reads like a domestic fiction which leads us to characters who are unhappy with their lives. Failed relationships, new relationships that are having difficulty getting jump started and people trying for a little bit of happiness. The story unfolds in a very realistic mann Storm’s debut novel is a curiosity within itself as it mixes genres and subgenres to become its own characterised genre. On paper or on book, in this case, this shouldn’t work but it remarkably works on so many levels.

The book reads like a domestic fiction which leads us to characters who are unhappy with their lives. Failed relationships, new relationships that are having difficulty getting jump started and people trying for a little bit of happiness. The story unfolds in a very realistic manner and not a lot really happens for the first half of the book. Although, not a lot really goes on, Storm shows finesse and style to show an artistic form when writing about really not a lot. She establishes mood and character development but where most authors would have you skimming the pages trying to move the story forward, but this is not the case here. I was so involved that I thoroughly enjoyed these moments.

Once the story takes a turn to a more horror based drama, Storm plays a balancing act between the two fractions of the story and as this comes past the half way mark, it sometimes feel the story is pushed hard on the gas pedal and she needs to wind this up quickly. This is where the novel slightly loses some of what made the first half special. It is not a huge or enough to stop the reader in their tracks but think a few more pages to the book would have kept the poetic phrasing and storytelling on gear.

I did love the twists and turns that the novel takes and was refreshing to see a novel that takes chances and tries something new. The only small criticism I have as stated above, it would have a total five star rating if the second half of the novel would have been given more room to breathe and would have loved to have more slow and characters driven commentary with Jimmy, Mickey, Peter life changes and Sam’s family. This was a slight miss opportunity.

The characters are very strongly written and very likeable on a whole. The characters in first half are stronger than some introduced in the second half but they are very strong. They are very relatable and likeable and thoroughly enjoyed my time with these characters.

The plot is definitely unique and works even better because of this. It shows that Storm has a talent to be able to juggle these odd different elements into an overall coherent story.

This is a strong first novel from a new author who has made a promising debut that shows guts and originality. As it balances between different genres, this novel may have a slight difficulty of finding its audience as it is not horror enough for the horror audience and not basic fiction for the basic and the thriller or mystery aspects are not quite enough of these either. Saying this, anyone who takes a chance with this book would be presently surprise and find a truly unique experience. I enjoyed this book immensely and I was able to gobble the book up rather quickly to the point that I wish there was some more. Apart from some slight narrative problems that I listed above, this is a charming, fun and exciting debut and can’t wait to see what she comes up with next. ...more

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Jun 07, 2019 Dorie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: horror

The Hungry Ghost
by Dalena Storm
due 6-11-2019
Black Spot Books
4.5/5 0
#TheHungryGhost. #NetGalley

Ghosts. Lesbians. Ouija. Kittens. HELL YEAH!

Original creative, and diverse characters drive this unique and excellent ghost story. It has twists of eeriness and circumstance made this hard to put down- I read it in one sitting!

Sam, a writing teacher in Boston, lays in a coma after a car accident with a semi. Her unconscious body awakens, but is possessed by a hungry ghost that has escaped the dark side ...more

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Apr 09, 2019 Sheela Kean rated it really liked it

Short and well written, this is a great read for a little something different. I really liked the story with its roots in the old chinese legend and the visuals of the ghost and its hunger felt vivid and creepy. I would have liked to get to know Sam a bit more before the accident, I didn't feel much connection between her or the other characters but with a lot of it just revolving around the ghost, I didn't really think about it until afterwards. ...more

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Mar 13, 2019 Bin Blogs Books rated it really liked it

Shelves: own, own-ebook

One of the strangest, most alluring tales of possession, regret and horror I've ever read, Dalena Storm offers up a world very similar to ours with a bizarre stretch of the imagination.

I'd definitely recommend this book to those of you who'd like to read a good story just outside your comfort zone. ...more

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Jun 30, 2019 Jammin Jenny rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: animals, romance, fantasy, holidays, magic, paranormal, zz-2019-books, netgalley-read

I received this book via Netgalley in return for an honest review. I liked this story quite a bit. The paranormal aspect, ghosts feeding on human spirits, and spirits inhabiting other beings, was a bit farfetched, but all in all a fun summer read.

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Mar 31, 2019 Sci-Fi & Scary rated it really liked it

Review to come.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher for review consideration.

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May 07, 2019 Sue Wallace rated it it was amazing

The hungry ghost by Delana Storm.
This was a fantastic read with some great characters. I found it unique. Different. I liked Madeline and Sam's characters but I wasn't sure about Peter. Didnt know if I liked him or not. It didn't have the ending I liked but I did like the ending. 5*. ...more

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Mar 24, 2019 Heather Bennett rated it really liked it

The Hungry Ghost was a bizarre well written book, that was very entertaining. The author manages to pull off this unique story and characters.

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Feb 20, 2019 Bunnie Bleaux rated it liked it

What... what just happened? The Hungry Ghost was one of the most ridiculous books I have ever read. I swear I mean that in the best of ways.
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Sam gets into a car accident and falls into a coma. As her loved ones gather around her each day wishing her to wake up, Sam is experiencing some sort of spiritual walkabout. Her “soul” decides to enter the body of an unborn kitten, and a malevolent spirit enters her body. This hungry ghost wants more than just hospital food, it craves flesh.
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I seriously ...more

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Feb 14, 2019 Vigasia rated it really liked it

It was the most bizarre book I've read after The Library at Mount Chair some 2 years ago. And the most gender binding. At first I thought it will be a romance novel, but it happened to be more a horror mixed with paranormal thriller.

Th story is about a woman - Sam- whose body, after serious accident, was inhabitet by a hungry ghost , while her soul got into a body of a little kitten. Yeah, i know it sounds weird and it is, but tha't not at all bad, because the story is not only about Sam, it's ...more

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Mar 05, 2019 Lindy Ryan rated it really liked it

Arriving just in time for Novella Month, with a diverse and LGBTQ cast of characters, is debut-author Dalena Storm’s The Hungry Ghost, a chilling tale of love, lust, and desire and the often blurred line between them.

In The Hungry Ghost, a woman named Sam is caught between her alcoholic (and rather pathetic) ex-husband Peter; her young and determined would-be paramour, Madeline; and her own trepidations over letting anyone else inside her heart (or her newly-earned freedom, for that matter, bein Arriving just in time for Novella Month, with a diverse and LGBTQ cast of characters, is debut-author Dalena Storm’s The Hungry Ghost, a chilling tale of love, lust, and desire and the often blurred line between them.

In The Hungry Ghost, a woman named Sam is caught between her alcoholic (and rather pathetic) ex-husband Peter; her young and determined would-be paramour, Madeline; and her own trepidations over letting anyone else inside her heart (or her newly-earned freedom, for that matter, being only six months out from a divorce). She’s been stretched too thin for too long, caught between obligations to her family, lovers, and work that are painfully familiar. The details of Sam’s life are vague and inconsequential, but it’s her condition that’s all too common. Who hasn’t felt bossed around, pushed around, and heaped upon when all they really want is space to breathe? Who hasn’t been faced with the uncomfortable position of having to navigate expectations thrown upon them by someone else—most particularly those who’ve claimed to love us—when they haven’t even fully come to terms with themselves? There is something insidious about that context—a darkness that lingers on the edges of your mind worrying over not only whether we are “good enough?” but “good enough to be desired?” and hints that the consequences of such desire may be more destructive than simply being enough.

There is a nagging loneliness that permeates the pages of The Hungry Ghost, beginning in its first chapter as Sam dresses for a date with Madeline and persists in every page of what is a quick, paper cut-like read—sharp, stinging, and unrelenting. When an accident puts Sam in a coma, she is pushed out of her own body by a hungry ghost, a mainstay in Tibetan Buddhism (Storm has a degree in Asian Studies) that represents beings who are driven by intense emotional needs in an animalistic way. Sam, meanwhile, finds a new emotional and physical security in the body of a newly-born kitten in a pet shop helmed by an African American orphan-turned-business owner with a big dose of magical predisposition and a tendency to name his cats after music’s greats—Macy Grey, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson. Those who ‘love’ Sam—Peter, Madeline, and her mother, Bianca—are forced to face the garish reality that the woman who Sam has become is not the woman they desperately wanted her to be—a realization as literal as it could be figurative, while Sam has to learn to let go of…well, everything. It’s a fight for Sam’s humanity in possibly the most disturbing way possible.

With her limited role in her own story, as a protagonist Sam is something of a stand-in for each of us—a mirror reflection that gives us an opportunity to get outside of our own heads and come to terms with the weight of the world around us. At turns chilling and always-haunting, The Hungry Ghost is an essay on modern love and the dark side of desire that gives us the chance to reconsider the balance between our own needs and desire—whether it is “them” who are the hungry ghosts, or if, instead, it is us. ...more

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Jun 07, 2019 Aaron Mcquiston rated it really liked it

The concept of the hungry ghost has been around for centuries, mostly in eastern religions but has sneaked into Christianity as well. The concept is that a demon-like creature inhabits a realm of the living and crave so much that it destroys everything. This concept is prevalent and strongly illustrated in Dalena Storm's debut, "The Hungry Ghost." The story of Sam, a woman who is vulnerable to becoming a vessel for this hungry ghost through a coma, becomes the focus of the hungry ghost, a creatu The concept of the hungry ghost has been around for centuries, mostly in eastern religions but has sneaked into Christianity as well. The concept is that a demon-like creature inhabits a realm of the living and crave so much that it destroys everything. This concept is prevalent and strongly illustrated in Dalena Storm's debut, "The Hungry Ghost." The story of Sam, a woman who is vulnerable to becoming a vessel for this hungry ghost through a coma, becomes the focus of the hungry ghost, a creature that knows no limits around Sam's ex-husband, family, and lesbian love interest. What unfolds in a well written, fast paced novel that makes takes the reader on a trip that is worth taking. Ms. Storm has a novel that works on several different levels. There are questions about the afterlife, reincarnation, identity, and the stress of a family where things are just not quite right. A nuance that is well illustrated and might be missed is the way the family so badly wants Sam to be back after the coma that they are willing to neglect her behavior, say that it is part of her recovery, and the stress of her illness and her returning home in a completely different form is something that many families experience after a loved one has been sick for an extended period of time. I could feel the disappointment in the way they just wanted everything to be better but it was not going to happen.

This is a fun novel with good, compelling characters, and a plot that does not get too out of hand considering how it is possible. Even though this is based on hungry ghosts portrayed in many religions (with some very strong ties through descriptions and actions), it is not something that is described in any way. It is as if this is not a story to educate on a religious concept but to use it as a story telling device. I like fiction that does this: fiction that leaves it to the readers to research what a hungry ghost might be, and once the reader finds out, it opens up an entirely new dimension to the story. This makes me like "The Hungry Ghost" even more.

I received this as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. ...more

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May 03, 2019 Betsy rated it liked it

I am giving The Hungry Ghost 3/5 stars. The premise of the book is that there is a ghost that enters into the body of an unconscious woman named Sam. The main reason that I give this book a rating that I would consider to be average is due to how obscure this whole story tended to be. There is the definition of obscure that is inevitable when dealing with things like ghosts, comas and dreams because paranormal material can be bizarre. Hungry Ghosts definitely delves into the category of being ob ...more

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Jun 15, 2019 Susan rated it it was amazing

When Sam ‘s car is hit by a semi in the rain, she ends up in the hospital. She is in a coma. In another realm, a ghost searching for food sees a light and follows it into Sam’s body. Sam ends up being born as a kitten — the cat mother doesn’t want this kitten. Fortunately, Jimmy feeds and loves her. Jimmy is the proud owner of a shop that has second hand cats. Yes, they are cats that he has rescued off the streets. They are loved and fed by him among other cat necessities. Before Sam had her acc ...more

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Jul 02, 2019 Gini Rainey rated it it was amazing

This is one interesting, spell-binding, ghost-type book that will definitely hold your attention. What happens when a ghost has been a ghost for a very
long time and hasn’t had much to eat? Well, apparently it gets very hungry and being a ghost, it can’t eat food on its own. So according to Ms. Storm it does the next best thing. It finds a host body of someone on the way out and makes itself at home.

This is what happened to poor Samantha who was in an unfortunate and tragic accident. Her unsuspe ...more

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May 08, 2019 Lulu rated it liked it

I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley in return for a fair review.
The author bio on the back of the book says she studied fiction but enjoys the space between genres. This book is just that - somewhere between paranormal/thriller/mystical/horror/folklore. For the most part, it works!
The story was very slow to start, I thought, but once the ‘hungry ghost’ escapes its purgatory it’s full on to the end! I loved the folklore style element and the inclusion of ‘Jimmy’s Used Cats’ - what ...more

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Jun 17, 2019 Tracy Cavanah rated it it was amazing

A hungry ghost escapes from a dark realm into the human world, where it enters the unconscious body of a woman named Sam. When Sam appears to miraculously awaken from her accident-induced coma, her lesbian lover, alcoholic ex-husband, and well-meaning family must come together to try and stop the ghost from devouring everything Sam once loved. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Boston, a mysterious new kitten has just been born who holds the key to understanding what has happened to Sam.

Will Sam’s loved on ...more

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Jun 22, 2019 Moreau rated it it was amazing

The Hungry Ghost is gorgeous, imaginative, poetical, and a fast read. It dodges all the genre cliches to produce something fresh. The cover is a bit misleading. It is more magical realism than thriller. That is to say it reminded me more of García Márquez or Haruki Murakami than Stephen King. A very promising debut novel from a new writer which bodes well for future work. Plus each character, while flawed, turns out to have something good about them in the end. A book with a real heart. I will b ...more

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May 28, 2019 Karlen HK rated it really liked it

Shelves: arcs-and-galleys, fantasy, lgbt, horror, novellas-short-stories-essays, paranormal-supernatural, ghosts-and-hauntings, 2019

*An ARC of this book was provided to me by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.*

This is a creative and creepy little ghost story! The characters are surprisingly complex for as short as the book is and I appreciated that kind of attention from the author. Bianca, the mother, is a real roller-coaster of infuriating and completely sympathetic, as mothers truly can be. The ending was completely satisfying. A quick, weird, and fun debut novel.

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Jun 13, 2019 BMR, LCSW rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I got an ADC from Netgalley and Black Spot Books for review.

This is a very short novel, I read it in a couple of hours yesterday.

The protagonist is possessed by a cannibal(?) ghost, after a terrible car accident (semi vs compact car). There's a twist involving a cat. I didn't understand much of anything else that happened. Maybe if I were more familiar with Buddhism or something, it would have made more sense?? IDK... ...more

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May 04, 2019 Allanah Korin rated it really liked it

I went into this book with the idea that it was going to be a corny horror book that would just be fun to read. While it does have some silly and corny scenes, that just added to the atmosphere of the novel. Dalena Storm has the ability to make you laugh at one part and then gasping in a second as the mood starkly shifts. Frankly, the novel was thrilling and I couldn’t put it down. Every second I wanted to know what happens next. Storm draws readers into the world she has created and it feels li ...more

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Sep 17, 2020 Laura rated it really liked it

I can honestly say that I agree with the other reviewers in that this book was bizarre but still had a way to captivate the reader. The ghost takes over and the fight begins. The author keeps you interested with the characters contained within the book. The girlfriend and the alcoholic father both trying to see it for what they know it cannot be. Maybe not a 5 star for me but very close.

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Jun 01, 2019 Veronica rated it liked it

Shelves: 2019-books

The story took a minute to come together but once it gained momentum, it was easier to get through. The storyline was different than what i expected. The ending was a bit abrupt but I could see a sequel being written.

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Dalena is a writer and educator who lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Her undergraduate training at Williams College was in Asian Studies with a Religious Studies Concentration, and her experiences in the study and practice of various religious and spiritual traditions, as well as her travels throughout Asia and Europe, influence much of her writing. She earned her MFA in Fiction from Benningt ...more