Before the Devil Knows Your Here
- Bookish McQueen
- Feb 20
- 1 min read
Updated: Mar 9

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬: Standalone
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Dark Folk Horror
𝐌𝐂'𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐞: YA (Teenage)
𝐏𝐎𝐕: Single - Her
𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞: 1🌶️
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 4 ⭐️
“And so I let them meet in my heart, where I keep my ghosts and I don’t fear the dark because I’ve learned it is me.”
After a monster kills her father and kidnaps her brother, Catalina sets out to save the only family she has left. Along the way she stumbles onto a dashing lumber jack with whom she is forced to join forces. Together they discover all sorts of mysterious creatures lurking in the woods.
This is the perfect spooky book for readers who like dark folk horror inspired by Maggie Stiefvater and Erin Craig. This book blends the tales of Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan.
𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬:
❥ YA horror
❥ Historical fantasy
❥ Forced proximity
❥ Badass MFC
❥ Found family
❥ Curses
❥ Misunderstood villain
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: October 2023

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