•Mrs Pizza•'s Reviews > Little Eve

Ok so I went into this not knowing much and hot damn it starts off with a bang!

Ok so this is a gothic AF horror story about a cult living on a secluded island in the early 1920s. You are bouncing between two pov, one before the opening chapter and one years after.
The creepy vibes of this were on point. The atmosphere was both beautiful but sinister.
The star of this book was the “family” dynamics. How the cult worked. How these people could fiercely love but never truly trust each other. Uncle is the leader and a master at pitting these people against one another. The cult members were fascinating!!! I was totally invested in watching this group slowly work towards our final scene.

That twist though.

I thought I had it figured out (and I was close) but it was satisfying.
I see why this won the Shirley Jackson award.
There were sentences in this that literally made me pause and appreciate.



Was it scary? No. Was it a creepy ass gothic cult book. Yes, very yes, all the yes.