If the tropes get followed to their bitter end, the survivor of this tale is going to be golden boy Phillip. It could be something out of The Final Girl Support Group, except that Cat knows that if it is she’s not going to be the final girl.Īfter all, the damaged and the deviant always die first in those stories – and Cat is both. Especially as our point of view character, Cat, has such a history of mental and emotional damage that we’re never quite sure whether the story she’s relating is happening in the real world, whether the real is being viewed through a skewed and drunken lens or if the entire surreal experience is all just in her head.Īt the same time, it’s also the kind of horror story that’s been heard and seen and done before.
There are so many ways of looking at this bruisingly creepy, completely absorbing and utterly weird story. Or at least that’s what I thought might be the ending of this story as I was listening to it.Īnd drowning in it. For lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.Īnd she gets lonely down there in the dirt.įour funerals and a wedding, not necessarily in that order. It’s the perfect wedding venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends.īut a night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare. Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Ĭassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.Ī Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.
Published by Nightfire on October 19, 2021
Source: supplied by publisher via NetGalleyįormats available: hardcover, ebook, audiobook Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
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