Review of 'Scary Stories for Young Foxes' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
THIS IS FOR KIDS?? I'M TWENTY-NINE AND NOW I'M TERRIFIED OF BEATRIX POTTER COMING TO STEAL MY SOUL
I glanced at the cover without reading the synopsis and thought, "Oh, cute. A bunch of spooky stories told by foxes." But it turned out this thing was pure, unleaded nightmare fuel. I couldn't stop reading. I had to get to the end to see how all this horror was going to turn out. I didn't expect this to be so bloody and enjoyable!
Excellent use of the story-within-a-story trope, AND the parallel stories format. The premise is some fox kits want a scary story, so they go find the Storyteller who takes them through eight connected tales. Which kits will chicken out? And then of course the stories themselves starts with genuinely terrifying zombies and gets darker from there.
Five stars, would read again. Give this to kids who love …
THIS IS FOR KIDS?? I'M TWENTY-NINE AND NOW I'M TERRIFIED OF BEATRIX POTTER COMING TO STEAL MY SOUL
I glanced at the cover without reading the synopsis and thought, "Oh, cute. A bunch of spooky stories told by foxes." But it turned out this thing was pure, unleaded nightmare fuel. I couldn't stop reading. I had to get to the end to see how all this horror was going to turn out. I didn't expect this to be so bloody and enjoyable!
Excellent use of the story-within-a-story trope, AND the parallel stories format. The premise is some fox kits want a scary story, so they go find the Storyteller who takes them through eight connected tales. Which kits will chicken out? And then of course the stories themselves starts with genuinely terrifying zombies and gets darker from there.
Five stars, would read again. Give this to kids who love foxes and are prepared to stop sleeping.