Following how much I loved Bat-Eater, I was so SO eager to read Kylie Lee Baker's next book. This reads completely different from Bat-Eater and truly shows Baker's versatility as an author.
Lee, a college student in 2026, flees to his father's home in Japan after murdering his roommate. Sen, the daughter of the last samurai in 1877, is desperately searching for her father's approval as society is changing in Japan. The two are linked together by strange door in their shared bedroom wall.
Baker does such a stunning job with the horror in this book. There's no obvious jump scares, but the tone and the setting feels claustrophobic and eerie in a way that it seeps into your skin. Neither narrators are reliable and toes the line of reality and paranormal in such an interesting way.
Thank you Netgalley and HTP for an eARC. All thoughts are honest and my own.