Portraits of Decay Review

Rating: 4/5 ★

Author: J. R. Blanes

Genre: Horror

Pages: 388

Portraits of Decay was an enjoyable read for me. I would’ve loved for the pacing to be a little bit faster in the beginning, as I felt that the build up to the main events of the story took a bit too long. I absolutely loved the progolue though!

The characters I think the author did an amazing job slowly pulling the reader into Gemma’s insanity. In general, the characters are really well established and fleshed out as much as the story needed them to be. There are some amazing scenes in this book, that really made me want to read more books by this author.

The story didn’t always go where I wanted it to, but I’m not neccesarily sure that’s a bad thing, since it did keep me curious as to what would happen next.

Overall, a great read!

I am able to write this review thanks to NetGalley and Ruadán Books. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to read this book early, in exchange for my honest opinion.