The Scald-Crow Review

Rating: 5/5 ★

Author: Grace Daly

Genre: Horror

Pages: 258

Amazing representation of queer characters, mental trauma ánd physical disability? I feel like this book took all of the things I love to see while reading and ran with it. As someone with a physical disability as well, it always makes me a bit anxious to read about it in books, but I had nothing to worry about when reading this book. It was never an afterthought, affecting basically all of the things our main character (Brigid) goes through. Brigid feels so much like a real person. I really like following her throughout everything that happens!

I am really trying my best here to not give spoilers, so you just have to trust me that the ending is CRAZY!

The writing was very witty as well and made me chuckle multiple times. Some scenes definitely scared me a lot, which doesn’t happen a lot to me when reading. If you know you can handle some creepy, tense scenes and some gore as well, I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND this book! Be sure to pick it up when it comes out on October 14th 2025!

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