Lush writing, gorgeous world building, a prairie horror (which I didn't realize was a thing I needed but it's a thing I NEEDED) that will keep me from ever EVER looking out my window in the middle of the night.

This is a cute YA gothic/fantasy/romance/tale, but unfortunately it’s not for me.It started very well and strong enough to get my attention, but later it became very cheesy. There are some strange occurrences in the forest and in the town, such as unusual weather, fire, mutations in livestock, and mysteries that are causing a turmoil within the community. What’s the cause?It sounds intriguing but the development of the storyline was a bit boring.The writing is not bad, but it’s very simple and u...

Atmosphere. Bees. Spookiness. WTF IS GOING ONness. Fairy tale retelling. Did I mention bees? I read an arc of this book and was gripped from the very first word to the last. So yes. You're going to want to read this one.

After finishing House of Salt and Sorrows, I can’t wait to get my hands on this beauty! 😍Update: I preordered the B&N ~exclusive~ edition and boy is it stunning!

with all of the secluded small town strangeness of wayward pines and twin peaks, and all of the dark mysterious magic of ‘the near witch’ and ‘winterwood,’ this book gave me the creeps, in the best way possible. not quite nightmare inducing, but definitely makes you wary of things that go bump in the night. and i honestly wasnt going to round up to 5 stars, but the more i think about it, the more i realise i dont have a reason not to. the atmosphere is so realistically spooky - its the perfect s...

In my utterly unbiased opinion, this book is pretty nifty!I can't wait to share it with y'all and give you the shivers!

Hell yeah! The author of House of Salt and Sorrows is back with another epic, mesmerizing, unputdownable fantasy read! I always keen on claustrophobic small town mysteries: people get trapped in the place, harsh winter comes out as the monsters start lurking around the woods. They cannot get out to provide more food and medical supplies, craving from hunger, cold, exhaustion and madness slowly takes out the direction of the place: neighbors become enemies, delusions take over control! Even your

The small town of Amity Falls is completely secluded from the outside world. It's set amongst the Blackspire Mountain range, at the edge of an almost impenetrable forest where monsters are said to lurk.When a supply party goes missing, and evidence of a massacre is found in the woods, the townsfolk believe the monsters may have awoken and are getting closer. Contention arises among the citizens as they try to decide how best to proceed. They're afraid to send anyone else for supplies, but with p...

"Enter not the forest deep. Beyond the Bells, the dark fiends keep."This is a stunningly beautiful, eloquently written novel. I was a little confused by some of the happenings at the end, and thinking on things didn't help clarify the rushed climax, so I'm just going to take the hit and move along, enjoying the lush atmosphere Small Favors provides. Aside from a few characters being a main part of the first half of the book, and then disappearing with no update on what happened to them (mom and

What a mess. I had so many conflicting emotions while reading this to where I’m not even sure what the most disappointing aspect was. Sometimes books start off slowly or things don’t make sense at first, but eventually they all come together in a beautiful, cohesive way. This was definitely not that, though. I’m don’t know what Small Favors was going for, just that it did not get there at all.First and foremost it was boring. The beginning maybe two-thirds or so were nothing but boring and moder...

Ominous, lingering, Americana gone wrong with a dose of the eldritch. Love, love, love.Concept:★★★★ Pacing: ★★★★Atmosphere: ★★★★★This is one of those books that you either barely describe or seriously over describe—it's rich, the plot is layered, and some of the magic in the story's structure comes from knowing the movements of the plot and yet being absolutely compelled to savor it anyway for the journey. A really masterful horror-speculative from an author to watch. In the town of Amity Falls,...

3.75Growing up, I was especially drawn to fairy tales, legends, mythology and fantasy stories. Maybe because of that I still love discovering well-written YA fantasy novels. When I opened up Small Favors— such an innocuous title— I couldn’t even remember adding it to my TBR just 6-7 months ago. It definitely was a story inspired by myths and fantasy. A tight-knit community, a code of rules, and a pastoral setting surrounded by a deeply forested and ancient woods. Creepy but as the story opens we...

Once again, Erin A. Craig hit it out of the park. If you enjoyed the film The Village, or the books Strange Grace and The Grace Year, this one should be right up your alley. It’s a little bit fantasy, a little bit mystery, and a little bit horror, and I devoured every moment of it.Ellerie lives in the small, secluded village of Amity Falls. The village is surrounded by forest, and when an unknown calamity befalls their supply party, the townspeople find themselves even more isolated from the out...

So um...I'm so confused but this was so good.Full rtc when I've got my thoughts put back together again

Small Favors is a quiet YA horror novel that entirely sucked me in. It's creepy and atmospheric with slow-building tension, small town secrets, and fraught relationships. Definitely worth a read. Ellery lives in an isolated small town governed by rules created by the founders. It's a close knit community where neighbors are always there to lend a helping hand. But things start going very wrong. It starts with the deformed animals, the rotting crops, and then relationships going awry. Through it

Following in the same vein as House of Salt and Sorrows, Small Favors is a dark and twisty fantastical read from Erin A. Craig. Ellerie Downing and her family live in a small town called Amity Falls, located in a secluded valley surrounded by forest. What starts out to be a kind and peaceful place quickly turns into a mysterious scene full of seemingly random attacks, vandalism and unexplained hatred. Ellerie is determined to figure out what madness is plaguing her town, with the help of a new s...

↠ 5.86 cawpile | 3 stars➸ Trigger warnings for (view spoiler)[sexism, slut shaming, graphic blood & injury depiction, emesis, dead bodies, pregnancy mentioned, miscarriage mentioned, childbirth (on-page), death during childbirth mentioned, starvation & food scarcity, murder & attempted murder, gun violence (on-page), physical assault, public lynching (on-page), knife & axe violence, the disappearance of a brother mentioned, explosions, fire (on-page), blizzard, animal death & euthanasia (on-page...

"𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨, 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠? 𝙊𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩." THIS BOOK IS CRAZY!!! Author of House of Salt and Sorrows comes back with another creepy retelling and she did not disappoint! Although I loved House of Salt and Sorrows much more, I truly believe Small Favors is way much darker and gruesome so don't be fooled by the gorgeous vibrant cover. The story revolves around a small village near a creepy forest full of unnat...

✨ Buddy reading with Bex!I'm forever trash for whatever Erin Craig writes since House of Salt and Sorrows. I cannot WAIT for 2021! EDIT: I AM SCREAMING AS THE EARC GODS HAVE BLESSED ME! ARC provided by the publisher for my honest review. This has not affected my opinions of the book nor the content of my review. Quotations are from an unfinished proof and are subject to change upon final publication. Blog | Twitter | Instagram

Actual rating: 3.5 starsThere's a power in names, don't you think? Once your name is given away, you can't help but be pulled along by those who have it.Small Favors pulls the reader along with its atmosphere of total isolation and something creepy and insidious trying to cross the narrow borders we are hiding inside the story. Its horror is not in the gory details which were enough (trigger warning: if you are sensitive to the topic of the detailed description of manslaughter, I would advise w