![]() ![]() Agent: Sarah Landis, Sterling Lord Literistic. Craig (Author) 1,046 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Even so, fans of Brenna Yovanoff and Erin Bowman will enjoy this lushly built, ominous rural America. Accomplished prose and a love of beekeeping warm this horror-tinged landscape, but the plot quickly loses momentum in repetitive threats and vague omens, and its insistence that only outside enemies cause social strife may well repel some readers. The mythic monsters have returned to destroy Amity Falls, and Ellerie must protect her farm and siblings-and the cocky, broken-nosed trapper who she’s falling for might be the key. ![]() But when members of the semiannual supply train are slaughtered by massive silver-eyed beasts, the town’s luck sours: apparitions appear and harvests wither, and violence stirs among the townsfolk. In the isolated, presumed-white religious farming community of Amity Falls, rules and rituals repel the woodland monsters that haunted its founders-monsters that tenderhearted beekeeper Ellerie Downing, 18, thinks are a myth. ![]() Perfect for readers who love mysteries and the macabre.'BookPage 'Fans of Brenna Yovanoff and Erin Bowman will enjoy this lushly built, ominous rural America.'PW 'Craig twists a slow-burn fairy tale around classic horror tropes that ultimately land on satisfying beats. The terror of grudges spiraling into violence haunts Craig’s ( House of Salt and Sorrows) American frontier fantasy, but is left unresolved. 'Small Favors is as much about humanity as it is about horror. ![]()
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