Reviews

Those We Left Behind and Other Sacrifices, by Brandon Applegate

cassieyorke's review

5.0

Brandon Applegate found me, alone and arrogant in the woods, and taught me that horror really can bite.

He honored me by inviting me to beta read Those We Left Behind and give a bit of humble insight on the way to publication. I was treated to worlds of horrific sorcery, where things devour you in dreams and emerge into the waking world to gorge themselves on everything you love, and where embittered children conspire with evil fey to inflict unimaginable horrors upon hapless parents. Open and you will lose your way in oppressive forests of beauty and terror, in choking dreams, in wretched worlds where "family" means inescapable peril.

And if you're sure you're the same person after you come out, then you'll be left with the most frightening question of all - are *you* the monster?

eugenekidman's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

hamgamgee's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

3.75

She’s giving spooky pasta (in a good way in the best way)

moneyispizza's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

1.5

madijwhat's review

dark fast-paced

3.25

Series of short horror stories. Good, but sometimes the transitions in the stories are jarring and not fluid. The end of the book has trigger warnings for each story—I really appreciated that.

iremaltun's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

triciab04's review

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

3.0

al_austin's review

5.0

I love stories that manage to be emotional and utterly horrifying at the same time, and several of these genuinely gave me chills. I'm still thinking about them even though I finished reading the collection a while ago.

spinetinglers's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.75