A review by jems_
The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

5.0

Should I keep reading scary books in the dark, knowing I get terribly paranoid from them? Probably not, but I really wasn’t able to stop myself with this one. This is my third T. Kingfisher I believe and I still really love her writing. It’s funny without being eye-roll level ridiculous and still holds enough seriousness to keep the suspense and make you eat up the story. 
I‘ll try with a list again to keep my thoughts concise.

+ entertaining writing
+ enjoyable characters and character dynamics 
+ interesting setting and world building
+ actually gave me the creeps/made me feel unsettled/made me paranoid of
seeing an albino raccoon in the dark hallway at home at night

+ the end (or rather close to the end but keyword
Prince
) had me tearing up a little and I didn’t see it coming 
+ there was a cat and I love him

- only „negative“ I have is that sometimes the explanations end up feeling a biiiit too alien-y to me. I‘ve had that same thing with A House With Good Bones, though it wasn’t as „bad“ here. (It’s not bad, it’s just personal preference and something I‘m getting used to with her books so I really don’t want to actually deduct any points in my rating for it.) 

In conclusion, this book did everything it promised for me. It unsettled but also entertained me and while I was quite scared reading it last night (I get scared easily I‘m discovering) that was exactly the point and I wouldn’t fault it for just doing a good job. 
Recommend if you‘d like to be unsettled while still having fun with enjoyable characters. 
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