A review by vulgarboy
Leech by Hiron Ennes

dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Something in this had a grip on my throat that refused to let me go, and I am so glad it didn't. I thought I knew what I was getting into- a weird A Cure For Wellness retelling or something tht drew inspiration from it. Good god was I wrong. There was so much in this that scratched such a specific itch for me, it was incredible. A bizarre post-apocalytic world where humanity is trying to regain their footing, folklore being retold and genuinely being real in this world, humans integrating machinery (that had lead to the apocalypse itself) into their bodies so they can keep living. Characters are so brutally human, their actions so sorrowfully believable. It's not so clogged with medical jargon that I, who has no knowledge of anything medically in-depth, couldn't keep up. I found myself unable to put this down. What a delightfully freaky little book this was. 

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