The book is a collection of stories, all by the same author so I’ve broken down the individual story ratings below.

Little Rituals - 2.75/5, good setup and initial spookiness but it flinches right at the end so doesn’t commit one way or the other

The Decline and Ascent - 3.25/5, the broad strokes are clear enough to guess and the message is a good one. It just doesn’t flow well

Casa Perdida - 4/5, nice and spooky and the disjointed journal fragments works really well for the style of story

Polaris Breach - 3/5, overall just fine? I liked the choice in protagonist being a double mastectomy breast cancer survivor but the rest didn’t grab me as much as it moved too quickly

The Escape Room - 3/5, short and to the point. I didn’t spot the page count for this chapter so I was expecting it to build so the ending caught me by surprise

The Burning Fields - 2.5/5, haunting but predictable given the daftness of the MMC’s actions

Truth or Consequences - 3.75, this one has been the most interesting story so far but it jumps POV too much and too often for it to flow well

Dungeon Crawler - 3/5, love a bit of video game horror, would’ve liked the horror to be down the other routes as well as more of a buildup rather than just at the end

The Voices - 3.75/5, great buildup, liked the formatting and the building dread given by the extra information between the voicemails

Costa Valiente - 2.75/5, very quick so I was waiting for a twist but then it ended

Finders Keepers - 3/5, longer build up but the spookiness was over quickly

Small Portions - 3.5/5, I’m curious about the backstory we don’t get to see but I liked the flow of this one

The Lighted Frame - 3/5, spooky but the writing voice is almost removed from the story

Schrödinger Cake - 2.5/5, not quite sure what to make of this one, there isn’t quite enough one way or the other

Listening Post Omega - 3/5, I’m left slightly confused by the ending but I liked the sci-fi setting

Thank you to the author and booksirens for the arc