A review by book_rascal
Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas by Kay Chronister, Brittany Warman, Warren Hammond, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Jeanne C. Stein, Cameron E. Quinn, Gerardo Horacio Porcayo, Tim Waggoner, Tiffany Morris, Betty Rocksteady, Julia Rios, Annie Neugebauer, E. Lily Yu, Angie Hodapp, Sarah Read, Carina Bissett, Sara Cleto, David Davies, Jimena Jurado, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Anastasia Garcia, Hillary Dodge, Owl Goingback, Kathryn Reilly, Josh Malerman, Christa Wojciechowski, Christina Sng, Juliana Spink Mills, Mario Acevedo, Marge Simon, Jane Yolen, Colleen Anderson, Lee Murray, Maxwell I. Gold, Joshua Viola, Sean Eads, Mercedes M. Yardley, Angela Yuriko Smith

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

 
I’m finding this book hard to describe. It’s a collection of short stories about folklore throughout the Americas told through a special book called the Shadow Atlas. There are illustrations and some of it is written like emails or memos. Most of the stories are creepy but not scary. There are monsters and anomalies described that are chilling and each story has it’s own. If you don’t like one, there is sure to be another coming along that you will. Each one will fill you with dread, think Poe. 
 
I really enjoyed reading this and some of these stories will stay with me awhile.