Craft is a collection of short stories written from the perspective of a young Brazilian American writer. As the name suggests, the main character, “the writer” writes for the devil, who she meets at a college party. These stories are essentially stories within a story of her life as an immigrant, a splicing of her new life in America and her childhood home in Brazil. 

This collection of stories creates a fantastic meta experience as the writer writes both to us, the readers, and the devil himself. The relationship she has with the devil is intimate, the devil often consoling her as often as scaring her, showing up during all facets of her coming of age story. 

I received an advance copy of the audio version of this book. The narration really captured the third person omnipresent ethereal vibe present in this story (or stories). I do wish I had read this physically only to better identify each individual story from another. Listening to these stories does not necessarily capture each story as its own and instead offers a more chapter to chapter reading experience.

This is a beautifully crafted horror novel, with no real plot or story line to follow, it instead offers an introspective and at times disturbing thought process of the writer.

Thank you to Dreamscape Media and Netgalley for the opportunity to review this book; all opinions are my own.