It’s always a bit difficult to rate a short story anthology as they’re different stories with different characters (usually) written by different authors. But essentially, yes, I’ll give the anthology an overall 4 stars – because I did like most of the stories a lot. I’ve only read from two authors here – Tori Bovalino (loved her other book) and Rosiee Thor (dnfed that book so not actually read?). I like anthologies because they introduce you to new authors, which I always like.

I was confused as I thought it would be connected stories. It’s said to be in the same house so I guess I thought that meant they’d all be in the same – as in physically – house. That wasn’t the case as they were all vastly different – so different that it did feel like 16 different houses instead of supposedly the same house. Apparently there were some links between the stories – like let’s say the same mirror from the 2nd story was in the 3rd story? I did not pick up on that at all. I think if it had all been in the actual same house – but just different years, families, alternative universes – I would’ve really enjoyed this.

As you’ll see when reading my separate thoughts – I just wanted more. I know they’re short stories, but I would’ve liked most of the stories to have gone on for longer. I found most of the endings to be abrupt so I would’ve liked the authors to be able to wrap everything up easily.