Review: Our Crooked Hearts

Today it is my stop on the blog tour for Our Crooked Hearts, the new witchy thriller/mystery by the incredible Melissa Albert. Keep reading for information on the book and my spoiler free review.

Published By: Penguin
Publication Date: June 30, 2022
Date Read: July 18, 2022
Genre: YA – Mystery / Thriller
Source: ARC from Penguin
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352

From Goodreads:
SECRETS. LIES. SUPER-BAD CHOICES. WITCHCRAFT. This is Our Crooked Hearts – a gripping mystery crossed with a pitch-dark fantasy from Melissa Albert, global bestselling author of The Hazel Wood.

In our family, we keep our magic close, but our secrets closer . . .

Ivy’s summer kicks off with a series of disturbing events. As unnatural offerings appear on her doorstep, she’s haunted by fragmented memories from her childhood, suggesting there’s more to her mother, Dana, than meets the eye.

Dana’s tale starts the year she turns sixteen, when she embarks on a major fling with the supernatural. Too late she realizes that the powers she’s playing with are also playing with her.

Years after it began, Ivy and Dana’s shared story will come down to a reckoning between a mother, a daughter and the dark forces they never should have messed with.

Before picking up Our Crooked Hearts, I had heard so many amazing things about it. Despite this, I was still a little apprehensive. I’d tried reading The Hazel Wood by the same author and couldn’t get into it, so I was nervous about diving into this one. I needn’t have been. I am so happy that I gave this one a go, as I really enjoyed this one.

Our Crooked Hearts is creepy and atmospheric. There is just something about the author’s writing style that is so perfect for this genre. Right from the first page it was creepy and intriguing. I really couldn’t stop reading as I was desperate to find out what was going to happen next. I did guess a couple of the ‘twists’ but that didn’t take away from my enjoyment whatsoever. I know some readers hate it when they guess what is going to happen… I love it as it makes me super excited when I find out that I was right.

This book would be the absolute perfect autumn / Halloween read. It’s so creepy, filled to the brim with mystery intertwined with witchcraft. It was just truly fantastic. I have to admit it did take me a good 150 pages to properly get into it. I was intrigued from the start, but after the 150 page mark, it became unputdownable. This book follows two timelines, and I loved seeing the past and the present come together.

Our Crooked Hearts is perfect for any fans of witchy books, mysteries and thrillers. It was fantastic and I will definitely be looking out to read some more books by this author. If there’s one creepy book you’re going to pick up this autumn… make sure it is this one.

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