You Let Me In

You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce, 224 pages

Cassandra Tipp is a famous romance novelist and now she's dead (probably). Her niece and nephew are called to her house and told that if they want her money, they must first read the manuscript sitting on her desk and then give the lawyer a password that's hidden within Cassandra's last book. But this manuscript is no light-and-fluffy love story. Instead, it's Cassandra's life as she remembers it, complete with angry and manipulative fairies that may or may not be responsible for a string of gruesome deaths in Cassandra's past. Do these fairies really exist? Is she even remotely sane? Who knows!

This atmospheric tale of abuse, misunderstanding, survival, and ostracism is creepy to the max. Bruce has created a tale that is full of suspense and the reader is constantly second-guessing their assumptions. I tore through this book, and I suspect it'll keep me guessing well after I finished it. Recommended for fans of Shirley Jackson and unreliable narrators.