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Cassandra Khaw: Nothing But Blackened Teeth (Hardcover, 2021, Tor Nightfire) 3 stars

Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in …

Liked the idea, hated the execution

1 star

I hated this. The characters are boring and spend most of their time bickering over their sexual history with one another. It feels like the author is trying to prove she's smart by stuffing as many obscure words as possible into the writing. Forced metaphors obscure the little action there is. I never felt creeped out or in suspense because I didn't care what happened to the characters, the ghost, or the house. The plot is onion-skin thin and unsatisfying. But mostly the writing.