Come home to your own haunted heart

In the Eyes, In the Shadows by Gage Greenwood

5/5

I want to start by saying I usually finish a book in 1-3 days. After 100 pages I had to take a break from this one. I’ve read 242 books this year and never needed time to let anything settle. I finished four days ago and again needed time, for me that means of all the books I’ve experienced in 2024 this one is the summit.

This story moved me in ways few may understand. I have read grief horror before but none that felt as if I was pouring my own emptiness and struggles into the read. A flawed main character, a powerful loss and a very real danger are awaiting you here. Gage has surpassed King’s Bag of Bones on my list with this entry into his arsenal.

What if you lost everything that held you to this world in a short time? What if all you found afterward were things that did not?

Delve into grief, longing, guilt and creeping terror as Jackson struggles to stay tethered to his dying world. Is it madness from grief? Dark reality? Beware, sometimes you find the wrong links and they cannot be unbroken.