Releasing March 28, 2023 from Tor Nightfire
In 2022, T. Kingfisher became one of my favourite authors. I love her creativity and creepiness so much, and the fact that I can never predict what she’ll write next.
A House With Good Bones is addictively weird. I thought I knew where it was going, but each page revealed more strange and creepy twists.
The book begins with Sam Montgomery, an archaeological entomologist (or is that entomological archaeologist? either way, get ready for lots of cool facts about bugs) arriving at her mother’s house for an extended visit. Sam’s surprised when she walks in to see the house restored to the way it was when her grandmother still lived: the walls have been repainted from colourful to white, there’s a creepy old portrait above the mantel, and her mother is clearly scared of something. There are a bunch of vultures perched outside watching the house, and strangely no insects anywhere to be found.
I adore Kingfisher’s protagonists and Sam is witty, smart, nerdy, and wonderful. The novella had me laughing on one page and squinting my eyes in fear on the next. I won’t say more because it’s too fun going into A House With Good Bones without any previous knowledge.
Kingfisher fans will love this book, and it’s a great entry point for new fans, who will be quickly won over by her humour and imagination.
🌟🌟🌟🌟1/2
Thank you to Netgalley and Tor Nightfire for my review copy of this book.
Leanne Olson 
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