Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies

by E M Roy

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Leo Bates knows what's behind every corner in her hometown, where she's lived her whole life. Some disjointed memories and grief for her late parents, sure, but nothing dangerous. Nothing unexplainable.But the familiar becomes strange the longer you look at it. When Tate Mulder goes missing and Leo is pinned as the prime suspect, she can only watch as the town she thought she knew deteriorates around her. She is forced to confront the truth about her parents, Eston, and her relationship if show more she is to survive an onslaught of conspiracies, cryptic monstrosities, and whatever is hiding in the woods where Tate was last seen. Finding the girl she loves may be the only way to restore balance to Eston-if such a thing ever existed to begin with. show less

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In the spirit of Get Out, mundane fears are realized in over the top horrors. In this case the fear is getting stuck: by young love, by the expectations of others, by a small town that nobody ever leaves.

The horror is intense yet oddly comforting.

The mystery and the structure of the narrative and the tropes of horror all combine to explore a whirlwind summer relationship between two very different girls.

The resolution is satisfying yet melancholy.

The supernatural isn't supposed to exist in this small town and the ultimate battle is against its very existence.

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