Thank you, Thank you to Penguin Teen for the advanced copy for my honest review!

Wow this was just wow! A very Grimm fairytale. With blood, lots of it! The Hallow sister go missing one night. Grey, Vivi, and Iris come back a month later and than start to change. Their father and mother know this isn’t their children but something different; changelings. Strange events start to happen and Grey goes missing. Iris starts to question everything and her whole existence. A wild and deadly goose chase starts to happen.. some answers are left better unanswered.

This was such a dark and twisted read, and I loved it. It was a bit repetitive at times, and I felt that was used as a filler, and made the story drag in those moments. But as a whole, the story was so imaginative and dark and gory, that I ultimately loved it. And that ending!! I wonder if the story will carry on.. I do hope so.

"She was fourteen then, and already the most beautiful creature I could imagine. I wanted to peel the skin from her body and wear it draped over mine"- House of Hollow

Thanks to Penguin Teen for my uncorrected digital ARC in exchanged of an honest review

House Of Hollow is a modern take on Urban Fairytale but if you think it is all about "and they lived happily ever after" you are gravely mistaken, I mean the cover looks sketchy for this notion but still how stunning is the cover? House of Hollow is about three sisters who disappeared as kids only to be found after a month in the exact spot where they were gone missing.However, everything seem to be different ever since then, with a haunting past and a lingering weirdness all around them, three sisters Iris, Vivi and Grey lead lives far away from Normal.When the elder sister Grey goes missing after a decade once more, she leaves a trial of breadcrumbs for her sisters to follow her into tangled web disturbing things.

This book is plain gross and creepy, I will take it a step forward and call it disgusting and grotesque BUT all in a good sense, this is usually not my preferred genre however the blurb piqued my interest. I am so glad I picked up the book because the writing in this book is exceptional, it is quite fluid with an amazing pace without hitting any road bumps all through. The author's verbiage and the way she created a chilling ambiance with striking descriptions is just very impressive, It is a risky job when you write a book without revealing anything until the end because sometimes you lose a reader on this note but the author was able to keep me engaged until the very end though I had no clue what the hell was happening until the very end.

The book is like a twisted nightmare/a fever dream, its weirdness is the most positive aspect for the book. However it is not without it's flaws, in a regular fashion on how most of the horror/thriller goes-House of Hollows leaves you with some unanswered questions, while this is something audience usually enjoy, I felt like THIS book needed those answers in order to give you a sense of closure but again maybe it is just my personal preference. I read the book in less than 24 hours and probably kept looking over my shoulder for the next 24 hours lol, I do recommend this book and I have a feeling it will create a buzz when it hits the shelves in few weeks!

I absolutely adored this novel. The eerie and spooky feeling this book created was magnificent. The writing style was extremely unique in the way it made me feel. My entire mind and focus were completely grabbed by the book. I was a little caught off guard by some of the triggering topics discussed in the novel, but besides that I loved it.

This dark, gothic, paranormal, thriller is not my usual genre but I LOVED it! I originally read a sneak peak of this and I couldn't wait to get my hands on the book, so I am so thankful that I was gifted this ARC. House of Hollow follows the protagonist, Iris, and her sister Vivi on the search for their sister, Grey, when she goes missing. This isn't the first time this has happened though. When Grey, Vivi, and Iris were children, they mysteriously went missing for a month and turned up with no memory what happened to them during that time. To find Grey, Iris and Vivi think that their disappearance as kids might hold the answers they are looking for. I read this in one sitting because I needed to know more about the disappearance of the girls when they were kids. This story was so intriguing and unique! My only negative comment would be that I wish it was longer! I felt like some scenes were a little too short and could have used more detail and be drawn out a little more. I would absolutely have read 100 more pages of this!

How do I review this book? I don’t want to give anything away, but this book is un-put downable. I can only say that this is the creepiest, “gothic fairy tale meets Mean Girls meets Annihilation meets Black Swan” coming of age sisterhood book I have ever read. It’s bananas. (And bananas is good!) I LOVED it. You will want to sleep with the lights on after you read it, but it’s totally worth it. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

This book saved me from an arc reading slump. I almost didn't request this book because it's a "fantasy"/speculative fiction book, and I haven't been reading much of that lately. However, this book was such a win! I loved it. It's dark, gritty, and sometimes disgusting...but it's also beautiful. Look at me loving the dark doorways stories. This is Wayward Children or The Hazel Wood for people who really want it to GO THERE. Give me dark witchy sister stories any time!

The writing is raw and doesn't shy away from the bloody and body horror side of things, but in a good way? There're mentions of drug and alcohol use/abuse among underage/young twenties kids. There's violence and kidnapping/missing children. There is loss of a parent, loss of a sibling, suicide, and a lot of other bloody murders.

So, why am I recommending it? If you want a dark read, a mysterious witchy read that is super atmospheric and focuses on siblings...this is your thing. It was just what I needed when slogging through ARCs that kept missing the mark.

“What you don’t understand is that I am the thing in the dark.” - Grey Hollow

The perfect Gothic horror fairytale! Three little girls vanished into thin air, then came back, a month later, with no memory of what happened. But they were just a little bit different. Their blue eyes turned black. Their brown hair turned white. Even their extraordinary, intoxicating beauty couldn’t explain all the odd things that happen around the Hollow sisters.

Grey Hollow’s the biggest supermodel out there, with her picture in the cover of Vogue. Vivi Hollow channels her energy as a punk rocker. And Iris Hollow tries her best to be a normal teenager, getting good enough grades to get into med school. But anytime her sisters come to town, the weirdness that Iris works so hard to ignore seeps back in. But this time, Grey disappears, and Iris keeps seeing a man with the head of a bull. She may finally have to face the mystery of what happened all those years ago.

This book is intoxicatingly gorgeous from the very first page, as you immediately fall under the spell of the Hollow sisters. It’s perfectly paced, leading you down the dark path towards . . . Somewhere you wouldn’t want to visit. But you’ll feel like you can smell the scent of rot and death even after you’ve finished the last page.

This is so well-done! The best horror I’ve read in a long time.

Thank you to Penguin Teen for the advance review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

House of Hollow is outside of my usual wheelhouse. Creepy and dark, like a twisted fairy-tale, House of Hollow nevertheless enchanted me (in a weird way) almost immediately.

House of Hollow is the story of the Hollow sisters. Grey, Vivi, and Iris are Different. Years ago, the three sisters disappeared off the street, only to be found a month later in the same spot they had disappeared from, naked, dirty, and covered in flowers. They couldn't remember anything about what happened to them. As time went on, the girls changed. Their eyes turned black, and their hair turned white. They had an other-wordly, dark beauty that intoxicated those around them. The oldest two sisters, Grey and Vivi, have embraced their differences. But Iris, the youngest, wants to be normal. She tries to deny her Otherness, until it comes crashing into her life. Grey goes missing. A body falls from the ceiling. A strange man in a bull skull is following her around. And everything points back to that missing month and what happened to the Hollow sisters.

You will spend the entire book wondering What Happened to the Hollow Sisters? The mystery really dug into me, leaving me theorizing as I read each chapter. But beyond the mystery, the book just read beautifully. I was, as I said before, enchanted (but in a dark, mysterious way that makes you want to curl up in the dark with a flashlight, knowing that monsters lurk just beyond).

Thank you so much Netgalley and Publisher for this arc!

I just want to start this review by saying that the cover is a big part of why I even requested to read House of Hollow. Oops! ;)

House of Hollows is an urban fantasy/supernatural-esque novel, featuring three otherworldly sisters with unusual powers over other humans. When the eldest sister Grey dissapears, sisters Iris and Vivi (and Grey's boyfriend Tyler) are thrown into a blood soaked, vomit fueled, gut wrenching mystery.

This book is dark, gloomy, a little gorey, and a whole lot of what the f*ck-y

My rating is a strong 4.7/5, with points being lost to the fact that I predicted one of bigger twists way early on, (though while predictable it was still very enjoyable to unravel)



Read this book!!!!!

Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to read an ARC of this deliciously creepy book!

House of Hollow is a bit hard to define, genre-wise, but I suppose I would classify it as a YA dark fantasy in a contemporary setting. The main character, Iris Hollow, disappeared for a month as a child, along with her sisters Vivi and Grey, and all three sisters came back changed. Now Iris is seventeen, and when her sister Grey disappears, she has to confront the truth about what happened to her so many years ago, and she ends up discovering some dark secrets about her sisters and herself.

I absolutely loved every aspect of this book. The writing style works very well for the story, and the plot sucks you in from the first page and keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. The main character, Iris, has an interesting and unique voice, and I really enjoyed getting to know her. I loved learning about her relationships with her sisters and with her mom, Cate, and I also enjoyed learning the secrets of her past along with her. This book is incredibly dark, and it deals with a lot of very heavy themes. The whole story works incredibly well, and at the end I was satisfied but also yearning to know more.

Highly recommend to fans of dark fantasy!

The Hollow Sisters have always been on the outside. Seen as other worldly and untouchable due to the sisters disappearance when they were young. For Iris, she wants to melt into the shadows and try to forget what happened to her as a child. But when her oldest sister disappears, she will have to confront her identity and embrace her Hollow blood. House of Hollow is an eerie adventure down the rabbit hole. Sutherland leaves bread crumbs for the readers, leading down a dark and twisted plot that will have them leaving the light on at night. The plot is a steadily up hill advancement; adding more and more tension and suspense. The dark shadows come out to stalk and is a visceral world building. With each turn of the page, the looming darkness over takes the reader and makes you look over your shoulder. The Hollow sisters have an air of mystery and as the layers are pulled back, more questions arise pushing the plot forward. Where the story falls short is the abrupt ending leaving the reader with a sense of unfinished business. Leaving more questions unanswered than solved.

She glances in the mirror, her haunted reflection staring back at her. Her once beautiful dark hair has faded to white, and her once soulful eyes are now black as night. The stench of decay envelopes her, her insides feel as if they’re rotting. She is not the girl she remembers anymore. Something’s wrong.

House of Hollow is wickedly wild. I was engrossed in this book from page one and could not stop reading. It has elements of similarity to the Wayward Children series, but the horror version. And I loved it!

This book is gruesome in every way. We meet three sisters, Grey, Vivi, and Iris, who were kidnapped when they were younger. A month later they miraculously are found and returned home, but they will never be the same and a link to their time away is haunting them.

If you’re looking for a horror fantasy book with LGBTQ+ rep characters, than look no further! This one is so good.

TW: Kidnapping, Murder (gruesome descriptions), Descriptions of Dead Bodies, Suicide.

I was very drawn to the premise of this book. The first few lines drew me in with "I was thirteen years old the first time I realized I was strange." However, I got lost in the details of the sisters and the weirdness that followed. I am no stranger to books about fae and other strange beings that wander the woods, but this story really just overwhelmed me with references to culture I did not understand and sister descriptions that were just over the top with their behavior (ie. Vivi with the teachers and her band). I would like to say that I was able to stumble through, but sadly I could not. I abandoned the book when one of the sisters disappeared. There are just too many books out there to waste on one that I just did not like at all. Sorry.

I was very much looking forward to reading HOUSE OF HOLLOW and I am very happy that I did. It is definitely different than anything I have read before and is actually quite dark at times, I found the overall plot extremely interesting, but did find that the author took quite a circuitous route to get us to the climax of the story. Overall, though, it was definitely a unique story and one that I had fun reading.

Thanks to Penguin Random House Canada and NetGalley for giving me the chance to read and review this E-ARC. I will publish this review on my blog (A Bookish Star), Amazon Canada, Barnes & Noble, and Instagram (@ABookishStar) closer to the publication date.

Where do I even begin!? House of Hollow hooked me from the very first page. The first chapter introduces readers to unsolved mysteries and a craving for answers. Sutherland's writing style is hauntingly beautiful. The words written throughout the novel brought this world, the characters and the story to life. I felt the dialogue between the characters was realistic. The author's words were able to invoke various emotions in me. I found myself laughing at the humorous moments and squirming at the creepy scenes.

The mystery of the past, and present, kept me hooked for the entire novel. I couldn't put this book down because I needed answers. The characters were unique, and all stood out with their various personalities. The Hollow sisters consisted of Grey, Vivi, and Iris. Iris was the narrator of the story. Some side characters include Tyler, who is Grey's boyfriend, and Cate. Cate is the mother of the Hollow sisters. They all had a fascinating relationship with one another and fascinating backstories.

My favorite characters is Iris and Tyler. My third favourite character is Vivi. I related a lot to Iris's character. Iris is quiet, lives with Cate, and just wants to blend into society. She doesn't want to stand out, and she doesn't have any friends. When I was in high school, I lived with my mother and, I didn't have many friends. It felt safer and easier to blend into the crowd, then stand and be bold. Iris doesn't want to be like her sisters (who are bold and independent), but instead, she wants to be the opposite. Her journey throughout this book is one of independence, acceptance, and not accepting abuse from others.

I'm not going to go into too much detail about the story. I think this novel is best discovered by reading it on one's own. I will say that I find this story that Sutherland has created to be fascinating in its own right. The atmosphere was well shown. I felt like I was watching a movie unfold in my head. I honestly wouldn't mind a film adaptation of this book. My only critique is that I wish there were a bit more description of some of the places that were mentioned throughout the book. I also want a sequel for House of Hollow. That is because I felt the ending was open-ended. It is one of those endings where I'm guessing it leaves it up to the readers' imagination of what happens next in the story. This ending bothers me because I had two questions that were left unsolved by the end of House of Hollow.

Overall, I loved reading the House of Hollow. This is one book that I will be recommending to anyone looking for book recommendations. I felt the writing, the characters, and the story were spectacular. I hope there will one day be a movie adaptation and/or a sequel. If you're looking for a hauntingly mysterious book, then I recommend checking out House of Hollow.

A big old wet kiss of a thank you to Ashley at Penguin who graciously read my arc request and promptly sent over the NetGalley widget.

Gorgeously written and creepy. This book has a cover to match the story and is seriously one of the best books I have read in 2020. I expected a semi-creeptastic story about sisterhood, but I was given a fairy tale horror masterpiece that read like a cult film.

Three sisters, Grey, Vivi, and Iris disappeared as children only to turn up a month later with no recollection of what had happened to them. Now older, they've gone their separate ways. Grey is a supermodel while Vivi has a punk band and drinks a lot. Iris decided to stay in high school and be as normal as possible. But normal is not a word the Hollows know. After Grey disappears, the younger Hollow sisters embark on a journey to find their sister, even if means stepping back into a terrifying past that could expose the truth once and for all.

This book is dark. This book made my stomach squirm. Every word seemed to wrap around me, squeezing like a carnivorous vine. ut beneath all the scary bits is a story about the love of family, and the deep instinct to survive.

I am 100% sure this book is going to get the highest praise. It felt like a nightmare version of Narnia where Aslan goes after the Pevensie children in the real world and tries to drag them back to Narnia to kill them. That's the only way I can describe it.

Loved, loved, loved this book! The atmosphere was gorgeously eerie. The mystery surrounding Vivi, Grey and Iris is intriguing and the supernatural aspect was superbly written. Teens (and adults too) are going to fall in love with this book.

I wanted to like this book so much more than I did. Having received an early copy from NetGalley, I was excited to have access to a new style from an author I’ve loved before. I knew this was supposed to be a darker style for her, but I didn’t realize how horror genre driven it was going to be.

The story to me felt cliché in many ways. We have a string of beautiful sisters who can seduce people into following their wills. They often run off and galavant across the country doing whatever they please, while they youngest is the good daughter at home. They have a dark and delicate past making their mother want to hold on to the youngest forever. Eh, okay.

I was really hoping to have more of a thriller and mystery than a dark horror story. I didn’t feel like a lot of what was happening made sense, even at the end when it was broadly explained. I didn’t like the world building on either end because there was so much movement. I also didn’t think that the books pacing was well done. It felt really stagnant at times even though the characters were never in one place for long. Iris’ schooling adventures seemed completely unnecessary. Vivi’s musical background seemed to be her only character trait.

With all of that, I could have appreciated a creepy fairy tale, however, I found even the dark magical elements were weak. Creatures with skull masks and the smells of rotting earth. It was overdone and felt flat. There was so much of the same happening between the crime scenes and the unknown lands, that it never felt shocking or as if you were discovering something new.

Maybe I’m cynical because I went in expecting one thing and got something else, but I just didn’t feel captivated by this. If the ending had given Gray what she deserved, maybe I’d feel different, but I felt completely unsatisfied by the ending as well. I’ll still pick up Sutherland’s books, but not if they’re being pegged as a dark tale.

Sutherland wasn’t joking when she said this would be dark. From the get go, the preface even, you know this isn’t a sweet story of magic. It’s creepy and it’s weird, and it’s awesome.

And when I say weird do not take it lightly. It was not pleasant, and it took inspiration from stories old and cruel. But I never read the book for pleasantness so I was fascinated instead of disgusted. It does really seem like the after math of a very dark, horrible and grim fairy tale. It feels like the story of the leftovers. If that makes sense? It’s a story of what happens after you think the book is over.

I also loved the sisterhood aspect of the story. Much of the plot is started because they care about each other, and despite their differences, know each other intimately well. They all love each other so strongly, and I will never, ever be tired of sisters being willing to pull the earth down for one another, and sticking together in times of weirdness.

It’s dark and grimy and it’s not pretty. It’s beautiful maybe, but only in the way terror and tragedy tend to be. This book absolutely captivated me, and I’m so glad I got to read it

This book was not what I expected, but in a good way. It was a bit darker, spookier, and haunting, and was still enjoyable to read. The sisters have an unusual relationship, and wish more information was given on how it came to be.