This was a truly fun horror-thriller (well, as 'fun' as a book that features some truly gruesome body horror can be). For YA, the gore-level is *intense*, so be aware going in that the idea of the Stitcher, and everything that name connotes, is taken to its wildest extremes. The characters were shockingly well-developed for a book that has this much going on in it, and I found myself skimming sections not out of boredom but because I was so invested in the outcome of certain scenes that I had to get to the resolution as fast as possible. Overall, this is a great YA horror, and I thought the ending was pretty great. It's absolutely over the top, and I loved it.

I was unsure about how I would feel about this book, but I gave it a try because it had a very interesting premise. I throughly enjoyed it and found myself looking forward to when I could read more. The author does a nice job of writing in some pretty creepy moments. I also enjoyed the historical aspects of the characters that were intertwined with the overall story. The biggest challenge with reading this book though is that the reader has to suspend their belief in reality for it to really work as a novel. That does go along with any kind of supernatural elements but there are other moments throughout that you just have to accept instead of question the likelihood of it actually happening.