Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
By April Genevieve Tuckolke
August 15, 2013


The book was slow from the beginning. The characters fell flat. Sadly, it didn’t live up to my expectations. None of the characters were relatable.The pacing was slower than my pet turtle and the writing style was very poorly written. I didn’t get the creepy or gothic part of the book.

Thank you to DiaL and NetGalley for this review copy.

The atmosphere in this book is top-notch, unsettling and eerie. It’s a perfect autumn read, and creeped me out enough that I often had to put it down at night.

I’ve read some of this author’s later works, and am excited for her newest release, so it was interesting to see her in the earlier stages of her career.

Requested and downloaded this book back in 2013 with every intention of reading it but then it expired on my device before I had the chance. Have felt bad about that and as a result haven't wanted to leave a review but with more and more publishers relying on Feedback ratings I need to clear out some of these older titles in my queue.

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea was an odd, often surreal and strangely whimsical story - one I could see Tim Burton lovingly bringing to life on the big screen. It was enchanting and beautiful. My only issues were with the pacing being rather slow and having to suspend quite a bit of disbelief.