Wolf Worm by T Kingfisher💙📚

Jodi Taylor #BookRecommendation

This is another of T Kingfisher’s belting gothic horror stories.

The year is 1899 and this is the story of Sonia Wilson, a young scientific illustrator, desperate for a job – any job – after her father’s death leaves her penniless.

Arriving in North Carolina, she takes up a position with the slightly sinister Dr Halder, who hires her to illustrate his enormous collection of, quite frankly, even more sinister insects.

This is a T Kingfisher book, so obviously, it’s not long before strange things begin to happen. A sinister squirrel watches her through a window. An apparently insane possum that knows how to open doors. What horror is affecting the animals around this remote part of the state?

And more importantly, what happened to her predecessor, who also happened to be the doctor’s wife? Their marriage collapsed, but did she really manage to get away from her unpleasant husband?

And what exactly is a blood thief?

Actually, I should probably say that if you’re not into parasitic maggots, then this is not the book for you. T Kingfisher gives us moments of genuine horror. The sinister hut – its mysterious occupant hovering between life and death … aaaghhh!

I honestly couldn’t put it down and sat up late – really late – to finish it. Highly recommended if you like having the socks scared off you on nearly every page.

And don’t forget – Daggerbound, the next book in her Swordheart series will be along soon.

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