![]() ![]() Ellerie must uncover what’s really troubling Amity Falls before she loses the home and people she loves.Įllerie is a kind and dutiful older sister, and Craig crafts the considerable cast of characters who surround her into a complex web of personalities and relationships. Claustrophobia and dread seep into the very fabric of the community, and a stifling sense of hostility causes the town to turn on itself. Ghosts are seen in places that later go up in flames, and neighbors blame one another for inexplicable sabotage. Winter sets in, trapping Amity Falls’ residents in the village, and reality itself twists unsettlingly. Animals give birth to grotesque creatures, and mysterious symbols appear in unexpected places. Tensions rise among the people Ellerie once called her friends as strange phenomena start to occur. A winding mystery loosely based on the fairy tale “Rumpelstiltskin,” Small Favors takes a haunting look at the limits of human civility. Craig follows her 2019 debut novel, House of Salt and Sorrows, with another absorbing, uncanny tale that walks the fine line between fantasy and horror. ![]() Could there be a terrifying reality behind the stories?Įrin A. But when townsfolk begin to go missing, tales of beasts that stalked the settlement in its early years resurface. In the small community of Amity Falls, 18-year-old Ellerie Downing spends her days tending to her family’s beehives and secretly dreaming of life beyond the woods that surround the village. ![]()
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