Will I love Ormeshadow?

Following on from her excellent collection 'All The Fabulous Beasts', this novella tunnels more towards folk horror than fairytale gothic. It's a coming of age fable, focusing on the experiences of a young boy whose family reluctantly relocate from the city to the open countryside...yet open to what? The rugged, unfamiliar landscape itself soon becomes a central character as well as a confidant to Gideon as he struggles to adjust to this new way of life (and his budding sexuality). The tone vaguely reminded me of Thomas Hardy, yet I found more similarities with the cinema. This could almost be… show more.