2 Books Like The Demon of Elderstay

'Mercurial, Beautiful' is possibly the most original book I've ever read. Written in second person, it is reminiscent of the choose your own adventure horror books of my childhood that I loved - or of a DM telling you a story around an RPG table. I found it drew me into the story. I loved the eldritch horror of it and the way that horror slowly but steadily grows. Mostly, I think what I loved was that it was a surprisingly clever book - the kind that gets better with a second read. Those are my favourite kinds of books. I read an e-copy first, but then bought the paperback for the rereads. Definitely the kind of thing you go back to in order to get the most out of it.

I mean this with the absolute highest praise - this was a delightfully silly book. I know it's not commonplace to use 'silly' as a compliment, but it absolutely is. Sometimes you just want something delightfully silly that can make you laugh. The start of the book didn't grab me initially, but I'm glad I persevered because it got better and ended up being absolutely hilarious. I did a lot of chuckling reading this book and some of the banter between the characters is absolutely gold-tier. Although, I will concede that bisexual disasters is my favourite genre, so I was probably predisposed to enjoy this book.