The Twilight Pariah by Jeffrey Ford
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The synopsis of this book really intrigued me. I got this from PageHabit's book bundle, so it had little annotations by the author. The annotations were just little random facts though, and not necessarily about the story.

As this a thin book, it is what I'd call a rather short story. 3 young adults (Henry, Russel, and Maggie) unearth a skeleton of a baby with horns and a jar of some liquidy stuff, and as expected, things start happening to the people close to the 3. The confusing thing was though, at the back of the book in the synopsis, it mentions that the liquid in the jar was red.


However, there was no mention of the colour when they first found it in the book. When the colour of the substance was described though, it was described as being brown; which is rather confusing.


Other than that, the story panned out pretty nicely. Needless to say, the 'monster' was defeated pretty easily (understandable, as it was not a thick book to begin with). The storyline didn't feel rushed either, so that was good.

Overall, I liked it. Not too heavy a plot, and no over-complicated scenes. It won't scare you silly, but it's just enough paranormality.

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