(review of this book can also be found on my blog. Coffee, Tea and Books) 
 Horror books are the type of books that I love the most - even thought my blog is still pretty new and has few reviews, I think it's obvious that I mostly read horror. 
 It takes talent to write a good horror story 
 ; it takes some kind of six sense, of understanding of what the human mind fears, and what pushes those little nerves that gives us chills down our spine, that keeps us awake at night. In an anthology, with more than just two or three writers, and with such different stories, I wasnt' expecting to like them all. Of course, there was one or other that I found more confusing or a little more boring or not so well-elaborated as the others, but overall, this anthology is the mashup of some of the best horror stories I ever read. 
 The Birds of Azalea Street by Nova Ren Suma 
 5 
 This collection stars with an amazing story, about young girls, a perv man that is their neighbor, and vengeful birds. It has an eerie feeling to it all the way through, not particulary horror tho, but still, extremely well written. 
 "The girl. The girl with the purple hair. The girl with the fur coat. The girl we saw you bring inside. Where's the girl!" 
 In the Forest Dark and Deep by Carrie Ryan 
 5 
 Anything that has some kind of reference to 
 Alice in Wonderland 
 , I love it. I'm obessed with that tale, and even more with anything that's almost like a twisted version of it. Tea parties in hidden places of a forest, little girls - and, at the same time, a teenage girl - with great imaginations, but at the same time, trying to forget a dark part of her past, and not being able to run away from it. Also, the March Hare is watching. 
 "She knew that if she ran then, she'd spend her whole life running. She had to prove to herself that she could control her mind. That it couldn't throw dark thoughts at her and expect her to believe them as truth." 
 Emmeline by Cat Winters 
 3 
 This was one of my least favorite stories, to be honest, and I found it quite predictable, and not that scary at all, more sad and a bit unsettling, with a touch of romance. A girl's ferverous wish to have someone to love her, in the middle of the World War I, and what love makes us do. 
 "Boys were curious creatures by nature. Soon there would be another young man who would steal into the wreckage to see the forbidden part of our poor old house. One day I would get things right, and someone would choose me over the war." 
 Verse Chorus Verse by Leigh Bardugo 
 2.5 
 My reason to not give an higher rating to this story it's because even though I found it kinda scary, I didn't quite understood the ending - or, actually, the scary part. This story follows a famous teenage singer, which, because of some of her actions, is sentenced to rehab in a weird center, where weird and eerie things happen. The "scary part" of the story was kind of confusing and, for me, not that well explained and didn't gave us nothing when it came to the plot, and for me, it felt like it had no connection. 
 "Something was in that room with her daughter. Someone, she corrected, regretting the wine and especially that little bit of Ambien." 
 Hide and Seek by Megan Shepherd 
 4 
 A really interesting girl of a girl who challenged death. There's a story about a man who comes with a black coat with a bird on his shoulder, and that man is Crow Cullom, death's harbinger. When you see him, it means you're dead, but you still have a chance; you have to challenge death to a game, and win. That's what Annie does when Crow Cullom comes to take her soul, and through a thrilling game of hide-and-seek that lasts 24 hours, Annie will discover if she ever can hide from death, or will it find her and claim her soul. Fast paced, it's an easy-to-read story, filled with little twists. 
 "She taught me that I have the right to challenge it. To challenge death." 
 The Dark, Scary Parts and All by Danielle Paige 
 3,5 
 I already knew what to expect from Danielle Paige, and I was kind of disappointed. A main character that is not that strong or complex, but tries to be, some bitchy girls to annoy the reader and a weird love interest Even so, I liked the story, and ended up wishing it was not just a short story, but a book itself. I wanted to know more. The whole evil/hidden powers/ magic reminded me, somehow, of 
 "The Merciless" 
 , by Danielle Vega, and at first I even thought she was the one writing this short story (they're both called Danielle, don't judge me >.<). 
 "But the monster is the most interesting thing in the story, and he barely gets a voice." 
 The Flicker, The Fingers, The Beat, The Sigh by April Genevieve Tucholke 
 2 
 I didn't found it nothing close to scary, more than rather predictable. A group of friends that ended up having to take a difficult decision after a car accident. Some pieces of the past, the decisions that were taken and the consequences. It was all very mild, and I didn't actually liked any of the characters. 
 "She was looking at me when the car hit her, straight at me, eyes round and wide behind the square, black, nerd-cool frames." 
 Fat Girl With a Knife by Jonathan Maberry 
 3 
 I was thinking to myself "Where is the zombie story?", when I flicked the page and there it was. It was not scary, it was a normal zombie story, and God knows how many of them are out there (it's okay though, I never get tired of zombies), but it didn't bring anything new or an exciting twist. Dahlia is a high school girl, and, as the writer makes us remember every ten words, she's the fat and ugly girl. She's a strong character tho, and that made me happy, at least, because honestly, I was sick and tired of half of the story being about how ugly and fat Dahlia was. 
 "She had a pretty name but she knew she wasn't pretty". 
 Sleepless by Jay Kristoff 
 4,5 
 A pretty amazing story, with amazing twists,creepy vibe and, for once, I didn't saw those twists coming. Online dating never seemed so creepy to me - I know you never know who you're talking with, and I saw every season of Catfish - but I loved the way Kristoff worked the story. 
 "I want to sleep, Wolfie." 
 M by Stefan Bachmann 
 3,5 
 Misha is a blind girl, living in a house where she feels a stranger, an outcast. M is the only witness of a murder, and the only thing she has is the smell and voice of the killer, and also, the fact that in the darkness of her blindness, she sees the shadow of the killer. The creepy kind of nursery rhymes the children kept singing gave the story the right eerie touch. 
 "M for Misha. M for murder." 
 The Girl Without a Face by Marie Lu 
 5 
 Yes! This is what I was waiting for, this beautifully written short horror story, filled with not gore, nor monsters, but psychological terror. It played with the human mind and the tool that guilt actually has in us, paranoia and a vengeful spirit - or it was just part of the main character's mind?. I almost felt the paranoia and the mind of the main character sliping away, and it was amazing. It also made me feel even worse about closets. 
 " She walked into the closet, where it was so black that he couldn't see any of its inner walls, and then she turned to the right and disappeared abruptly into the darkness." 
 A Girl Who Dreamed of Snow by McCormick Templeman 
 2,5 
 This was another one that I read and thought "meh". It was well writen, but nothing more. It didn't felt scary, not eerie, not anything like that. The only thing that was probably scary were the "night monsters", watching the characters while hidden behind the trees. 
 "They all knew the stories about the things that lived up there, where long ago men had gone mad, driven to consume the flesh of their brothers." 
 Stitches by A.G. Howard 
 5 
 Another amazing story, and another one I loved beyond words. A kind of take on Frankenstein, perhaps, with body parts being removed and replaced by others, an misterious boy called "The Collector" and gorish details.A broken family, torned by an alcoholic father and the disappearance of a mother, and then cames an opportunity for a new life. Sage is our main character, and the one who, since she was thirteen years old, performs the "surgeries" on her father. The ending was nice, sad even, but it ended with a bit of hope that things turned out for the better for both The Collector and Sage. 
 "Whatever the case, at the scent of rain and the rustle of feathers, I made the first cut, because I knew he was on his way." 
 On the I-5 by Kendare Blake 
 4 
 A sad story about a young girl, away from her home town, from her mother and grandmother. It's a sad story because of the circumstances she's in, and what happened to her. A good story to end this anthology, and it left a sting of sadness. 
 "How many terrors in the world, so many more than all the hundreds her momma and gran warned her about."