A book about possession was not what I expected to reach for late in December, but the combination of squeezing in a few shorter books, plus reading what was already on the shelf won out. Add in the fact that I tend to enjoy horror by women authors more than men lately, and there you have it 🤷

Too often, possession stories have a religious component, and even though different authors have different takes on that, I'm usually bored by it. Come Closer though, thankfully avoided the religious stuff for the most part and is all the better for it. 

There's actually a fair bit of sarcasm and dark humor here, coming not only from the MC Amanda, but by the demon that's taken up residence in her head. I thought the blurbs about this book being deeply terrifying and scary were definitely overblown, and would class this as more of an absurdist psychological thriller with a teeny bit of horror thrown in. 

All that said, this was a quick and fun read. It wouldn't make a top ten list for me at all, but it makes its point in a way that isn't rambling or pretentious. I also appreciate the levity for a trope that often takes itself too seriously.