And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich

Weird, weird, weird, weird. weird.

That's the only way I can sum this up.

Anne, Pamela, and Catherine perform a voodoo doll like ritual in the woods outside their familial home to summon a protector.  Shortly thereafter, Anne dies in the woods.  Pam and Cathy believe their protector instead to be a demon, whom they call Creeper Man.

Fast forward to their adulthood.  Pam's two daughters, Nori and Silla, escape their abusive father in the middle of the night and head for Cathy, who is still living in her childhood home.  Pam insists Cathy is crazy, but the girls are certain she's got to be better than their father. 

Then things get strange.  There might have been an orphanage in the house.  The forest might be evil.  There might be a ghost boy with a crush on Silla.  The girls' father might be a demonic presence.  Creeper Man may or may not be evil.  World War III might happen at any moment. 

See my problem?

There was a ton of maybe this is really happening or maybe not.  With Cathy really crazy, Silla teetering on the edge, Nori mute, and Gowan the ghost boy who seems to be able to float between centuries, I had a hard time keeping straight what was reality and what was imagined/perceived/nightmare/projection. 

And then the ending was...ugh.  Then a double ugh. 

Not a fan.

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