⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — “Wormkin burrowed straight under my skin” Reviewer: Liam, 17 — Student & Gamer 

 That opening story messed me up in the best way. The whole “worm that calls her mother” scene from Wormkin is now permanently in my brain. It’s gross, sad, and kind of beautiful. I don’t usually read books, but this one felt like a horror game you can’t turn off.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — “A hymn for the broken” Reviewer: Theo Wright — Literary Critic, The Ink Well Review 

 Few collections dare to balance language this lyrical with themes this raw. Chrysalis reads like a feminist parable written in silk and nerve. The transformation of Ivie Kael — from obedient schoolgirl to a “hive of one” — rivals any modern allegory of selfhood I’ve read.

 The story Zoo was my favourite. A man talking to something that remembers every faith we’ve ever lost — it’s haunting and oddly tender. The line “Forget us, and we’ll rest” nearly made me cry. I didn’t expect compassion hidden in the horror.

 The imagery in Thread is unreal. A boy literally sewing grief into fabric? It sounds absurd, but it reads like poetry. I underlined “You can’t wear what hasn’t been sanctified” — might get that tattooed.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ — “Too weird but I kinda loved Saints” Reviewer: Hannah, 15 — TikTok Reader

 The bit in Saints where Cal eats the glowing flesh? Disgusting. Amazing. I didn’t even know you could describe hunger like that. It’s way deeper than it looks — kinda about how people worship the wrong things. I’d watch the film version instantly.

 Glitch hit harder than any monster could. It’s tech horror wrapped in social commentary — “The filter doesn’t kill. It loves you to pieces.” Genius. This is Vale predicting our future one app at a time.

 The final story, Recursion, turns the whole collection inside out. It’s meta-fictional, looping back through every other tale until you realise you’ve been part of the archive all along. It’s horror as reflection — and that’s the point.