It’s also the only book of hers I’ve read that is undeniably a horror story. There’s nothing supernatural about it at all. This is the only Rachel Caine book I own that fits squarely into the modern world. Her series tend (not all, but mostly) to fit squarely into the Urban Fantasy genre: first-person stories about impossibly attractive women with some sort of supernatural abilities who fight against some sort of shadowy world-dominating evil cabal of some sort.
Here’s the thing about Stillhouse Lake, though: I feel like Rachel Caine was writing outside of her comfort zone for this book. This isn’t an insult! Everybody loves eating M&Ms! Sometimes you find yourself really craving them! But you don’t really talk about your love of M&Ms with other people, right? They’re just there, and they’re delicious, and there are always new M&Ms available whenever you’re ready for a new M&M. That is a lot of books! There are probably not many authors who I have that many books by in fact, King is the only writer I can think of who I’m certain I have more books by than I do by Rachel Caine.Īnd yet I’m pretty sure I’ve not listed her previously on any list of my favorite authors, despite that, and I think Stillhouse Lake is the first of her books that I’ve been moved to review here.(*) Her books, to me, are like candy. She’s one of the most prolific authors I’m aware of, up there with Seanan McGuire and Stephen King, and I have eighteen of her books. Rachel Caine is– and I hope somebody out there understands what I’m talking about here, because I feel like I might be talking out of my ass– an author that I’m a stealth fan of.
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