The Keeper, by Guadalupe García McCall

Book cover: The Keeper, by Guadalupe García McCall

In a recent newsletter issue, I talked about Guadalupe García McCall’s upcoming The Keeper:

So, a chapter or so into The Keeper, I was like… wait. Am I just being super-suspicious, or are the people in this town WAY too friendly? Like, this realtor lady is REALLY invested in them liking the place. I mean. She already sold them the house, so why’s she still trying to convince them, right?

But then I kind of talked myself out of my own suspicion. For the first third or so, The Keeper is very much about James getting used to being in a new town, missing his friends, grieving the recent death of his grandmother.

And then, just as I’d dropped my guard, The Keeper went FULL. FOLK. HORROR.