Quill&Queer's Reviews > Beholder

Beholder is an interesting, twisty story of spiders in mirrors and really weird wallpaper, and if you're willing to go along with it, you're in for a wild ride. This did have the Midsommer fault of having it's scariest moment right at the start, but at least has a few scary moments scattered throughout to keep the tension up.

I really liked the relationship between Athan and Dom throughout the story, they acknowledged their attraction to each other, but were too caught up in the wild ride the story was taking them on, trying to piece together clues to stop what was happening to people and find Yia Yia, to really pursue it, which felt realistic.

While this is YA, a few people were surprised that this wasn't an adult horror, and I think aside from the horror elements there's an overall maturity to this story that really elevates it above other YA horror stories, which often feel generic. This is a book I could easily recommend to any horror fan.