Review: IT WATCHES IN THE DARK

First in a new Series, EEK!, by comedy/Horror author Jeff Strand, this story is aimed at Middle Graders....in fact the intrepid and brave protagonists are fraternal twins aged 12. But I find both the cover and the story very unsettling, and actually deeply perturbing. It's very well done, make no mistake; the plot is riveting, "can't-stop-reading" level. Even though Horror, coming-of-age [sooner than wished], occasionally gory, occasionally violent [with individuals who qualify as seriously disturbed], at heart it still seems to be a Mystery, and any way I turn the kaleidoscope in my head, I still classify this as Mystery. I also know I won't soon forget and will undoubtedly expect Nightmares. [Shudder]