A horror unlike any other. This was told from the perspective of Bela, an 8 year old child with a dysfunctional family who are targeted by a sinister entity called "Other Mommy". 

From the get-go, it creeped me out that Bela was mostly left to her own devices and would frequently be visited by Other Mommy who keeps asking her the same question: "Can I go into your heart?"

I liked the way the story had an unreliable narrator who was helpless and terrified, yet had a soft spot for Other Mommy who capitalised from Bela's parents having marital issues and just not being there for their child in general. 

I was ready to rate this a 5 but what irked me was that it got a bit repetitive at the end. Although I dreaded the ending, I half expected it and it was still blood-curdling (read this during my Covid quarantine and it gave me fever dreams that had me tossing and turning in my sleep). One of my favourite horrors I've read in 2024!