I received this book from Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review.

When I saw this one on Edelweiss, well how could I say no? I greatly enjoy Heather Alexander’s Only in.. (fill in a state or just America) series and so when I saw this book about spooky things throughout the US? I needed it.

In this one we travel through the 50 states of the US (from Alabama to Washington D.C), each state gets two pages. One with illustration (though there are also a couple of pages with one big illustrations and the text above that) and the other with the story. We get stories from folklore (not really my favourite), cryptids/weird beings (mothman whooo), ghosts (animal and human), lights, and more. My favourites definitely were about the human ghosts and the cryptids. But as you can read there is something for everyone.

A couple of stories I remember from other books, but there were MANY MANY stories that I didn’t know. It was fantastic. I would have liked maybe a few more SCARY TERRIFYING tales. A lot of the stories in the book were scary sure and gave me goosebumps, but they were also full of sadness. Like the guy who warns people when storms comes. Or the dog protecting his owner. Or the girl at the theatre. Or the weeping statue.

But the art? The art is definitely were this book shines. The art was a tad just terrifying the heck out of me. That Winchester House illustration with Sarah standing there with void eyes? YUP, nope. runs Or that nun in Bourbon Orleans Hotel? Yeahhhhh nope. Or the ice cream woman. NOPE. Some definitely gave me nightmares, so thank you for that.

I would highly recommend this book to all, this will be a perfect read for the upcoming spooky season. As for me, I do hope that there will be more spooky books like this because I am very sure there are many more! Maybe a ghostly book per state? 🥺