Dave Simms offers a stunning review of The Daughters of Block
Island for
Cemetery Dance:
"The gothic horror novel just received a massive shot of
adrenaline to its bleak-but-beautiful-heart...a stunning
novel that arrives in the final month of the year, just in
time for the calendar's longest nights of darkness. In this
debut novel, Carmen doesn't attempt to top the classics;
instead, she subverts them in a unique manner. She embraces
the tropes that made the subgenre what it is and forges an
enthralling tale of two sisters, a strange town, and a cast
of characters that would make the masters proud...If this
is any indication of what Christa Carmen can bring into the
world, readers will be smiling under candlelight for years
to come. An exceptional new talent has arrived."
KIRKUS REVIEWS
calls The Daughters of Block Island, "Great fun for readers
who've done their background reading and want to try a
Gothic Plus."
Of The Daughters of Block Island, Dead Headspace's
Brennan LaFaro
writes, "What a fine line Christa Carmen has to walk with this book,
and how masterfully she walks it… a layered tale that borders on cozy,
while never quite allowing the reader to settle in too
comfortably...Here lies mystery and secrets, and I was here for it."