All of these themes impact one another and intertwine effortlessly with each other. Leno touches on some different themes throughout Horrid including loss, grief, mental illness, the mother/daughter relationship, intergenerational trauma, and paranormal activity. As the story progresses, Jane often has flashbacks to when she was younger and unable to control her anger. Jane and her mother both seem to deal with the same anger issues, something that Jane has had trouble controlling her entire life. What is so fascinating about Jane is that she is so level-headed and strong yet she still is shown to have these flaws, something that a lot of authors seem to forget about when creating characters. Leno has given such a unique voice to Jane who is a lover of books, especially Agatha Christie novels, and suffers from a terrible anger that seems to only be eased when she eats paper from books (which is known as pica). When Jane and Ruth end up back in Ruth’s childhood home, North Manor, strange things begin happening around the house and Jane sets out on a mission to find out what secrets have been kept in this family home for decades. The two are headed to Bells Hallow, Maine where Ruth grew up and left abruptly when she was younger not ever wanting to return. Seventeen-year-old Jane and her mother Ruth have left California after the death of Jane’s father and Ruth’s husband, Greer.
Katrina Leno’s Horrid is a great young adult horror/mystery novel that makes for a perfect fall read and draws the reader in from the adapted nursery rhyme at the beginning and keeps them engaged until the climactic end.
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