Author: Faith Gardner
Publisher: Mirror House Press
Date Published: January 11, 2024
I’ll just preface my review by saying I have loved everything that Faith Gardner has written, so when this one seemingly strayed into YA territory I said “uh oh!”. But no worries – of course she came through!
Almost everyone in this book is a psychopath or psychopath adjacent. But the characters are also so normal, they could be your neighbors. There’s a little bit of an origin story for the parents, Angela and Carson, and the secret that binds them. There’s nerdy Ezra, perfect daughter Eliza (okay, maybe not in her black hair/clothing phase), and new-in-town girl Olivia, who is just looking for a friend. And a collision course that brings them all together.
The writing is tight, with bits of humor that break up what would otherwise be a very macabre story of a hereditary inclination toward unaliving humans. But with the greatest of intentions.
Thanks to NetGalley, Mirror Press and BookSirens for an advance reader’s copy for review.
Background photo Alex Perez @unsplash
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