368 pages
Published September 4th 2018 by HMH Books for Young Readers
Since this was compared to Dexter (one of my favorite shows of all time), I knew I had to read this. Because of Dexter. And because semi-justified murder is my bag, baby.
This book follows Nita, who works alongside her mother who kills supernatural creatures and has Nita butcher them up to sell for parts. One day, her mother brings home one, ALIVE, and Nita decides that she has morals. Nita can’t kill another, but she enjoys cutting them up, so there’s that. She makes a choice that propels her into the black market of perverts and murderers and forms an unlikely friendship with a being who feeds off pain. Yes, it IS as bizarre as it sounds.
As bizarre as this book was, it certainly entertained me. It was unlike anything I have read, and I have read A LOT this year alone. Barring the gruesome violence of the story, it actually had a decent plot that kept me on my toes. You know how some movies or books rely mostly on the gore to keep viewers? This one didn’t count on that. It carried itself.
Nita is not a villain nor is she a hero. She spirals down a tunnel of her own morality. To survive, she must go against what she believes in, which landed her in her predicament to begin with. She makes some bad choices and suffers the consequences. Her character arc was done nicely. This does end on a cliffhanger, FYI.
In closing, this book was really anything like Dexter, but by the first chapter, I really didn’t care. It’s gruesome and violent, and I loved every second. I followed this book by reading #MurderTrending, so I had a delicious weekend of mayhem and murder. See my review for MT here-http://theworldofceliamcmahon.com/2018/10/09/murder-trending-review/
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