Ultimately this is a literary fiction book disguised as a thriller and I wish I'd known that going in. We follow Clare as she attempts to ingratiate herself with a popular clique in Edinburgh, only she quickly gets in too deep. Clare herself is a bit of an unreliable narrator throughout, both in what we find out about her past and in her minor descent into madness. I'm still not entirely sure what was real and what was imagined. Fans of The Secret History will likely enjoy this book, that just wasn't me.

*Thank you to Ballantine Books and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review*