CW: emotional abuse, verbal abuse, murder, death, death via house fire, suicidal thoughts, gaslighting, manipulation, homophobia.

A powerful memoir about abuse in queer relationships. This is such a hard read and I’ll admit I was anxious throughout the book because of the emotional abuse Carmen experienced. Nonetheless, I highly recommend this. Everyone should read it unless you are triggered by the topics. Each chapter is portrayed in a different way using themes and ideas while Carmen recounts her experiences. I liked that it was told in first person and it sounded like an essay to her past self. There’s also researched chapters with stats on queer & lesbian abuse.

*no rating because I don’t rate memoirs with heavy topics