I am a ride or die Catriona Ward fan. Months after I finished Sundial, I still have nightmares about it. That's impressive. So impressive, in fact, that I will read anything else you put in front of me by Catriona. Enter Little Eve.

Little Eve is set on the Scottish isle of Altnaharra in the early 1900's. The story follows Evelyn and her "family" as they're being indoctrinated by "Uncle", the family patriarch and a self proclaimed deity of sorts. The book opens with a gruesome tragedy and walks the reader back in time through the journey the family took to reach such a climax.

The way Catriona is able to unravel the threads of a plot and slowly weave them back together into something entirely new multiple times over is truly what sets her apart. I am such a fan of the dark and atmospheric backdrop the book had. I felt several times like I had "figured out" what was going on, only to be completely shocked several times. I thought the book started off slow and it took me some time to truly grasp the plot, but I came to appreciate that as it lent an even starker contrast to the ride I felt like I was on by the end. Once again, Catriona has left me thinking of a book over and over even after the last page.

Thanks so much to Tor Nightfire as well as Netgalley for the opportunity to read this and share my thoughts ahead of the US release.