"How do you talk to someone who's been inside you? Who's seen more of you than you've seen of yourself?"

Ada and her father live on the edge of a village where sick locals, or "Cures", go to see them. They have the power to heal illnesses by opening their damaged bodies or temporarily burying them in the Ground. Ada is uninterested until one day she meets Samson, who leaves her torn between her way of life and new possibilities with her lover.

This book was very unique. The way Rainsford used magical realism surrounding medicine and healing, but in such a different way was fascinating. At first, I was confused, but when I eventually realized what was happening and how Ada and her father worked, it was hard to put the book down. Humming people to sleep and casually reaching inside them to physically remove whatever ails them... wild! 🤯

In between chapters, there were mini points of views from the townspeople and their thoughts on Ada and her father and their way of healing, which I really liked. Then Ada met Samson and everything is turned upside down when Ada realized she wanted a normal life/relationship against her father's wishes, causing her to be torn between the two men in her life.

There is so much to this book, but I don't want to give anything else away as it's just over 200 pages. This is a weird story of love and betrayal with a unique twist. I'm surprised to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it!