This book is heavy duty.

I FELT this book.

My former partner was emotionally and psychologically abusive. I never knew how to talk about it or if it was even "real" because there's barely any discussion around queer domestic abuse. As I read this powerful memoir, I felt Carmen's pain and terror so deeply. It's a fear I know so innately and yet have no idea how to express.

Reading this book was like reliving those 5 years of horror all over again. Carmen's writing is so powerful and descriptive, it's impossible not to feel sucked into her reality.