“My hobbies include listening to murder stories, having casual lesbian sex, and telling my mom interesting facts about space.”

Enid is OBSESSED with space. She can and will tell you any fact about space she thinks will interest you. She has in irrational fear of bald men but she would never tell you that. When she’s not serial dating she’s listening to her favorite true crime podcast on repeat. Enid is in the processes of trying to create a bond with her two half sisters. Their father died recently and the girls took it as an opportunity to join in on each others lives. While this is all happening Enid finds herself in her first serious relationship, well ever. She begins to feel paranoid and like she’s being watch. She starts to wonder how she can care for others while knowing she has a parasite living in her that makes her a bad person.

This book is filed with so much heart and warmth that Austin is known for. The effortlessly quirky humor that captured my heart with her first book, puts my heart in an absolute chokehold in this book. She touches on everything from depression to the autism spectrum to trauma and does so in such a touching warm manner. Every main character she writes, I see myself in. I am the anxious girl constantly fearing death. I am the anxious girl filled with constant paranoia. She writes such relatable human characters that radiate such warmth. Dare I say she is my new favorite author?

Thank you so much Arita books for this arc I will absolutely be running to my local bookstore on January 30th to get my copy of this book!