“She wanted to be liked. Perhaps this explained the parties, the crystalline laughter, the well-coiffed hair, the rehearsed smile. She thought that men such as her father could be stern and men could be cold like Virgil, but women needed to be liked or they’d be in trouble.”

Honestly, I found this book boring. It’s plot develops slowly up until the last 6 or 7 chapters, at which point it just gets really strange. I just don’t think the writing was good enough to support the slow pace.

There were several other issues I had with this novel; exaggerated gender stereotypes, flat supporting characters, and really terrible dialogue. All of these took me out of the story.

While the ending was weird, it held my attention. This book was NOT scary. I wouldn’t read it again, or recommend it.