This is not the kind of book you read if you want a heartwarming and relaxing story because it's gritty, twisty and heartbreaking at time.
It's not one of those book you read before sleeping because it will let you wired after you read till late in the night.
It's atmospheric, claustrophobic and adrenaline fuelled.
That said I loved this first in a new series, it kept me on the edge till the end and reading.
Georgia and Lincoln are the two main POVs. Lincoln the boy that grew into privilege, Georgia, the child adopted by an entire island who run away and came back.
There's a lot going on with these characters, they're both hurt and they have to restart from the moment we read at the beginning of the book.
Georgia is hard nail but there's a strange naivety and sweetness in her. She stands for the children and the women who are being killed.
It's a story of privilege, corruption but also of solidarity and hope.
The author did an excellent job in developing fleshed out characters and the closed world of Bay Angel, the island and a character at the same time.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine