Oh man there is SO much to unpack here!!

Firstly, if you’re familiar with and care about Will and Sara then you’ll be happy to know that this book starts off with them on their honeymoon. Meaning they got married.

Second I wanna ask what Mercy did to Karin Slaughter lol! That poor poor woman!! Anything and everything bad imaginable happens to her in this book. I legit wanted to reach out and take her away from all the horrid people around her.

I’m jumping ahead so let’s backtrack a little.

This book is a slow burn but then when it picks up it goes full throttle and doesn’t stop till you have been sent flying through a windshield of the ride Karin so expertly was taking you through.

No one is what they seem in this book. There aren’t any reliable narrators here either (other than Will and Sarah and Faith) corruption runs large in this small town and so does misogyny and patriarchy. There is just no relief if you are a woman with a brain, or rather just a woman.

It’s crazy how much the ending made sense. I had figured out who the murderer was half way through but it still felt like a sucker punch to the gut when I finally got to the end.

I’ve taken away one star because I don’t think the length of the book added much to it. It could’ve been a shorter and fast paced book.

Please make sure to check the trigger warnings before picking this up because it’s riddled with them!