(Also posted at Short & Lazy Book Reviews.)

What the hell? I was promised a thriller and all I got was a character study that wasn't that great, terrible decisions made by boring and awful characters, and a plot twist that came out of nowhere and didn't really make any sense.

I ended up skim reading the last half of the book because I wanted to see how it all played out, but I really disliked Quincy and Sam. I can kind of see where the author was going with their relationship leading down toxic paths, but I don't think making me hate both characters to the point where I didn't want to read the book anymore was intended.

As for the reveal of what happened at Pine Cottage...okay, sure, I'll buy it. I buy Quincy's actions and some of the stuff that went on, but the overall action of the actual murders didn't make sense in my head. But I didn't really care at that point so I didn't even bother trying to make sense of it all.

So disappointing.