Sixteen-year-old Sayers Wayte has everything - until he’s kidnapped by a man who tells him the privileged life he’s been living is based on a lie.

DARK ROOM ETIQUETTE was my first read by Robin Roe, and wow, did it pack a punch.

This one is hefty, coming in at 512 pages, but reads much quicker than that. Filled with emotion, this one had me publicly crying and flipping pages to see where the story would go next.

I will say, the first portion of the book was suuuper uncomfortable to read because our main character Sayers is really just an awful person, but the way Roe manages to make the reader feel empathy for him by the halfway point, despite everything, is really beautiful.

If you’re in the right headspace to read about trauma and the aftermath of that trauma, I highly recommend picking this one up.

Huge thanks to Robin Roe, NetGalley, and Harper Collins/HarperTeen for an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Publication Date: October 11, 2022