"The secret weapon of mad honey, of course, is that you expect it to be sweet, not deadly. You're deliberately attracted to it. By the time it messes with your head, with your heart, it's too late."

Olivia McAfee is a beekeeper and single mother who moves to her childhood home for a fresh start. Lily Campanello moves to the same town for the same reason, only her fresh start is abruptly cut short when she is found murdered. Olivia's son Asher is the number one suspect as Lily's boyfriend, and Olivia can't believe him capable of it; only she can't help but see his father's temper in him.

This book was so unexpected. It was a wild, gripping tale about life, love, and our authentic selves. "There are so many gendered things in the world. Hurricanes. Bicycles. Ice skates. Ships at sea. Even countries-Mother Russia, Uncle Sam? And of course, the planet itself; Let earth receive her king."

This book has it all. Court intrigue/drama, plot twists, fascinating anecdotes and facts about honey that I couldn't drag myself away from, and two equally compelling narratives. I have never read a multi-narrative book where I was never angry that one point of view ended because the next was just as good.

And of course, at its core, this book is a love story. The intense, wonderful, sometimes hurtful love story of two teenagers figuring it out and going through loss. "Do not listen to anyone who tells you a broken heart is a metaphor. You can feel the cracks and the fissures. It's like ice splintering under your feet; like the cliff crumbling beneath your weight."