ARC Read

Book Review

Aug 19 2025 Pub Date

From Atria Books!

I’m completely blown away.

I could not stop thinking about this book in between reading sessions. It consumed me.

This tense thriller has dark humor, wit, tension, the perfect pacing, and characters you want to punch in the face. Seriously, some of the most evil people on the planet.

I need to add this one to my shelf the second I am able to, because this book has left a massive impact on me. It might be a new favorite.

Please know these is a heavy theme of suicidal ideation throughout this book. It is quite dark.

Initially I was getting a horror vibe from this book, but it began to mellow out slightly.

The descriptions are not in gruesome detail, but there are very dangerous, scary scenes that had my palms sweating.

I kept smiling thoroughout this book from the witty insults to the societal callouts to the carefully thought-out words used in every sentence. This book is art in many ways, but the writing style used blew me away.

It is very difficult to do a comprehensive review of this book without giving anything away, and I do not want to spoil anything as this book is so perfectly executed.

This is a book I won’t be able to stop thinking about for a while, and I’m incredibly grateful I was approved for an eARC! I am leaving this honest feedback voluntarily

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