this might be my favourite kingfisher's horror book. selena was very relatable character, her struggles were so real and she was just lovely. grandma billy was the perfect old woman i didn't know i needed, she was funny, witty, stubborn and i just loved her so much. father aguirre was the guiltless catholic priest rep i needed so much in my life, i want to be like him when i grow up lmao the horror parts where spooky but im this folklore-y, tale-y way Kingfisher knows how to weave perfectly and it was just immaculate 🤩 p.s. i'm glad roadrunners are not native to where i live because this book made me afraid of them. p.p.s. kingfisher slowly makes me like dogs and I don't know how to feel about it.

THAT WAS REALLY SOMETHING!!! Kudos to this author for smoothly sliding in 25+ scrumptiously explicit sex scenes into a book with 500+ pages of white people doing crazy shit!

There was only once amidst the murder, consensual non-consent, and general white nonsense™️ that I felt like I could’ve done without a sex scene—each one was that scrumptious, y’all Was the plot plottin’? 🤷🏾‍♀️ Sure, if mafia-ish dark romance is your style. Not gonna lie, I was fully tricked because I really thought this was going to be monster erotica (sooo many mentions of monsters, beasts, and secrets plus the current Amazon book cover* has tentacles???) but the nasty writing sucked me in and I was hooked. 😏

Definitely give this a read if you want some primetime unhinged smut that’ll have you running around feral like a cat in heat.

[UPDATE: On closer inspection, the Amazon book cover has SNAKES on it! I’m such a monsterfucker, plz ignore me. 😂]