yearning, vibes, beautiful prose with well rounded characters and a love so strong they’d be willing to die and kill for each other, what more could a girl ask for

I don’t know why I always have such a hard time reviewing books I loved, and I just loved this one.

The horror aspect in this book is strong and very explicit, which was very much up my alley and I actually wished it even had been a little stronger. There’s a really good blend of body horror and physiological horror, with the way the hive and some scenes are described, but also with what Crane has to go though in his live as a pregnant trans man and someone who’d rather burn alive than continue to live in the body he currently has.

Crane being a trans man is a huge part of this book, where you get to understand how he’s come to start his transition, what his life was like before the hive and how he felt/feels about his body. These descriptions are so personal and raw, it makes you connect with the character in such a deep way and truly understand him. His thoughts aren’t pretty or positive, but they’re real.

The audiobook was sooo good and I highly recommend it. The narrator did an amazing job at delivering different emotions, showing exactly how Crane felt with shaky voices and dragging words, not to mention just how sick (complimentary) it was to hear the hive and just how much it enhanced the spooky vibes.

I will defend Elodie until I take my last breath 🙂