Thank you SO much to Libro.FM & Harlequin Audio for the complimentary ALC!

This book is out now!

This was my 2nd Kylie book and I have to say I think I enjoyed this one much more than Bat Eater! Could it be because I did a tandem read? It's possible! I really like the format of this one. This took place in two different timelines for majority of the book. You have present day with Lee who admitted to killing his college roommate and fled to Japan to be with his dad. And then you have Sen, a female samurai who once lived in the house that Lee has been staying at. The two timelines eventually do converge.

I thought I was understanding what was happening in this book pretty well but then as I read reviews and spoilers of the ending, now I feel like I knew nothing at all. Is that a good thing? I'm not sure! Somehow things went right over my head. To me this felt like a haunted house story but it ended up being much more than that according to what I'm reading. So now I guess I'm kind of bummed that I truly did not pick up on what was happening. I did see other readers say that they liked everything except for the ending which I guess that is the boat I am in.

I paired my reading with the audio and Natalie Naudus did such a great job supporting both point of views. I would have loved to have a male narrator for Lee's point of view but Natalie did a well enough job on it that I was able to tell which POV we were in (also didn't help because of the context of what was happening in each POV).

I recommend looking up the ending after finishing to make sure it all comes together for you. She just announced her next book and I likely will be reading!