No - absolutely not. 🫷

The intro was super self-aggrandizing which was annoying and a red flag on it's own, but chapter one is all about how she took private information off a list from a school community outreach program to cold call a recipient of a free meal initiative asking her to come out for coffee, and then literally asks her point blank "why are you living in a motel?"

After the coffee date she then, without talking to anyone (not her own husband, not the woman,) finds an apartment, signs a lease, fully furnishes the apartment, then asks this woman to come to the address ON HER LUNCH BREAK FROM WORK to drop the surprise on her that everything has been set up! All you have to do is pay rent! Isn't that so grand?!?! When can you move in?!?!

I cannot stress this enough - she had NO IDEA what this woman's full actual situation was. She didn't know what her monthly budget was like, she had no idea what her short or long term plan/goal was. This woman explained she had fled DV and was living in a motel & that she couldn't afford security deposits! That's it! And the author decided SHE got to completely rewrite this woman's situation.

That's so not okay?? You have to TALK to people?? You took away every single choice that family (the woman has two kids) could make for themselves and wrapped it in a bow? And got to brag to a bunch of people along the way about how good of a person you are??

Hell no. Chapter two is titled "boundaries" and I cannot even. That's a hard pass from me.

An amazing story that manages to capture serious and tense topics while being incredibly humorous and funny. Kingfisher manages - like very few can - to blend horror and abuse with the most loveable and adorable characters.

I never thought I'd need a chicken/demon MC in a book but seems I don't know what is good for me. The stakes were high, but the characters made the best out of it and Mona was very relatable.

This is definitely my favourite Kingfisher book so far!