missy

a child's first act is violence against the woman who created it

took me quite a while to get into this but once it hooked me it hooked me good... such a wonderful creepy atmosphere and left me feeling antsy which i like. starting the month off with a perfect 5 star read SLAY

Caro's right. She should be scared. Everything's out of her hands now. All the things coming Ava's way they won't be able to control, things she won't always ask for because she's a girl. She doesn't even know how hard it's going to be yet, but she will, because all girls find out. And I know it's going to be hard for Ava in ways I've never had or will ever have to experience and I want to apologize to her now, before she finds out, like I wish someone had to me. Because maybe it would be better if we all got apologized to first. Maybe it would hurt less, expecting to be hurt.

there's always something so raw to the way courtney summers writes and it's no different here. i read some negative reviews and most criticize romy for being unlikeable but that's the thing with almost all of summers protagonists... they're traumatized and hurt and real.. and i think it's important to see what that kind of hurt does to young girls and how hard and distrustful and mean like a bad dog it can make you

this is honestly a two star book if we're talking plot and characters hence why it took so fucking long to finish... i could not give a fuck about the grant county characters besides sara and the crime was convoluted yet predictable... but i'm giving it three stars bc will trent was extra wifely here and also its rare for me to support a het ship but i need sara and will to fuck already

I am not the child my father raised, but he is the father who raised her.

finished this during work and declined calls for the next 20 minutes bc i couldn't stop crying. eugghhh