The words that come to mind when I think of Atlas McKenna are no filter, unstable, unapologetic, rough, psychotic, and sociopath. He’s also moody, cocky, and quite literally gives no F’s. He was unhinged and I loved it! Rory warned me about Atlas, but to be honest, that only made me want to read his book all the more, and I did get the Billy Loomis (Scream) vibes from him. Best villain ever!
“𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙩, 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙄’𝙢 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪.”
Atlas has an obsession with his younger sister, Sage. Obsession is probably an understatement though. With his psychotic self it was only a matter of time before he snapped and took what he wanted. Nothing and no one will get in his way now. Sage is no good girl though. She has her demons as well. When Altas’ jealousy turns lethal a little bit of unaliving ensues followed by another unaliving to cover up the first unaliving. Atlas and Sage were playing a dangerous game.
“𝙄’𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮.” 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙨, “𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚?” “𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙚, 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙚. 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡.”
**Sidenote, how did such a sweet naive man (Mr. McKenna) raise such depraved kids? I see a recurring theme in the Banned Baddies books with all the young adults for whatever reason being motherless. Is that the problem? Or is there something in the water in this book world? Either way, I hope it doesn’t change, because it is most definitely intriguing.
I can not say enough how much I love Rory and Tate’s unhinged and moody characters. Even in the most F’ed up situations I have to laugh at their inappropriate thoughts and banter. I eat this sh!t up. It’s an addiction at this point.