Pretty/Ugly

by Jennifer Anne Gordon

“Pretty/Ugly is a modern gothic filled with sensuality, dread and a dark kind of love that can only exist during an apocalypse..."SA Cosby author of BLACKTOP WASTELAND""Pretty/Ugly, the story of two damaged people living in a dystopian nightmare, is an exquisitely written horror novel. But, is it really fiction? In these times, it seems chillingly possible for an Instagram star and a politician wrapped in a façade of is own to be facing a relentless pandemic that may well lead to the end of the world... Pretty/Ugly is a deliciously frightening, absorbing tale that seems all too real." - Wendy Webb (The Haunting of Brynn Wilder)"More than a simply a fine horror fantasy, this is a highly polished psychodrama exploring early trauma, identity, life’s exigencies, and fates – all woven together in a stunningly creative tapestry of a unique novel. Jennifer Anne Gordon is on the ascent as a literary figure of stature! " Grady Harp, Top Shelf Magazine.Pretty/Ugly is a lyrical, hallucinogenic train ride through the end of the world. It’s the story of two people falling in and out of loneliness as the end draws near. Each moment is more beautiful and terrifying than the last. Pretty/Ugly is the combination of Contagion and Lost in Translation I didn’t know I needed. It’s Lost in Contagion” – Allison Martine (Author of the Bourbon Books)Pretty/Ugly noun. ruin; violent/untimely death, extinction; destruction, dissolutionOmelia fills the empty place in her heart with Instagram clicks, likes, and subscribes, hiding the scars of grief under a mask of makeup, cloaked in an online personality. She yearns to be someone a girl in a magazine, a character in a book, a beauty queen. Anything not to feel, to be numb, but the sharp pain accompanying the red spot on her face cannot be ignored. Nor can the black, spindly tarantula-like vines that creep up the side of her face and the fever she spikes, forcing her to confront the fact that the person she has become may not be who she is at all.Dubbed ‘the New JFK,’ Sam is the heir apparent to a powerful but emotionally distant political family, living the life he neither dreamed nor wanted. He sleepwalks through his days filled with self-loathing, rage, boredom, and an ache under his heart that reminds him that he is not complete. He is roused from slumber when a political scandal erupts that coincides with the end of the world. Too many Adderall and Old-Fashioneds leave Sam wondering, is he crazy or haunted? When lives are emotionally ended in childhood, it takes an apocalypse to see the ephemeral beauty of living again.

Genres: Horror

290 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 13, 2021

About the author

Jennifer Anne Gordon is a Gothic horror novelist. Her work includes Beautiful, Frightening and Silent (2020) which won the Kindle Award for Best Horror/Suspense for 2020, and From Daylight to Madness (The Hotel book 1), and When the Sleeping Dead Still Talk (The Hotel book 2).
She had a collection of her mixed media artwork published during spring of 2020, entitled Victoriana: mixed media art of Jennifer Gordon
Jennifer is one of the hosts as well as the creator of Vox Vomitus, a video podcast on the Global Authors on the Air Network, as well as the Co-Host of the You Tube Channel “Talk Horror to Me”. She had been a contributor to Ladies of Horror Fiction, as well as Horror Tree.
Jennifer is a pale curly haired ginger, obsessed with horror, ghosts, abandoned buildings, and her dog "Lord Tubby".
She graduated from the New Hampshire Institute of Art, where she studied Acting. She also studied at the University of New Hampshire with a concentration in Art History and English.
She has made her living as an actress, a magician's assistant, a "gallerina", a comic book dealer, a painter, and burlesque performer and for the past 10 years as an award-winning professional ballroom dancer, performer, instructor, and choreographer.
When not scribbling away (ok, typing frantically) she enjoys traveling with her fiancé and dance partner, teaching her dog ridiculous tricks (like 'give me a kiss' and 'what hand is the treat in?' ok these are not great tricks.) as well as taking photos of abandoned buildings and haunted locations.
She is a leo, so at the end of the day she just thinks about her hair.

Reviews

[Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars
I loved the themes of this novel which addressed issues surrounding body image, online personas and impossible beauty standards. This novel was fiercely feminist while also offering insights in the beauty challenges faced by males. 

This book also incorporated and made use of a lot of modern technology including social media like Instagram I really enjoy reading these kinds of contemporary horror novels that incorporate technology. So often authors are afraid to modernize these horror narratives, but I personally love these kinds of high tech horror/suspense stories.

I will admit that I was more interested the main female perspective and was not entirely invested in the other aspects to the story. Yet, overall I enjoyed this one since it addressed so many themes that I personally love.

I would certainly recommend this one to readers who enjoy contemporary horror stories with social commentary on beauty standards and social media.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for review. 

[Bookish Barbi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh Gosh, where does one even start when they have read a book that totally consumes them. I guess I start with saying, Jennifer Anne Gordon, the author, has a way with words that I can’t even explain. Her level of detail, accompanied with her way of saying things without saying them are at a level I don’t believe I’ve read to date.

Was this a Romance?
Was this a horror?
What was this?

Pure genius, if you ask me.

Taking into consideration how we all have lived the last year and a half, this book was so spot on. A virus hits, and once I realized the type, I was dead. DEAD!!!! Something so minor in today’s world threatens to end humanity.

Nicole, oh, excuse me, Omelia, the beautiful girl that has just had too much happen in her life. The girl that should be more grateful for what she had but just for some reason wasn’t. She’s lonely but not alone. She’s an influencer whose social media life depends on her looks.

Sam, The Eagle aka the ‘New JFK’, lives in a different reality. His loss has consumed him, has left him as nothing more than a shell. He turns to all the wrong answers as his solution. He basically commits political suicide, but who will remember now that the world was ending?

I loved this book so much. Jennifer had me turning page after page wanting to know what will happen next. She writes poetically but also literally. IDEK if that’s how I can explain it. As much as Omelia’s love language is Metaphor, I believe Jennifer’s is as well.

Absolutely recommend this book if you want something different but realistic.

[Brian Bowyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phenomenal!

My second read by Gordon, and this one blew me away. PRETTY/UGLY is a haunting, lyrical, and unforgettable tale that completely defies categorization. Is it a horror novel? A romance? Is it literary fiction? It's all of that and more. And beautifully written, too. I loved it. Highly recommended!

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

“interitus - ruin; violent/untimely death, extinction; destruction, dissolution;”

WOW! What a phenomenal dark story! I am so blown away right. I was consumed by how incredibly realistic and intriguing this story was from start to finish. It transported me into a scary and true to life world that brought out feelings and emotions most of us have had or are having during the current pandemic. I believed every word and I felt every emotion on every single page. It was gritty, raw, tragic and intensely emotional. It threw us readers into a rabbit hole of unimaginable and unspeakable tragedy that could happen to our world at any given time.

This amazing author weaved a brilliant horror story into a poetic masterpiece with shockingly vivid imagery, flawed and tormented characters, and an utterly realistic storyline that grips you, devours you and shocks you at every turn.

This is a masterpiece of poetic horror that is not to be missed!

[Cat Bowser · Rating 3 out of 5]

creative, strong prose and unique ideas

I really wanted to like this book more than I did. It has rave reviews and honestly, it deserves it. It’s a great book but it’s just not for me.

The prose is brilliantly crafted with a great deal of attention dedicated to descriptions which really helps set the scene. I could perfectly picture almost every moment.

My real issue fell with the characters. They were well crafted but I just felt like I didn’t care about them. They had behaviorisms that I just didn’t like. They are still well crafted individuals but just not ones I care to spend time with.

It’s not the book for me but if you enjoy some darker aspects to your characters and a riveting storyline, it may be for you.

[Sara Cleveland · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book challenging to finish. The beginning went by quickly; I was gripped by the sheer horror of the sickness as it swept over the characters' lives. After that it started to drag and I lost interest in chunks of it. It's definitely a character driven story with very little in the way of plot after the initial onset of the virus. The book goes for a more literary feel than a genre horror or thriller.

I do think I would have enjoyed it more if it hadn't been written with an omniscient narrator. It was jarring and head-hoppy in places. There were also some spots where it felt like the book was written in present tense but edited into the past and I found that distracting. Still, much of the writing was haunting and beautiful.

[BooksCoffee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gordon impresses once again with her latest, an exhilarating tale set into a world approaching its end.

Omelia has seen it all: grief, childhood trauma, and death. A large fan following on Instagram means nothing but a way to escape her loneliness. What begins as a tiny red spot on her face, soon develops into a full-fledged nightmare. When her path crosses with Sam, the heir apparent to an affluent political family, who is struggling with his own demons, Omelia learns there is beauty around her amidst the utter death and destruction.

With her acute understanding of the human psyche, Gordon portrays her characters with realistic compassion and movingly illustrates Omelia and Sam’s struggles with their inner demons. Vivid worldbuilding, expert prose, and frightening horror sequences propel the winding plot to a satisfying finale.

Filled with suspense, horror, and intrigue, this gripping tale delves into the questions of identity, trauma, secrets, pain, fate, and what it means to love truly and deeply. Heartbreakingly real and well-drawn, the novel makes a rich treat for horror lovers.

[Terry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Writers read a lot. In time, we who pursue The Craft thrill to the discovery of raw talent; that confluence of plot, characters and magic that so mix to create stories that stand above the rest. You get that sense when you experience Jennifer Anne Gordon’s artistry. She paints exquisitely ominous tapestries that are the stuff of which nightmares are made. Pretty Ugly is a bouquet of black roses, where each petal pulsates with delicious dread, layers of increasing tension that terrify, even as they seduce you to keep turning the pages. This one is best consumed on a cloudless night with echoes of an imminent thunderstorm as a throbbing soundtrack. But even if you can’t conjure the weather, Jennifer will take you there anyway, to a time and place where even the façade we try to present to the outside world crumbles and the worst fears at the darkest depth of our souls emerge.

[Roman Sirotin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A literary masterpiece that's about loss, love and loneliness. It follows two characters who' bad choices
have finally caught up to them as a deadly pandemic is raging.

As any book of Jennifer Anne Gordon's, this work tells a raw emotional story while still keeping a high

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty/Ugly is a lyrical, hallucinogenic train ride through the end of the world. It’s the story of two people falling in and out of loneliness as the end draws near. Each moment is more beautiful and terrifying than the last. Pretty/Ugly is the combination of Contagion and Lost in Translation I didn’t know I needed. It’s Lost in Contagion.

[Grady · Rating 5 out of 5]

‘Being fictional was harder than anyone could know.’

New Hampshire author Jennifer Anne Gordon studied art history and English at University of New Hampshire and acting at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, and has worked as an actress, magician’s assistant, artist (painting and collage, photography, and art model), ballroom dancer, choreographer, and writer. Her books to date – BEAUTIFUL FRIGHTENING AND SILENT, VICTORIANA, her HOTEL series - FROM DAYLIGHT TO MADNESS and WHEN THE SLEEPING DEAD STILL TALK, and now PRETTY/UGLY. She created Vox Vomitus, a video podcast on the Global Air Network and co-hosts Writers Showcase. She is a member of Horror Writers Association. Jennifer’s genre and passion – Gothic horror!

How an author is able to clutch the reader with an emotionally compelling beginning attests to the powers Jennifer wields as a writer. She has created a memorable – and very visual – character in Omelia who is awakening from a night of drinking: ‘This morning she felt like she was still in that stupid bar, Lampadario; the music seared into her skin, eighth grade razor blades. Her eardrums hurt. It was too loud to have a conversation. She spent the whole night sipping $18 Cosmos as she screamed, “What?” every time someone tried to talk to her. She only remembered one of her conversations from last night, but maybe it’s not that she can’t remember the others, maybe she never even heard them, she only heard one. She half remembered it was about love languages and buildings that collapsed against you…and at the end of the night, it’s not conversations that matter anyway. The thing that mattered was how the world saw it. Fear of Missing Out. FOMO is what she had tried hard in the last ten ears to build her life on. Building blocks like this are precarious and, in the end, even memories felt like falling downstairs.’ Jennifer then describes Omelia’s appearance, complete with details that open the windows to the strange but fascinating story that follows.

The story dissects the lives and minds of two characters, and the synopsis suggests the course: ‘Omelia fills the empty place in her heart with Instagram clicks, like, and subscribes, hiding the scars of grief under a mask of makeup, cloaked in an online personality. She yearns to be someone new: a girl in a magazine, a character in a book, a beauty queen. Anything not to feel, to be numb, but the sharp pain accompanying the red spot on her face cannot be ignored. Nor can the black, spindly tarantula-like vines that creep up the side of her face and the fever she spikes, forcing her to confront the fact that the person she has become may not be who she is at all. Dubbed ‘the New JFK,’ Sam is the heir apparent to a powerful but emotionally distant political family, living the life he neither dreamed nor wanted. He sleepwalks through his days filled with self-loathing, rage, boredom, and an ache under his heart that reminds him that he is not complete. He is roused from slumber when a political scandal erupts that coincides with the end of the world. Too many Adderall and Old-Fashioneds leave Sam wondering, is he crazy or haunted? When lives are emotionally ended in childhood, it takes an apocalypse to see the ephemeral beauty of living again.’

More than a simply a fine horror fantasy, this is a highly polished psychodrama exploring early trauma, identity, life’s exigencies, and fates – all woven together in a stunningly creative tapestry of a unique novel. Jennifer Anne Gordon is on the ascent as a literary figure of stature!

[Melina Lobo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Omelia fills the empty place in her heart with Instagram clicks, likes, and subscribes, hiding the scars of grief under a mask of makeup, cloaked in an online personality. She yearns to be someone new: a girl in a magazine, a character in a book, a beauty queen. Anything not to feel, to be numb, but the sharp pain accompanying the red spot on her face cannot be ignored. Nor can the black, spindly tarantula-like vines that creep up the side of her face and the fever she spikes, forcing her to confront the fact that the person she has become may not be who she is at all.

Dubbed ‘the New JFK,’ Sam is the heir apparent to a powerful but emotionally distant political family, living the life he neither dreamed nor wanted. He sleepwalks through his days filled with self-loathing, rage, boredom, and an ache under his heart that reminds him that he is not complete. He is roused from slumber when a political scandal erupts that coincides with the end of the world. Too many Adderall and Old-Fashioneds leave Sam wondering, is he crazy or haunted? When lives are emotionally ended in childhood, it takes an apocalypse to see the ephemeral beauty of living again.

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Pretty/Ugly is a contemporary romantic horror novel by Jennifer Anne Gordon that left me spellbound.

The author has a definite way with words and weaves a dark tale with the modern implications of technology and societal standards because of social media. The characters are as real as one can get, belonging to different worlds, yet finding their way to each other.

It's a rollercoaster to say the least, with the author throwing twists when we least expect them. However, there were times when the story dragged on and it felt a bit repetitive just to keep the story going.

I would have liked it if the overall plot leaned more towards its horror side than its literary side; nevertheless, the author's skills kept me interested enough to finish this book in one day. The suspense, emotions, realism, and captivating writing style make this book a good read.

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Rated 7/10
Melina L.

[Anthony · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Review

Another fantastically haunting and memorable read from author Jennifer Anne Gordon. The story fits perfectly into the pandemic era we’ve all gone through this past year and a half. The chilling setting of a dystopian world that has ended after a pandemic really brought the horror aspect of this novel, gripping the reader in a story that captured the suddenness and quick pace that an illness can take the world.

The characters really brought the heart to this narrative. The protagonists, in particular, two very broken and lonely people who find themselves living lives not their own, really speaks to the idea of isolation and public perception versus reality. The losses they share and the terrifying way they meet one another turns their tale of survival into one of personal connection and hope.

The Verdict

A gripping, engaging, and emotional tale of horror, survival, and rediscovering life again, author Jennifer Anne Gordon’s “Pretty/Ugly” is a must-read horror novel of 2021. It perfectly captured the raw emotions and fear that so many have felt over the course of this pandemic and the isolation and loss that can come from it. The stories haunting end and visceral writing does a great job of leaving glimmers of hope and life mixed into this terrifying world, leaving readers wanting more. If you haven’t yet, be sure to grab your copy today!

[Lauri Schoenfeld · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jennifer Anne Gordon has a remarkable way of writing a beautiful and lyrical story, about loss, love, and death. The way she writes about her two main characters in the story, Omelia and Sam, was so relatable and haunted as we walk through the depth of their decisions and choices, tied into their broken hearts. Pretty/Ugly is raw, gritty, honest, and transformative as we see their inner workings of where they came from and how they walk through processing their life when they're faced with the unthinkable.

I loved the characters, storyline, and Jennifer's writing!

[Patty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Over and over again, like a broken juke box running through my mind while frantically reading Pretty Ugly, was the song written and composed by the late and tragically haunted singer and songwriter Chris Cornell, titled "Preaching the End of the World".
Meet Sam/Eagle and Nicole/Omelia who each have lived a thousand lives. Broken hearts and broken promises now engulfed in a broken world filled with a virus that has no vaccine, no cure and ravages the faces of the unfortunate ones who contract this disease. Their lives, parallel but separate, intertwine during this apocalypse, and they both find the love, acceptance, and forgiveness they both have been seeking...reminding the reader that beauty is really only skin deep.
" If your intentions are pure, I'm seeking a friend for the end of the world".

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am utterly speechless, this story was dark, I am blown away. This masterpiece of literature pulls you into its incredibly realistic and immersive story.

The way it was able to pull emotions put of me as I was taken by this scary yet to to life world that was created was utterly amazing. I loved how gritty, raw and tragic it was. It was like being sucker punched because at any time this unimaginable tradegy could happen to anyone of us in the real world.

Its as captivating as it is terrifying, an utterly brilliant story fully of such vivid imagery and such flawed and real characters that this is one book you must read.

[Tiffany www.instagram.com/tiffs_bookshelf · Rating 5 out of 5]

PRETTY UGLY
Jennifer Anne Gordon Author
https://bit.ly/2U0deTE
Literary Fiction / Horror
304 Pages

Jennifer Anne Gordon is the queen of Gothic fiction. The way she tells a story is masterful; the way she explores trauma, death, and pandemics is a masterpiece in itself. This story will stay with you for a long time. I highly recommend this book to Gothic fans everywhere.

[K-BRC · Rating 5 out of 5]

So beautifully ugly! Another Gothic fiction from this author that is a Dystopian nightmare/night terror. This rocked my foundation, threatening to topple me into fear, depression, and anger. But I tried to grow with it instead, absorbing the ugly and seeing it turn back to pretty. Great writing from Gordon.

[Roger Alix-Gaudreau · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nicole is a child of the foster system who earns a living as an online personality. Sam is the golden boy son of the Vice President of the US with political aspirations. Both have darkness and trauma aplenty in their history, and this book shows us how their lives come crashing down during the days in which a global pandemic unfolds. I found the book to be well-written, hauntingly beautiful in some places, sometimes difficult to read because of emotional subject matter (e.g. sick kids), but a deep exploration of how trauma can shape a person and their life. By the end of the book you have a deep understanding of the two main characters and why they are who they are, and it makes them easy to relate to even if your life was nothing like theirs.

A few things kept this from being a 5-star read for me. I wish the book had spent more time in the current day and less in the past; it feels like the book is half flashback. There is some over-repetition of key descriptions that would have been more powerful if used more sparingly, IMO. The supernatural element didn’t really seem to fit what was otherwise a contemporary setting, and I think it could have been just as effective as a purely psychological element.

Overall a very strong piece of work, and I will be trying some of the author’s other work.

[M.E. Aster · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Actual rating: 2.5 stars)

I really wanted to enjoy this book, especially since I had heard so many good things about it, but unfortunately, this was not the story for me.

The writing itself was interesting, although there were quite a few cases of head hopping which did bother me, but overall it was the unlikable characters that had me putting the book down at the halfway point.

And don’t get me wrong, I love a morally grey protagonist as much as the next person, but the two main characters in this book were…I honestly don’t know how to describe them actually besides that I didn’t care what happened to them.

In Omelia’s case, I didn’t feel that I got to know her well enough before she got sick and I wasn’t attached to her at all. And Sam…he was definitely not a person I care for at all.

But although this wasn’t my sort of book, I did like the author’s writing style and I might try another book by them at some point in the future.

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read PRETTY/UGLY as part of a book club and while I can’t think of another book in this exact genre (I think it’s literary horror) that I’ve read before, I was immediately sucked in by the author’s storytelling and skillful way of painting pictures with words. We follow several characters as a global pandemic breaks out. For all of us who have recently lived through a global pandemic and had to deal with the trauma and anxiety of that experience in our own ways, this isn’t always an easy read. But it tells an important story, and I loved how the backstories of Omelia and Sam were developed in such a way, tragic as they were, that made me feel for them so deeply. That to me, is the mark of a great book, one that makes you feel and think about the characters long after the book is over. 5/5 stars.

[Christine HorrorReaderWeekend · Rating 5 out of 5]

My gosh, my gosh. What a lovely and yet devastating novel that examines grief and trauma, guilt and responsibility, healing and forgiveness.

Pretty/ugly is told in the dual POVs of Omelia and Sam. Each struggle with memories of the death of a loved one. Gordon perfectly and poetically captures their grief and guilt as they are haunted by sights, sounds, smells and tastes.

Sam and Omelia are developed intimately and heartbreakingly and, as their pasts are revealed and their choices are exposed, the reader just aches for them.

Gordon shows the devastation of the apocalypse through the eyes of Sam and Omelia, closely and personally, which somehow makes it more horrifying. That ending. Whooooo boy, did I cry. Messy messy crying.

This was a great read.

[J.P. McLean · Rating 5 out of 5]

Devastating Hauntings

This is the second book of Gordon’s that I’ve read. I love her style of writing and the book’s description intrigued me.

Pretty Ugly tells the story of Sam and Nicole, a politician and an Instagrammer; two people broken by their pasts, who find each other in the wake of a pandemic that threatens to end mankind.

I love the way Gordon incorporates all the senses into her writing: the tastes, scents, and sounds. She twists sunshine, drips, and the ring of a bell into a weapon. She digs deep into the crevices of the human psyche and pries out the essence of crippling regret and profound love. This is beautiful, rich writing.

[Ellee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ohh man, what a freaking story....It was
definitely one for the books. It was very
descriptive in some parts, but I believe
it was a must. You had to really imagine it.
I seriously got to say that I haven't read
something like this in a while. It really makes
you think, especially in these times. Imagine that
you can actually see this virus instead of it being
"invisible", that's what this book basically did. Would
you still act the same way? Live the same way? Love the
same way?? How much more would it change you as a
person, let alone the world....?

[Theresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty/Ugly
by Jennifer Anne Gordon
For Creative Edge
A remarkable look at human nature. The capacity of virus and transmission how it affects culture and society. The human interaction how people shun the ill, and the scared. The book looks at in a family that is grieving the loss of a daughter to illness twenty five years ago. It also focuses on a young girl who found her father after his suicide. All connected by the past that is haunting them. The ghost story is remarkably haunting as a bell reminds a brother how he failed his dying sister.

[Sara Downard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a gothic dystopian page turner for everyone !! You will fall in love with the characters, cry with them and rejoice with them.
Nicole has had so much happen to her and now a deadly virus is taking over the world. Will she find that love and friendship she so desperately desires ? The fear, the steadfast energy, you will want to absorb the ugly to regain the pretty..or maybe the pretty was there all along …a must read!!!!

[KC · Rating 4 out of 5]

A friend recommended this book by Jennifer Anne Gordon, a new author that I haven’t read before. I don’t usually read books as dark as this one, but I agreed to read it. My heart felt like it was put through an emotional wringer. That may have been ok, though. I felt oddly hopeful after finishing it and thoughtful for a while. This was an enjoyable read.

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

So sad my heart broke a little.

This is one of the best feeling book I've ever read. I felt every hurt, pain anger and regreat. I've know the limited and the emtiness. Wow your an add-on 2485534 Jennifer!

[Tammy Anderson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Did the author even use an editor? Did she even do any historical research? There were so many things to dislike about this book, I forced myself to read it because of the cover. That's the bet thing about this book. And the title perfectly describes the reading experience!

[Toni · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first book by Jennifer Anne Gordon I’ve read, but I don’t think it will be my last. Dystopian horror is not my usual read, but this one drew me in. This was a good read.