By far, my favorite novel by Fred Anderson. I was given the privilege of being an early reader, beta reader, I don't know the correct term, but Fred would shoot me a chapter at a time & I would give my thoughts & feedback. That said, I might be a bit biased in my review, however, I could tell in the first chapter that this was something different for him. The characters were delicately developed & their personalities were very interesting. As I told Fred, I've never been in real love, I guess, because I would never ever consider doing for a partner what Mike did for Annie. True love. It's creepy, gross, touching, & frightening at points. Two big thumbs up!