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Off the Deep End
Harperville used to be a small, quiet town until the storm clouds rolled in over Rainbow Cove.
Days and events begin to mix up, lunchrooms turn to warzones, carved-up cultists are fished out of the water from the dock, and at the center of the madness is Queenie Lowe. A high school senior whose only wish is to get out of this place. Her world is flipped upside down when she meets her new neighbor, the mysteriously charming Lulu.
As Harperville descends into chaos, Detective Levi Earlington fights to make sense of a case that is unsolvable without help from the others on the force. Despite his best efforts, he has only one lead: the badge of Queenie’s dead father that no one will talk about. Queenie and Levi battle the horrors of Harperville to find who is truly behind it all… Even if it costs them their sanity.
Days and events begin to mix up, lunchrooms turn to warzones, carved-up cultists are fished out of the water from the dock, and at the center of the madness is Queenie Lowe. A high school senior whose only wish is to get out of this place. Her world is flipped upside down when she meets her new neighbor, the mysteriously charming Lulu.
As Harperville descends into chaos, Detective Levi Earlington fights to make sense of a case that is unsolvable without help from the others on the force. Despite his best efforts, he has only one lead: the badge of Queenie’s dead father that no one will talk about. Queenie and Levi battle the horrors of Harperville to find who is truly behind it all… Even if it costs them their sanity.
268 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 19, 2021
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Lizzie Strong
28 books214 followersLizzie Strong is A Monster Romance Author, where the monsters are spooky scary, and the romance is cute and cuddly. Queer Representation, Smink ;) friendly, consent heavy. A Florida swamp gremlin masquerading as a functioning human and author. The DM for a D&D podcast, previous retail and restaurant manager, constant worry wort, and romantic, Lizzie is always in between a brilliant idea and a dumb one. Inclusive books with magical nonsense, filled with monsters (you may or may not love) and mayhem. Find out more about her, the books coming out, and her nonsense at lizziestrongauthor.com
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November 23, 2021
A Joyfully Jay review.
3.25 stars
Off the Deep End is the first book in the Harperville Horrors series and contains many classic horror elements, as well as a great deal of gore, drawing heavily on Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. The ocean, the fog, the omnipresent threat of the unknown, and characters who teeter between madness and sanity. Queenie, a pansexual high schooler recovering from an eating disorder, is dealing with a heavy load of anger, stress, and trauma. Her father is dead, her mother avoids her, and her grandmother has dementia. Her friends barely tolerate one another, and she knows that if they knew how she truly felt, how empty and lonely and angry she is, they might not want to be her friends anymore.
This story isn’t so much about the romance — though the ghost of it is there — as much as it is the growing bond between Queenie and Levi, the slow building of trust, and Queenie’s desire for a father figure. It’s also a book with a lot of adverbs and stilted, awkward writing.
Read Elizabeth’s review in its entirety here.
3.25 stars
Off the Deep End is the first book in the Harperville Horrors series and contains many classic horror elements, as well as a great deal of gore, drawing heavily on Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. The ocean, the fog, the omnipresent threat of the unknown, and characters who teeter between madness and sanity. Queenie, a pansexual high schooler recovering from an eating disorder, is dealing with a heavy load of anger, stress, and trauma. Her father is dead, her mother avoids her, and her grandmother has dementia. Her friends barely tolerate one another, and she knows that if they knew how she truly felt, how empty and lonely and angry she is, they might not want to be her friends anymore.
This story isn’t so much about the romance — though the ghost of it is there — as much as it is the growing bond between Queenie and Levi, the slow building of trust, and Queenie’s desire for a father figure. It’s also a book with a lot of adverbs and stilted, awkward writing.
Read Elizabeth’s review in its entirety here.
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