Follow Me Into the Dark

I completely agree with a previous reviewer who said, “[the book] opens with thirty-something Kate setting aflame the hair of her step-father's mistress Gillian. It's possible the least fucked-up thing to happen in the novel.”

This book is not for the faint of heart, but it's a good one. I would take the back cover copy seriously when it says intergenerational abuse. That being said, this book is really incredible – complex, monstrous characters who create a cycle of horror for each subsequent generation. Fans of the original V.C. Andrews books and Dan Chaon will love this book.