Michael Barnes
It’s a modern gothic novel full of botanical references and historical references to poison. (yay) A few reviewers said it recalls The Great Gatsby with hollow decadent parties and that is certainly there but with at its heart Lena's revenge and its consequences.
C.G. Drews author of 'Don't let the Forrest' (yes on my to be read pile shussh) puts it thus "a desperate ex-med-college student in need of a job to help her family’s financial crisis. Her life is on pause due to burn out from college and indecision on what she wants in life. When she applies for this vague medical assistant position for a very rich family named the Verdeaus…she genuinely has no idea what it entails. She just NEEDS work. And who are the rich if not to pray on the desperate. Lena gets the job and is slowly pulled into the twisted world of rich, cruel businessmen, mysterious boys with mysterious illnesses, dangerous secrets, and a world that is so far removed from reality it feels like a dream. Or a nightmare".
But in a such a gothic story I was grateful that some found happiness, always good to see the kill the gay trope replaced with the gays carve out a measure of happiness.
I think this book confirms, as all great narratives the real monster is capitalism.
It’s a modern gothic novel full of botanical references and historical references to poison. (yay) A few reviewers said it recalls The Great Gatsby with hollow decadent parties and that is certainly there but with at its heart Lena's revenge and its consequences.
C.G. Drews author of 'Don't let the Forrest' (yes on my to be read pile shussh) puts it thus "a desperate ex-med-college student in need of a job to help her family’s financial crisis. Her life is on pause due to burn out from college and indecision on what she wants in life. When she applies for this vague medical assistant position for a very rich family named the Verdeaus…she genuinely has no idea what it entails. She just NEEDS work. And who are the rich if not to pray on the desperate. Lena gets the job and is slowly pulled into the twisted world of rich, cruel businessmen, mysterious boys with mysterious illnesses, dangerous secrets, and a world that is so far removed from reality it feels like a dream. Or a nightmare".
But in a such a gothic story I was grateful that some found happiness, always good to see the kill the gay trope replaced with the gays carve out a measure of happiness.
I think this book confirms, as all great narratives the real monster is capitalism.