A Touch of Jen

Really liked the writing and the suspense the author sets up throughout the first half, but really wish it didn't take the supernatural turn it took in the second half. Keeping the monster on the periphery of the action (like it was the night Alicia choked Jen in her sleep) would've kept the same tense, ominous tone but allowed me to believe the monster was purely metaphoric/imagined by Remy instead of the actual antagonist. Maybe I'm biased because I don't like supernatural/"monster" horror to begin with, but it felt unnecessary to turn the second half into a literal monster story when Remy and Alicia are set up to be plenty monstrous themselves.

Really liked the writing and the suspense the author sets up throughout the first half, but really wish it didn't take the supernatural turn it took in the second half. Keeping the monster on the periphery of the action (like it was the night Alicia choked Jen in her sleep) would've kept the same tense, ominous tone but allowed me to believe the monster was purely metaphoric/imagined by Remy instead of the actual antagonist. Maybe I'm biased because I don't like supernatural/"monster" horror to begin with, but it felt unnecessary to turn the second half into a literal monster story when Remy and Alicia are plenty monstrous themselves.