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Zoje Stage delivers another knockout with a blood-chilling follow-up to international sensation Baby Teeth, taking readers back into the unsteady world of a young sociopath who's all grown up. Hanna is no stranger to dark thoughts: as a young child, she tried to murder her own mother. But that was more than sixteen years ago. And extensive therapy--and writing letters to her younger brother--has since curbed those nasty tendencies. Now twenty-four, Hanna is living an outwardly normal life of domestic content. Married to real estate agent Jacob, she's also stepmother to his teenage daughter Joelle. They live in a beautiful home, and Hanna loves her career as a phlebotomist--a job perfectly suited to her occasional need to hurt people. But when Joelle begins to change in ways that don't suit Hanna's purposes, her carefully planned existence threatens to come apart. With life slipping out of her control, Hanna reverts to old habits, determined to manipulate the events and people around her. And the only thing worse than a baby sociopath is a fully grown one. With its dark humor and chillingly seductive protagonist, Dear Hanna is a stand-alone sequel sure to thrill returning and new readers alike.
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Dear Hanna - Zoje Stage
This book is a follow on from Baby Teeth. I own the book but I never actually got around to reading it and I think this is why I enjoyed this book more than others seem to. I felt like I got to see Hanna from a different perspective because I didn't have any preconceived notions about who she was.
I thought it was a solid read. It was shocking for me because I didn't know and I liked seeing Hanna as someone struggling to tame the sociopath inside her. I highly recommend reading this one as a standalone. It wasn't fast paced but the chills were there. I thought the characters were well rounded and I enjoyed the book a lot more than I was expecting to. It was super clever and I actually hope there is another book about Hanna.
4 stars