Go Home, Afton

★ ★ ★ 1/2 (rounded up)
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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I have some potentially, slightly spoilerly thoughts in paragraph #9. Feel free to skip that, to help, I'll write my conclusion first and then add that on as a post-script of sorts. Deal? Okay here we go:

I learned over time that the murderess without blood on her hands has a lot in common with a heroin-addicted streetwalker. Both crave a fix, and both are willing to do just about anything to get one. And the longer she has to wait, the more dangerous and erratic her behavior becomes.

that much

Go Home, Afton

as she sees them

pretty sure

Disclaimer: I was provided with a copy of this book by the author in exchange for my honest opinion. The ensuing addiction was just a bonus.

I want to thank the author and R&R Book Tours for providing me with a copy to review.

This novella is the first book in a four part series and it's a great start to a series. It's fast paced and there's surprisingly a lot going on in such a short amount of pages.

Afton is the main character and she is a children's librarian who just so happens to be a psychopath. While she is kind of deranged at a certain point you can't help but start to feel sorry for her. Brent Jones did a great job at building a character that you know you should hate but you can't help but root for. She is a very complex character and I can't wait to see how she grows in the following books.

I love how this book actually makes you think about how this could actually be a possibility in the real world. You never really know the people around you and this novella kind of makes you open your eyes to that.

This book is dark and suspenseful and has some twists thrown in that I didn't see coming. It ends on a cliffhanger which I don't like but luckily I don't have to wait long to read the next book.