Nightbitch

I received a review copy of Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder from Penguin Random House Canada and here is my review!

One moment she is a normal stay at home mother to a hellion toddler just trying to make it through the day and the next.... She's becoming more primal.

Her husband works away and is barely home and the lack of adult interaction is driving her slowly insane... Or is there really a patch of hair on the back of her neck.... Her canines are really getting sharper. The need to sniff things and hump things intensifies to beyond human levels.

Instead of allowing the changes to frighten her, she embraces the new and exciting changings happening to her and nightbitch is born....

I had no idea what to expect with this book. I read the title, saw the genres it landed in and was like.... HUH OK I'm totally gonna do this.

The book feels like an analogy of the changes that a woman goes through when she moves from the persona of being a working woman with a career and friends to a stay at home mother who's cleaning up cheerios off the floor and playing trains for the millionth time. The transition feels animalistic and primordial and I love how the author wove it into the storyline in a reimagined way. I love the descriptions of how she becomes this part woman part dog and how she uses it to bring new life to her relationship with her son.

I wish they explained how she ended up this way (or whether it was a metaphor) but I can overlook that for the excellent writing. The mother isn't given a name other than nightbitch and that adds to the appeal of the story for me.

TRIGGER WARNING I don't usually add them but animal abuse is one for me

If you love a satire read with a fantasy twist, this has to be your next read!

4.5 stars! I really enjoyed it!

Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada for sending me a review copy!