The Butcher

I think that this had really great potential, such an interesting idea, however it didn't quite follow through. There wasn't enough world building and the relationship between Lady Mae the community was very confusing. The characters also felt pretty one dimensional and the theme of forgiveness wasn't really fleshed out. I also had a hard time with some of the internal monologues that felt super repetitive. I think an idea like this works best in a series of books so it can really stretch its legs and breath. And last the writing felt very YA, which isn't bad in itself but just felt weird when reading and adult horror novel.