These Violent Delights

The publisher provided me with the opportunity to read this in exchange for providing feedback. (via NetGalley)

“Don't you find it interesting that these types of crimes against women –whether it's violence, sexual assault, rape– are the only kinds where we force the victim to make a case about their own innocence before even investigating?”

That quote really stuck with with me throughout the book. In light of recent revelations, this topic of this book is kind of telling of how those react to an event similar to what occurs in the book. The victim shaming. The denial that there is a problem because they seem like a “nice person.” How the victims react and cope with the trauma. Though there were some formatting issues that I suspect are largely due to this being an arc copy, I found the story to be well written and moved at a good pace and illustrated a topic that is often swept under the rug.