Author: Megan Gail Coles

Coles warns you at the beginning this might hurt a little.

The many reviews posted warn you this will be dark and painful.

Within fifty pages, it was obvious this was going in a depressing direction and while it did take some time before the book really hit its stride, I kept going.

Had I heeded the warnings, I probably wouldn’t have started this book just as a global pandemic reached my home. It probably wasn’t the best idea to continue reading while we were in crisis mode and my headspace was still adjusting.

Yet, I kept going.

There was a point in my reading when my emotions ran high, my blood boiled and despite my physical exhaustion from lack of sleep the previous night, I stayed up late to read.

I woke up angry.

Angry at the fictional characters knowing full well this isn’t fiction for many. I powered to the end… the end… which gutted me.

I was warned.

And now you are, too.

“This might hurt a little. Be brave.”