Dark Places was great so I was somewhat ready for the type of book this would be. Surprisingly, this still disturbed me. I read with a train-wreck like fascination. You feel dirty for reading it. Messed up characters, with little redemption in sight. They are not cardboard BS characters but they are believable. Sad to say but is a very rare feat in fiction, in my experience. The main character may be a shade too much crazy but she details how she got that way. Plot was pretty clever too. It's a dark book, chuck palahniuk-like. I was disturbed but that feeling is rare and that speaks to the power of the author to make that happen and not make if feel either campy or hilariously over-blown.