Hm....it's intriguing and the writing lyrical and mysterious. The story couches very dark themes in a mystical/metaphorical wrapper of werewolf-paranormal-trappings that had me very confused and antsy with all the misdirections and deliberate open-ended conversations and vagueness. If anything, all those literary stylistics actually distanced me from feeling the impact of the subject matter. Luckily this book is not that long, otherwise I would have gotten fed up by it all. 
 The author bio says the author studies psychology, so I guess these sort of things really can happen to traumatized children. However, for a more direct, less flowery and roundabout handling of how it's like to grow up from abuse, I would recommend Barry Lyga's Boy Toy instead.