by James Fuller

A Horror, Independently Published in 2012, 74 Pages

What I Didn’t Like:

Again, as it was in the first book, a content warning: graphic violence, discussions of sexual assault, and drug use.
Some grammatical or typographical errors. They are infrequent and easy to figure out.
This could’ve been attached to the first book, I think. Although it changes characters this almost isn’t enough to be a book on its own. It needed more events, more plot.
Sophia’s storyline didn’t read as pure revenge for her family, which makes it odd when it’s claimed that’s what it is. Sophia is revenging herself, her treatment. She’s raging and I can’t say I blame her. But it felt like other characters were downplaying it and I hated that.

Sophia makes a much better main character than her father. Her story is more interesting. She’s coming from a place of trauma and that sort of guides her through this book.
As it was in the first, this is horror as in it’s horrific what people do to each other. I like that there’s no paranormal element. People are the horror.
The addressing of the drug use was well done. It starts innocently and then quickly grows out of control. I appreciated how that was handled.

My advice is read this immediately after book 1, treating it as a continuous novel. There is a third, which I’m going to dive right into. After this ending, however, I’m confused about where we will go next.