The voice in this book was so strong that I could hear it in my head the whole time I was reading. I loved this story. True crime fans are always asking how the family never knew, or how involved they were in the crimes. In this story, the main protagonist is a devoted sister that is all in on protecting her baby sister - an unrepentant serial killer.

While that sounds dark, this story is all about family bonds and sisterhood. While I can't always agree with the decision of the main character, her love for her sister was unquestionable.

I was not seeing that ending coming! Go read this book. ( )

I found this recommended to readers of How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie who liked the concept but couldn't get into that book. This was definitely better than the latter (although the bar is pretty low)!

This was the fastest paced novel I've read in a long time. Maybe I feel this way because most chapters was around 2-3 pages long, with none exceeding 5 pages. It's been years since I finished an entire book in 3 days, especially during weekdays. Personally, I felt it was a little too fast, so I wasn't able to get absorbed into it the way normally like to, but I understand that this is most likely subjective.

This could be due to how little I was engaged with parts, but most of the characters felt... flat? I didn't feel much reason to root for Korede, and especially not for Ayoola, other than the fact they had a poor upbringing. Tade was even worse - what did Korede even see in him? He's nice, he's attractive, He has a good job, but is that really all? Was she really going to throw her sister under the bus for this? Also, Ayoola's motivations for killing Femi (or I suppose all three of her ex boyfriends, but the story puts more focus on Femi) could've been explored more, maybe I would've taken to her better if they were.

...I should have anticipated this going into this book, but around the middle of the book, Korede's descriptions of Tade made me roll my eyes. You know what I'm on about. I'm not sure why I didn't expect romance in here. That's on me. But I still wanted to skip over it.

Honestly, this is a good story, and the ending did shock me a little. It just wasn't exactly for me, and that's okay. ( )

A twisty book about family and the lengths a person will go to protect that family.

Korede has a problem - her sister Ayoola has a habit of killing the men she dates, always claiming self defense, and Korede always helps clean up the mess. However when Ayoola sets her site on Korede's crush, a doctor at the hospital she works at, Korede has to choose between her sister and what is right.

This story is written in a deadpan style of black humor- with a lilt of poetry there is a cadence to the lines. As for Korede's choices, is she a victim of her family, or a participant? And maybe Ayoola just has bad taste in men....

Its a great story, well written. I was expecting something a bit lighter, written more as a detective story. However this story is dark, full of emotion and complex choices.

"I found the quiet
In your arms;
The nothing that I search for
Daily.
Your are empty
And I am full.
Fully drowning."

This is a wonderful story - of two sisters. The older, always taught that she must take care of the younger one. The younger one is beautiful, pampered and always thought to make a great wife one day - because she is so lovely. Not because she can work, cook, or is even nice - she's just pretty.
Korede has had to help her sister clean a few bodies now - bodies of boyfriends she thought she understood had been rough, violent and scary. But with each body clean up, Korede is losing faith in her sister and why she is killing. But she knows she MUST protect her sister.

Until her sister shows up at her work and starts talking to the lovely doctor that works there. The doctor that Korede can't help but have her eyes trail behind. Korede must really contend with who she thinks her sister might be and what she has to do about it. Can she keep cleaning up this mess and not be caught by the police? It's a great mystery as it all starts to unfold and you wonder who is playing who and who is next to die. I loved it - the tension and mystery but also Korede and who she was and how she struggled. Her world was fascinating and I loved the story! I definitely look forward to reading more from this author! ( )

While I did not find this to be a thriller, it was suspenseful. The ending was not very satisfactory and seemed unresolved to me. ( )