A Good Person

When Olivia Muenter blurbed it, she called it “A love letter to Amy Dunne of Gone Girl,” which a) got me to buy it and b) is completely accurate. This is the sort of book that will keep you up all night (and I really don’t recommend reading it before bed; I couldn’t sleep — the ending was wild!). I mean this as a compliment, of course: dark and twisty is my favorite. I would just recommend starting it earlier in the day because you won’t be able to stop reading. Lillian is, to be clear, very much not a good person. She’s living in Boston and hooking up with Henry, her situationship, who she is certain will eventually fall in love with her. When Henry does not fall in love with her and instead breaks up with her, Lillian loses her mind a little bit. She decides to exact revenge upon him by casting a hex. She expects the hex to ruin his life or maybe cause him to come groveling back. Instead, she wakes up to the news that Henry has been found dead. Did Lillian’s hex work? When Lillian finds herself a prime suspect in his murder case, her life is thrown into a dangerous tailspin. This is dark and funny and very toxic (in the best way). I loved it!