Dystopian survival horror isn’t my thing. I had to read this for book club. It started off like a small chore, but one I was into it, I could barely put it down. When the main conflict seemed to reach its denouement with many pages to go, I knew that I was being led on, and I waited for the satisfying twist that, thankfully, was delivered.

Sorry for being vague, but I don’t want to go too deeply into this for risk of spoilers. The book left me with questions I really wanted answered, but only for my own understanding; perhaps the horror wouldn’t have been so compelling were all my questions to be answered. (UPDATE: there’s a sequel! All right!)

I’ll raise a pint to you, A. M. Shine.