Wow... this book has put me through a roller coaster of emotions. It’s hard to explain why I kept reading even through the most gruesome of scenes, and also why I returned to it even after having a particularly vivid nightmare. This book is uncomfortable, and not just because of violence, but mostly for me because of the way it made me feel, how it tricked me into falling for the main character, for the way he treated Catherine at the beginning, even though it had already been clear even by then that he was a monster. And how I kept missing the clues about his true nature, and how together with Cathy I kept ignoring the obvious. All of the signs and the middle of the book still came in shock for me. I’m praising the author for her ability to put me as a reader through all of this, to make me look over my shoulder as I was reading and even for my nightmares. This story is dark, intense and violent, but it’s so well written that it’s impossible to move on with your life until you read every word of it.