Girl at the Edge

I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review. This book is DARK. The biggest question it asks is are we who we are due to nature, nurture, or both? It's a question the main character, Evelyn, is struggling with, because her father killed 11 people in a mass shooting and is on de......more

It's very rare that I get a book in MyBookBox that I don't like but this was definitely one I didn't like. It's absolutely psychological but not suspense. There wasn't much in terms of action moving the story forward. Instead we get a lot of floating, elaborate, and lyrical mental dialogue from a me......more

This is a dark book, but make no mistake, it makes you think. The age old question....nature vs. nurture, and does it make a difference? Evelyn’s father is on death row for a horrific crime. Is Evelyn like her father? Can she kill someone?......more

Many thanks to NetGalley, Grand Central Publishing and Karen Dietrich for the opportunity to read and review this dark thriller. 4.5 stars! A serial killer walked into a mall and killed 11 people in St Augustine, FL, and now sits on death row. His daughter, whom he has never met, is a teenager now ob......more

"My father is a murderer." So begins Girl at the Edge, a compelling and deeply disturbing consideration of the invisible victims of horrendous crime: the perpetrator's family. Evelyn's father had an extramarital relationship with her mother, Mira, and when his wife learned of the affair and left him......more