This has to be one of the most unsettling books I've ever read. It wasn't a zombie book. Or a werewolf, or a vampire book. But there are monsters in this book beyond anything I've read. Simply, it freaked me the hell out.

Hartnett has a beautiful give for writing, using imagery that illustrates like nothing I've ever read. It's gorgeous in all its pain and terror and hurt and soul. It left me aching for Gabriel, for Surrender, for Vernon. If you read this you'll likely feel the same.

Stunning, unsettling piece of work. I just hope I can sleep tonight

PS:
What I find strange is that I have ALMOST checked-out/purchased this book multiple times in the past and somehow changed my mind. Whatever it was then that made me change my mind, I don't know. Perhaps I wasn't ready for it. It's not for the faint of heart or the weak of stomach. It's YA, but OLDER YA, definitely.