I usually like Nicole Baart's novels, but this one was just dreadful.

The writing is overwrought with adjectives and flowery prose. Baart's work usually displays a certain poesy, but this took it too far. The narrative takes long turns for the boring, which in turn slows down what little plot there is.

The protagonist, Abby (or Abigail, as she prefers to be called) is cold and unlikeable. For someone bent on revenging her sister's suicide, she is remarkably passive. I simply did not care for her.

I hate to slam books but this one definitely doesn't display Baart's best work.