The Savages by Matt Whyman

Sasha Savage is in love with Jack - a handsome, charming ... vegetarian. Which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that Sasha's family are very much 'carnivorous'. Behind the family facade all is not as it seems. Sasha's father rules his clan with an iron fist and her mother's culinary skills are getting more adventurous by the day. When a too-curious private detective starts to dig for truths, the tight-knit family starts to unravel - as does their sinister taste in human beings . . .

So this was a pretty good book about afamily with a creepy secret- they're cannibals.  This isn't a spoiler, by the way: even though the word cannibal isn't actually used until about halfway through the book, it's pretty obvious what the Savage's 'feasts' consist of.

I liked the dark humour the author uses to lift what would otherwise be quite a horrific storyline.  
The humour probably isn't to everyone's taste (no pun intended), but I liked it.

The characters seem very ... ordinary, considering their horrible culinary tastes.  Sasha was really well-adjusted, considering grisly murders took place in her house on a regular basis, and I liked that she rebelled against her family by becoming vegetarian.  I wasn't really surprised her brother was a sociopath, though. 

I guess if I had to criticise, I'd say that not much really happens.  the main plot revolves around the fact that a private investigator is poking around Mr Savage's business dealings and that Sasha is dating a vegetarian.  You just know that someone is goingtoend up in the cooking pot at the end and while I liked the twist at the end, there wasn't enough plot in the rest of the book to really excite me.

3 stars