I requested this book from the library loan service because it had a promising title and a cover reminiscent of a couple other recent books that I'd liked. The Sonoma County library system does not give one much by way of useful information such as a summery, cover blurb, genre, etc. As it turned out, this story as far as I read focused on dysfunctional families, unwanted pregnancy, and claustrophobic small towns, three tropes which I almost never enjoy. So back to the library it goes! There was a brief, teasing aside with a monster in it, but the monster was surfacing already dead in the lake, so I am not gambling on much exciting monster action developing. I also didn't particularly care for the writing style; the author is nothing like as witty or literary as she seems to think she is. But if you are into pretentious books with lots of internal narrative about unsympathetic characters' messed up emotions and ruined lives, by all means give this book a shot.

Oh, and the author claims in the intro that there will be some ripping off (my phrase, not hers) of "Leatherstocking Tales" later in the book, but I didn't get that far.