I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book or my review itself.
One of the things Liz Nugent is absolutely brilliant at is creating these highly unlikeable, irreedeemable characters that should put her readers off immediately-and yet, it's impossible to stop turning pages.
She did this in Unraveling Oliver, and she does it again here, this time with three brothers who treat each other and everyone else around them terribly. No one comes out unscatched, but what readers do know from the start is that one of the brothers ends up dead. We don't know which one, and Nugent is excellent at making it seem that at any point it could be any one of them.
Do not be turned off by how much you will detest every character in the book. That is the point. Nugent is not afraid to show how a legacy of selfishness and hatred can be passed from parent to child, shared from brother to brother, continuing through generations. This is a true psychological thriller, because you really don't know which character was pushed that last final inch over the line, and how and why it happened. It could be any combination of characters, because Nugent has shown that every single one of them has that ability inside of them.
I definitely recommend this book, and when you're done, grab a copy of Unraveling Oliver. You will fly through both of them.
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