Summary:
While her rehab counselor's advice replays in her mind, Ansley Boone takes on the role of dutiful bridesmaid in her little sister's wedding at an isolated resort in the middle of hill country, a place where the cell reception is virtually nonexistent and everyone else there seems a stranger primed to spring. Tensions are already high between the Boones and their withdrawal-suffering eldest, who's since become the family embarrassment, but when the wedding reception takes a vicious turn, Ansley and her sister must work together to fight for survival and escape the resort before the groom's cannibalistic family adds them to the post-wedding menu.
My Thoughts:
Oh my god, I loved this book. I don't even know where to start.
Ansley is the narrator, and pretty quickly, she gets you to sympathize with her. She's only in rehab because her doctor over-prescribed an addictive medication. Her parents seem awful, as they treat her like shit despite the fact that the situation was not at all her fault. Shay, Ansley's sister, is a much better person. While she often gets annoyed by her addict sister sometimes, she actually seems to care about Ansley.
The groom's family is kept mysterious until the cannibalism starts. The fight for survival is intense and vivid.
The ending is odd. We are basically told that Ansley is an unreliable narrator, and much of what happened was actually just symptoms of withdrawal. We know that her eating her sister at the end was real, but we don't know how real or fake much of the action was.
My Rating: 5 stars
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