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A multi character story that explores the impact of the sexual assault a young woman, Misty, at a party by three young men she knows. The author draws portraits of the 3 boys' mothers + Misty's father so that the reading grows in tension to the point of the assault occurs. As with 'adolescence' its a frightening picture of young men's attitude to women and sex as well as the struggle that the mother's have with loyalty to the children. Excellent.

A brilliant book about life and parenting, set in Belfast. We meet Misty , the mc, a teenager who wants to be a makeup artist. Misty is attacked and traumatised. The characters are many and drawn with humanity. As one review says ‘ Erskine‘s great gift is for character, all are complicatedly flawed and empathetically rendered‘. I couldn‘t agree more. A gripping book to read. I couldn‘t put it down. It‘s a debut and I look forward to more from her

I wanted to love this a lot more than I did. A few too many issues make it a soft pick.

Misty is a cam-girl who is sexually assaulted at a house party by three of her supposed friends. The boys‘ mothers close ranks to protect their sons, while Misty has her sort-of stepfather to back her up.

The cam-girl thing could have been really powerful but it wasn‘t. The three mothers were all awful, without a redeeming feature between them. ⬇️

My nominations for #camplitsy25! Gunk I don't think comes out in the US until July but sneaking it in anyway 😁 @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Megabooks