A Review of Little Eve. There's no place like home and not in a good way.

 The writing in Little Eve, by Catriona Ward, is so lush a reader will want to roll around in it. Just beautiful writing. Not very nice things happen so a reader might want to do some lush rolling then hide under a blanket and shiver with fear. Gruesome torture and murder and the author keeps us guessing about "who done it." More twists than there are in a Twizzler. More twists than in a slinky snake. Aha! A snake plays a huge role in Little Eve. Nobody is what they seem, and everybody is a suspect. A horror murder mystery.

Be forewarned, there is child abuse, sexual, emotional, and physical. There is some animal abuse. Much of it is difficult to read. But, with the otherwise lovely writing, and the amazing twists and turns, a horror writer could learn a lot from reading Little Eve.

Thanks to Tor and Netgalley for allowing me to read and review an eARC of Little Eve.