This was quite an interesting story. We were introduced to Hanna and her mom Suzette deep into their "issues" with each other and the torment that the daughter was inflicting on the mom. Why did this start? How did things get to this elevated state? How the heck did this little girl get these ideas? 

Those are the main questions I had at the beginning to end of the story, and a whole zero of those questions were answered by the end of the novel. This story felt like one that started to get its "sea legs" and then just fizzled out with no satisfying ending or answers to questions that were being raised. It felt like we were thrust into this ongoing story with no relevant background info ever being provided to us. 

The characters we were introduced to weren't even very likable either. The mom was selfish and too timid to do anything for most of the novel. The daughter was (for lack of a better term) an evil witch, but was too smart for her age so many of her actions were too unrealistic. The father was so annoyingly oblivious to what was going on in his own family and would never believe his wife until it was too late. They were all just obnoxious in their own way and not my favorite family by any means. 

Overall, there were parts of this book that worked, but many parts that did not. I wish there was more backstory and explanation as to how the family got into this situation in the first place, as well as a satisfying conclusion. The ending teased more of the story, but it wasn't enough to save this one for me.