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A review by ps_stillreading
Sugar by Mia Ballard
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
When Satara discovers her husband Dean had an affair with her best friend Lilah, the beautiful life she’s had with Dean begins to feel like one big lie. So she decides to kill him. It should be easy enough, she’s killed men before. But what she doesn’t count on is Lilah’s determination to reveal her murderous secrets, and Satara must find a way to outsmart everyone. And she does all this while trying to make her office crush Chris fall in love with her with help from a Love Witch??? We love a multitasking goal-oriented queen.
So…will Satara find love again? Or will her murderous past finally catch up with her?
“Killing Dean, in theory, was not about ending his life; it was about reclaiming mine. It was about staring into the abyss of my own despair and choosing, instead, to rewrite the ending.”
✨
I read the first paragraph of Sugar by Mia Ballard and I was hooked. Satara has murder on her mind and she is completely unapologetic about it. The way she thinks is so unhinged and I am here for it. I don’t know what it is about fictional murderous women, but reading about them is so much fun. Satara is a woman wronged, and she will have her revenge.
Sugar is an exciting page-turner of a read. We not only follow Satara as she deals with the aftermath of Dean’s murder and enacts her plan to seduce Chris, but we also get chapters from her past that give us a glimpse of how murder became her go-to solution for all of her man problems. As the book progresses, Satara becomes more and more desperate. She feels her perfectly crafted web of deceit crumble around her as Lilah inches closer to the truth.
Mia Ballard’s writing style feels so lush and immersive. If you’re a fan of decadent prose, her book should be on your TBR. We all know Satara is unhinged from the get-go, and yet I couldn’t help but root for her, supporting women’s wrongs in all their violent glory. Therein lies the magic of Ballard’s writing. It feels weird to say that I enjoyed being in Satara’s mind, but that’s the truth. She owns her desires, she knows what she wants, and she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
The last few chapters of Sugar were full of twists and revelations. But it felt a bit much? I honestly think a couple of twists didn’t really need to be there. Were there things that felt very improbable and unfeasible? Yes. But my god it was all so thrilling to read. And that epilogue sent chills down my spine.
Read Sugar by Mia Ballard if (like me) Criminal Minds is your comfort show, or if you want to read unhinged woman and murderous rage. This is for fans of Boy Parts, A Certain Hunger, and Gone Girl.
I enjoyed reading Sugar in all its unhinged, feminine rage glory. Thank you to NetGalley and Galaxy Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Sugar by Mia Ballard is out on October 29
So…will Satara find love again? Or will her murderous past finally catch up with her?
“Killing Dean, in theory, was not about ending his life; it was about reclaiming mine. It was about staring into the abyss of my own despair and choosing, instead, to rewrite the ending.”
✨
I read the first paragraph of Sugar by Mia Ballard and I was hooked. Satara has murder on her mind and she is completely unapologetic about it. The way she thinks is so unhinged and I am here for it. I don’t know what it is about fictional murderous women, but reading about them is so much fun. Satara is a woman wronged, and she will have her revenge.
Sugar is an exciting page-turner of a read. We not only follow Satara as she deals with the aftermath of Dean’s murder and enacts her plan to seduce Chris, but we also get chapters from her past that give us a glimpse of how murder became her go-to solution for all of her man problems. As the book progresses, Satara becomes more and more desperate. She feels her perfectly crafted web of deceit crumble around her as Lilah inches closer to the truth.
Mia Ballard’s writing style feels so lush and immersive. If you’re a fan of decadent prose, her book should be on your TBR. We all know Satara is unhinged from the get-go, and yet I couldn’t help but root for her, supporting women’s wrongs in all their violent glory. Therein lies the magic of Ballard’s writing. It feels weird to say that I enjoyed being in Satara’s mind, but that’s the truth. She owns her desires, she knows what she wants, and she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
The last few chapters of Sugar were full of twists and revelations. But it felt a bit much? I honestly think a couple of twists didn’t really need to be there. Were there things that felt very improbable and unfeasible? Yes. But my god it was all so thrilling to read. And that epilogue sent chills down my spine.
Read Sugar by Mia Ballard if (like me) Criminal Minds is your comfort show, or if you want to read unhinged woman and murderous rage. This is for fans of Boy Parts, A Certain Hunger, and Gone Girl.
I enjoyed reading Sugar in all its unhinged, feminine rage glory. Thank you to NetGalley and Galaxy Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Sugar by Mia Ballard is out on October 29