Thanks to Marysue Rucci Books and NetGalley for providing me a physical ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and feedback are my own. 

I had a big true crime phase in college a few years ago, and while I'm mainly out of that now, this book did pique my interest. Living in Utah, I know a fair bit about Ted Bundy, and was curious about this book's plot, which is so clearly based off of his crimes without mentioning him or any of the real victims. And you know what? I thought it was pretty good. 

I greatly enjoyed both timelines present in the book, even if I got them a little confused at times; both were equally captivating, which I find can be difficult to achieve. I liked the different relationships between the main characters, and the cohesive themes of resilience, strength, and sisterhood over the backdrop of feminine rage were well-articulated and compelling. 

Sometimes I worry about the usage of true crime for exploitation and profit off of real peoples' traumas, and this book REALLY toed that line. It was hard to differentiate between fact and fiction here, for better or worse. It does feel a little strange to base a book so clearly off a real serial killer (just because you don't say Ted Bundy doesn't mean it isn't so clearly obvious), but then also fictionalize the names of the victims, whose names are lesser-known already, seems a little like erasure. I dunno. I liked this book a good amount and thought it was well-done, and I would recommend it to those who like the true crime genre, but be aware of the context.