This book, in feelings, has crashed into me.  That's the kind of emotional mess I feel.   Also want to go ahead and recommend for any readers to please look at the content warnings for this book.  

Parents that seem oppressively in control of themselves and their own separate lives, and in a sense, this includes Ariel.  Ariel already feels too large to fit in and wonders at questions of gender  and many things.  But Ariel's real struggles are their own thoughts.  Thoughts that seem to swish and slide around like a huge destructive, blood-craving crocodile.  What Ariel can't figure out alone is that it's not them... it's a type of OCD. 

This author is a brilliant poet, and I am once again amazed.  This one was particularly emotional, I think, because it was a bit longer and had me on edge longer.  It was a very intense but important read. 

Out March 12, 2023! 

Thank you, Netgalley and Publisher, for this Arc!