Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage – 320 pages
ARC courtesy of St. Martin’s Press for an honest review.
Book Blurb:
Meet Hanna.
She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only person who understands her, and all Hanna wants is to live happily ever after with him. But Mommy stands in her way, and she’ll try any trick she can think of to get rid of her. Ideally for good.
Meet Suzette.
She loves her daughter, really, but after years of expulsions and strained home schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day. As Hanna’s tricks become increasingly sophisticated, and Suzette’s husband remains blind to the failing family dynamics, Suzette starts to fear that there’s something seriously wrong, and that maybe home isn’t the best place for their baby girl after all.
My Review: 3 stars
Baby Teeth was a frightening look into a family with an absurdly evil child, that only shows that side to the mother. Of course that leads to all types of issues within the marital union. In all honesty, this book read like a car crash you couldn’t look away from. I had to keep reading but I was holding my breath and felt sick inside. I had to see how this wound up! Not sure I would classify this as a thriller but more as a scary, suspenseful book.
If the author intended for me hate most of the characters than she did her job well! I literally wanted to smack the heck out of the mother who was weak and needy and the father who was completely selfish. As a couple, they were amazing together sexually, but emotionally they never honestly shared their inner fears about their situation. So in my opinion, there was not one redeeming character in the book.
I will not speak of the young girl in fear of spoilers, however I will say she spoke at a much higher level than her age. The ending took me for a loop as it finished with a cliffhanger. I wanted a conclusion, because I certainly won’t be reading a sequel. Many of you love cliffhangers, me: I’ll leave them at the door.
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