I was really excited to finally read this book but I ended up quite disappointed. The synopsis is a great one, it's unique and creepy but it failed to deliver. There are many things that didn't work for me:

-the main character seems to be the only one to actually care about those girls, which was unbelievable, also we're being told many times that she is a troublemaker, but it's never explained why? is she a troublemarker because she's the only one who doesn't act like an emotionless robot? because shes likes bugs? i found that hard to believe that literally no one cares about those girls except her and that the entire street despises HER in particular, her narration also became quite repetitive pretty fast

-the descriptions, i'm a big fan of horror but the creepy/gore moments made me feel nothing, the descriptions didn't actually allow me to visualize the events clearly so it cancelled their effects. i don't think I would consider this book a "horror book", people's reactions to the transformations were simply unbelieavable

-it was too drawn out, the books starts off great, but then it slows down for about 100 pages before finally picking up the pace, we lose too much time on insignificant things, I don't see the point of Adrian's character same things for the tourists who came to see the girls side plot, unrealistic for me, and the parent's reactions made no sense, their girls are dying and being followed by creeps who take pictures of them and they still make them go to church on sundays?? hmmm

-none of the characters are actually developped, not even the girls, I wish we had known more about them, their transformations happened wayyyy too fast and I would have liked to have internal narration from their point of view, seeing it from the outside wasn't enough and we don't get any answers as to why they came to be, why them, why not other girls before etc

I'm still giving it 3 stars because it was a great plot idea and the writing was quite good and atmospheric. The cover is great too!