Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for access to an early copy.

Picture your dream home. Now picture your Pleasantville, Stepford wife type neighbors and something doesn’t feel quite right. At least to Sol

Sol and her wife Alice move into what should be there dream home with nice neighbors but are they too nice? Sol slowly starts to unravel as new things start to happen. Is it really happening or is it all in her head? I do like the representation in this novel, our main married couple as part of the lgbtqia+ community but I feel like I’ve read this story before. The character who is just home too much (from a forced leave of absence) and all that free time leaves her spiraling and overthinking. And no one believing her. Things unravel a little too predictably. Where I found the story a little messy, was when the story was trying to mix the growing delusional paranoias and what was going on with her on the side, like her career, therapy- now and then those moments would pop and Sol would seem to care for a brief moment and all was forgotten again. It never fully felt like those different aspects of the story really mashed together.

I enjoyed the interwoven past reflects of Sol’s history; it was good development from the author to give Sol a reason for her paranoia. Some graphic details and moderate body horror made this a creepy horror story. It takes a little bit to get into the rhythm of the story, making it hard to put down. I do wish the pacing was more consistent, cause when you hit a lull, you really hit a lull. And I didn’t really like the ending