Thank you to Liverlight and NetGalley for access to any early release copy. 

When Winifred arrives as the new perfect governess, the new masters of the house seem a little… off. Maybe a little too obsessed with anatomy. Followed by meeting the servants, awkward moments, and just a curious comment of eating the children. Is it all imagination or is this the reality?

I liked the moments the author broke the fourth wall- letting the unreliable narrator of Winifred share her humor with the reader. Every tiny thing is written in detail but perhaps, a little too much. At times, the writer was trying to think for the reader, which isn’t always my favorite. Even though this is considered fast pace, the story felt slow but perhaps that had more to do with not a lot happening in the progress.

As a novella, this felt accomplished. I struggle with endings in some novellas, when it seems like an unfinished story but didn’t get that from this one. There’s some unexpected, if chaotic, humor at the end and I would have liked if it had been more throughout the story. It’s a fitting title.