This wasn't quite as creepy/gory as I was hoping it would be, but it is YA and I knew that going in so I can't really be mad about that. The romance felt rushed though. I can't decide if that's just a symptom of it being YA and a standalone. It feels like the last couple YA books I've read have had that insta love thing going on. I realized I've been slowly and unintentionally reading less and less YA books lately and I wonder if that's part of the reason why. I felt like this had good potential, but I never was invested in the characters or even the plot really. The ending felt untrue to the motivations established earlier for the main character.