Susan Gee

I received a copy of Love Me to Death from NetGalley and all opinions are stricly my own.

This book has a great idea for a story line with the lead character Jacob having a very intense obsession with a girl named Maggie, who acted like a friend, but basically used him throughout the entire book. In fact, all of the characters seemed to be mean to him in one way or another, Mr. Anderson, the crazy neighbor, the twin boys Matty and Billy Vincent, his evil stepmother Paula. It's no wonder he show more wanted to get away from this town, and the memories of his dead mother who he misses terribly and the ongoing case of the dead girl, Jayne, cousin of Maggie.

Meanwhile, Mr. Anderson has his own dark obsession with dolls, watching people, and is a very lost, disturbed soul. Him and Jacob really connect throughout the book as they both feel like they do not belong anywhere, and it definitely keeps you on the edge of your seat, wondering when terrible things will strike again, as dolls with real human skin and hair keep showing up in Lyme Park.

It was a good read overall , but it seemed a little disorganized as several different things went on at once. It seemed spordiac and chaotic, all while being really dark. Paragraphs and scenes also ran together without breaks and I had to read several sections twice to understand what was being said. show less