TW: Grooming, pedophilia, child abuse, sexual assault, teacher-student relationship. I first learned about this book after seeing a woman on the train reading it. The cover of this book drew me in and I borrowed it from the library a week later. I did not know what I was getting myself into. This book introduces us to titular protagonist, Vanessa; a young woman reeling in the blowback of her high school English teacher’s recent suicide after allegations of sexual abuse come out against him in the […]

So this was quite a way to kick off 2021. I’ve had this book from the library since the end of November, and for one reason or another, I kept putting it off and just renewing my loan as I went through other books for book clubs and buddy reads. I guess it was the fact that I finally need to give this back that forced me to sit down and read, and I am so glad. First things first, I saw that a few […]