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@mollymay5000 Ooh, I'll check this series out!

@mollymay5000 I could use some good vampire books. Let me know how this one turns out!

The book kicked off like a somewhat run-of-the-mill literary novel about a young man dealing with a hard life. His mom has a drinking problem, his brother is autistic, and he's trying to escape through college. But when it seems like this bit of narrative won't be able to carry the story, it piggybacks onto a mystery/thriller. It's an interesting combination of those two elements, and at the very moment it started to drag & I thought I'd figured everything out, it took another turn. It was an enjoyable read, though I would warn anyone interested it does involve murder, sexual assault, and child abuse among its subject matter. The story has a bit of a true crime vibe, albeit fiction, that worked quite well for me; if you're a fan of that genre, you may enjoy this.

Most of this book is basic grammar that any editor should know, but as an editor, I can tell you that it always benefits me to compound the common sense of my profession unto my gray matter as often as I can. There's also a great deal of good humor and nuances of British grammar in this book, which is an area that I am not so well-versed in. I love a book on grammar that so effectively blends things we should remember from our early schooling—that perhaps we don't—with facts and jokes that engage an educated audience. I really loved the stuff focusing on the UK, but I appreciate those aspects that sought to convey a general knowledge of how English works and where it came from.