e-ALC,10:55:00
Narrated by: Chloe Sommer
Release Date: May 5, 2026
Published by: Books on Tape
Read from: May 8-12, 2026
Stand-Alone
Source: PRH Audio (I received this ALC free from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review.)
Content Warning: Murder, Death, Violence, Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Suicide
For Readers of: Adult, Audio, Contemporary, Feminist Horror, Sparkly Cover, Most Anticipated, Own Voices, Racial/Ethnic Diversity (Black, British), Realistic Fiction, ThrillersA dark, provocative, adrenaline-rush of a novel about a graduate student who murders bad men and justifies it in the name of feminism, by a bold new voice in fiction
Yrsa is in a funk. She’s bored of her PhD program, bored of her research on Afropessimism, bored of the entitled undergrads she has to cater to. But most of all, she’s bored of the men in her life—especially the bad ones.
When her best friend, Nina, confesses to having an affair with her professor, and that he’s stolen her research, Yrsa is mad. On the quad, Yrsa bumps into the professor and witnesses his death: an unfortunate incident involving his San Pellegrino and a bee allergy. What she sees that afternoon awakens something in her: a taste for murder.
Emboldened, Yrsa decides to chase that high, and soon, no sexist, misbehaving man within commuting distance is safe.
With each murder, Yrsa feels a greater sense of meaning and purpose—finally, her doctoral research feels useful. But how long can killing in the name of feminist and racial solidarity justify her actions? Will her rampage ever assuage her feelings of rage and revenge? And how long until her actions—and buried family secrets—come back to haunt her?
*MY THOUGHTS*
I hadn’t heard of this book until it turned up in the PRH audio app. So naturally, I downloaded it immediately without knowing anything else about it LOL But I REALLY need to start reading the synopsis of books tho because I had no idea what this was about. I just saw the Black hand on the cover and decided this was the one LOL Unfortunately I didn’t love it like I thought I would.
Ok so off the bat, the pacing didn’t do it for me. It takes a little minute to get going. And then when it finally does, the first kill is on accident. It’s basically a slow burn throughout the entire story. I thought it was going to be unhinged from the beginning. I know she was setting up the story, but it took a little longer and it just wasn’t what I was expecting. Now the plot twists don’t REALLY start until closer to the end, so it was
The ending was what got me. It’s literally over in the middle of a scene. She makes the decision to do something and then that’s that. But like, what did she do with it? How did it go? Did you get scared and not do it? How did you decide what to do? There’s just too many left over questions I had. And Idk about you, but I hate these books with vague endings. Why do I have to make up my own ending lol
Everything else was ok. I was just disappointed because I thought it was going to be more than ok. The plot was what saved me. I liked what it was about, but the execution just didn’t do it for me. I think I just wanted more.
Overall, I give this
