Along with that, it’s all very disjointed, which is a fair choice to make given that Charlotte (and to some extent Maddi) is slowly losing her faculties due to grief, resentment, and rage. I would have liked to have a bit more of an even distribution for their narrations, unreliability between them notwithstanding. For one, while we got a lot of Charlotte perspectives, the Maddi chapters were quite limited. The first is just a narrative style and set of choices that I didn’t like.
Like, that is just teeming with potential!īut there were some glaring missteps with this story that reminded me that a story can’t float on potential alone. There are so many aspects of the original tale (at least how it has evolved over time) that have so much storytelling potential: murder! Potential family strife! A freakin’ axe! I was really hoping for a creative and engaging update that would put all of these Victorian Themes (and all the mess that comes with that kind of baggage) into a modern lens. I will start with the positive, and that is the very concept of updating the Lizzie Borden tale with YA protagonists and in a modern setting. Because “It Will End Like This” fell pretty flat. Which is a real bummer, as I was amped for a YA thriller a la “Sadie” or “The Cheerleaders” that tackled a notorious murder mystery. “It Will End Like This” is a YA thriller that takes that story and updates it with modern times and sensibilities, so to me this was going to be the perfect pairing, to my mind.īut I think that it actually worked against the book’s favor, at the end of the day. Review: Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this novel!īoy did I think that the timing on this was golden! Around the time that I sat down to start “It Will End Like This” by Kyra Leigh, my favorite podcast was starting their two part series on Lizzie Borden and the Borden Axe Murders. Now the only way to get their lives back is for Charlotte and Maddi to decide how this story ends, themselves. And both girls are sure that she’s determined to take everything that’s theirs away for herself. There are too many questions left unanswered for the girls to move on. Maddi agrees-people’s hearts don’t just stop. The only person who gets it is Charlotte’s sister, Maddi. They say her heart stopped, but Charlotte knows deep down that there’s more to the story. A contemporary take on the Lizzie Borden story that explores how grief can cut deep.Ĭharlotte lost her mother six months ago, and still no one will tell her exactly what happened the day she mysteriously died. Where Did I Get This Book: I received an eARC from NetGalley.īook Description: For fans of The Cheerleaders and Sadie comes a psychological thriller that reminds us that in real life, endings are rarely as neat as happily ever after. Publishing Info: Delacorte Press, January 2022 Book: “It Will End Like This” by Kyra Leigh
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