Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

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Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Expected publication: July 17th 2018 by St Martin’s Press
320 pages | Goodreads
Description: ❝Sweetness can be deceptive. Meet Hanna. She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only person who understands her, and allHanna wants is to live happily ever after with him. But Mommy stands in her way, and she’ll try any trick she can think of to get rid of her. Ideally for good. Meet Suzette. She loves her daughter, really, but after years of expulsions and strained home schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day.

As Hanna’s tricks become increasingly sophisticated, and Suzette’s husband remains blind to the failing family dynamics, Suzette starts to fear that there’s something seriously wrong, and that maybe home isn’t the best place for their baby girl after all.❞ (end of description)

MY RATING: ★★★☆☆ (3/5)

REVIEW

This is one of the creepiest books I’ve ever read.

Hannah is seven years-old and the daughter of Alex and Suzette. She loves her dad but dislikes her mom.

Hannah would love to have her dad for herself and starts taking the steps to see this happen. That’s the premise of the book and all I can say without getting into spoilers.

The book is told from the alternating points of view of Hannah and Suzette. Suzette suffers from Crohn’s disease and I found the author described the illness and its symptoms very well, although I don’t suffer from it I was able to easily capture the character’s constant pain and anguish.

Overall, I found the story to be disturbing and had difficulties like or relating to any of the characters but I still recommend it to readers of psychological thrillers and suspense.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via Netgalley