Review | Another Little Piece

Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn
Review by Jessica
June 2013 by HarperTeen
419 pages
Amazon + Good Reads
4/5 stars

"The spine-tingling horror of Stephen King meets an eerie mystery worthy of Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars series in Kate Karyus Quinn's haunting debut.

On a cool autumn night, Annaliese Rose Gordon stumbled out of the woods and into a high school party. She was screaming. Drenched in blood. Then she vanished.

A year later, Annaliese is found wandering down a road hundreds of miles away. She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know how she got there. She only knows one thing: She is not the real Annaliese Rose Gordon.

Now Annaliese is haunted by strange visions and broken memories. Memories of a reckless, desperate wish . . . a bloody razor . . . and the faces of other girls who disappeared. Piece by piece, Annaliese's fractured memories come together to reveal a violent, endless cycle that she will never escape—unless she can unlock the twisted secrets of her past."

-Good Reads

Another Little Piece is haunting and lovely in such a way that I couldn't put it down. The writing is absolutely beautiful, but the story is dark and thrilling.

I was quite surprised at how bloody and disturbing the book was. There was murder, cannibalism, and a strange paranormal aspect to it. I was very connected to the main character and was on the edge if my seat the whole time wondering what she would do or what would happen to her next. I hated what she was, but loved her as a person and character. 

The way the author chose to write the story was perfect for it. The whole book had a poetic and dreamy quality to it. Pairing the writing and story together made a unique mix that was just perfect. If it was not written that way it would have been like a thrilling Steven King novel. Instead it was disturbingly beautiful, and I loved it. 

Even the love interest was interesting. The pair were both quirky in a very real way, but each had a different paranormal aspect to them that made them work well as a couple in a way that I would never think of being able to. Overall I recommend this book to people who love amazing writing and paranormal stories done really well.

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