![]() ![]() A single mother, Caroline is also overprotective and places strict rules on her daughter which Lila is aware is done out of love, though that doesn’t stop her from wishing she had more freedom, especially when it comes to hanging out with her friend Macie. Of course, it doesn’t help that her mother is Caroline Sawyer, a local artist and university professor who has made quite a name for herself as the brilliant creator of beautiful but disturbing sculptures crafted from organic material. Unfolding via two timelines, the novel begins in 2019 with an introduction to thirteen-year-old Lila Sawyer who is desperate to fit in at school. It’s a surreal, supernatural quality that lends the story a certain amount of vagueness, even imparting something of an allegorical spin on this tale of mothers and daughters and what it means to break out of your own shell. But there is also another major component to it that is almost ineffable because it doesn’t fit easily into any genre category. As a horror novel, it was unsettlingly chilling as a thriller, it kept me on my toes. ![]() Such a Pretty Smile was definitely an odd one. ![]() Publisher: Macmillan Audio (January 18, 2022) This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. I received a review copy from the publisher. Audiobook Review: Such a Pretty Smile by Kristi DeMeester ![]()
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