A graduate student who murders bad men in the name of feminism? Sign me up. This is my kind of carrying on.
Yrsa, the graduate student, is bored and tired of dating. Actually, she’s tired of men. Bad men who take advantage of women, including the married professor dating one of her friends and planning to steal that friend’s work.
When she runs into that very professor and witnesses his death, an urgency awakens in her and a thirst for murder is born. Or maybe it’s something that’s been a part of her DNA all along. Family secrets come back to the forefront involving her beloved grandmother and her mother.
Things are hinted at but never fully specified, which is intriguing and a little frustrating for this reader. I could imagine all sorts of scenarios, not sure of which one to believe.
Yrsa’s past trauma explains her actions, but the ending of the book felt incomplete to me. I love when a story doesn’t spell out every detail, but I needed a little more as the ending felt abrupt.
Overall, this is an awesome original story, and I enjoyed reading it. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
Available for preorder – Publishes May 5, 2026