Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen is about two brothers, Nick and Joshua Morrow, returning home after their father, Carlyle, calls them back there. Nick Morrow never expected to receive an invitation from his father to return home to their family home and farm in rural Nebraska. He thought when he first left, he would be leaving everything in the past including his abusive father. However, he knows that he and his brother could never refuse or ignore their father.
Joshua was disowned and left the family home after marrying a woman named Emilia. She is a woman of Asian descent. Carlyle is sick and hopes that he can reconcile with his sons before dying. As expected, Carlyle warms to and spends all his time with his older son, Joshua, and leaves Nick and Emilia alone. As Nick and Emilia spend more time together, they grow closer and become intimate. It isn’t long before Nick finds himself drawn to her but he suspects that Emilia might have a darker motive than she is letting on.
I had originally picked this book because of the gorgeous cover and the interesting title. The synopsis seemed so interesting and filled with dark twists and turns. It does spoil some of the story though.
I was deeply disappointed in this novel. It was very boring and predictable. There would be pages where nothing would happen. The book was told in a dual timeline but it felt like it didn’t add anything to the story or the progression of it. I was able to guess every single twist and turn way before it was even hinted at.
I wasn’t a fan of the writing style. It felt dry and clinical, almost like reading a textbook. I also didn’t like that the author kept reusing the same words multiple times within a short span. It made the book feel like the author used a bunch of words to make the book seem more intellectual/literary and longer than it should have been. I was expecting a lot more from this book and it failed to deliver as there was no horror or scary parts.
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