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“My lovers, those lost obsessions, were etched into every aspect of my being, haunting my steps, my choices, my very breath.”
An obsessive search for love, SUGAR by Mia Ballard is the story of a woman out for revenge, while her sanity hangs on by a thread.
Flowery prose and poetic imagery are some of the hardest tools to wield in writing, and Ballard, in my opinion, manages to do so spectacularly.
I was hooked from the first page, falling into Satara’s life with little trouble, seeing her world unravel bit by bit while I came to the realisation that she was doomed from the start.
I screamed when the truth came to light, its seeds having been planted from the start. Looking back on it, there were some signs things weren’t how they appeared, but Satara’s obsession and desperation prevented her from seeing the flaws in her thinking. Her own mind actively worked against her from the start, her search for love an already poisonous goal.
This was an absolute wild ride and I’ll be thinking about this book for so long! An absolute banger of a debut! I’ll be looking forward to anything Mia Ballard writes next.
“My lovers, those lost obsessions, were etched into every aspect of my being, haunting my steps, my choices, my very breath.”
An obsessive search for love, SUGAR by Mia Ballard is the story of a woman out for revenge, while her sanity hangs on by a thread.
Flowery prose and poetic imagery are some of the hardest tools to wield in writing, and Ballard, in my opinion, manages to do so spectacularly.
I was hooked from the first page, falling into Satara’s life with little trouble, seeing her world unravel bit by bit while I came to the realisation that she was doomed from the start.
I screamed when the truth came to light, its seeds having been planted from the start. Looking back on it, there were some signs things weren’t how they appeared, but Satara’s obsession and desperation prevented her from seeing the flaws in her thinking. Her own mind actively worked against her from the start, her search for love an already poisonous goal.
This was an absolute wild ride and I’ll be thinking about this book for so long! An absolute banger of a debut! I’ll be looking forward to anything Mia Ballard writes next.