A review by 87_launchpad
We Were Restless Things by Cole Nagamatsu

1.0

i got excited by the promise of a lake that's only sometimes there only to fall victim to a book that is boring where it isn't irresponsible. the guys' rage and desire are given free rein, the girls are pretty set pieces upon whom this rage and desire gets carried out, stepsiblings do sex stuff (to please the stepbrother, bc the stepsister says more than once she's not into it), and we get an asexual character who says she would change her sexuality with a magic wand if she could. if you want a fun, good mystery with well-written characters (and queer ones who don't hate themselves!) read the truly devious books by maureen johnson!