A review by spookybookwitch
Rouge by Mona Awad

5.0

Skincare-obsessed Mirabelle Nour has just lost her mysterious, enigmatic mother, Noelle. Having made a home for herself in Montreal, she finds herself back at her mother’s home in La Jolla, California to pick up the pieces. During the funeral, an even more mysterious, eccentric woman clad in red offers Belle the first clue in what happened to Noelle. A house on the cliffs. A spa, they say. Promises of clear skin, clear minds prove too much to resist. What ensues is a dark Gothic fairytale, tinged with horror. We watch Belle descend into insanity as she pursues answers, and, well, the Glow. Did I say insanity? I meant vanity, of course.