A review by fischers_reads
Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers

medium-paced

3.5

Hmmmm… I’m not really sure how I felt about this one. I do know that I enjoyed the first part better than the second. Malachi was so mysterious and as a child he knew that Olivia was his. I hear people compare him to Zade from Haunting Adeline but I’ve never read that one. I felt like there was a disconnect between me and the writing. I didn’t have the feelings I normally would while reading a book like this. Did I believe their love? Maybe. I just honestly didn’t really care. I loved the taboo/forbidden aspect of Malachi being Olivia’s foster brother. One thing I hate about that trope is the constant mention of “big brother” “little sister” it gets super annoying. We know they are foster siblings we don’t need to hear about it every time they f**k. I guess this book annoyed me more than anything and I really didn’t care for Olivia. This book is only 207 pages and it took me 5 days to read. That’s wild because I normally binge these short books. So yeah… those are my thoughts. Oh wait, I almost forgot. There is a scene with a spider and that right f**king there would have ended any kind of relationship I had going with the guy. You can f**k me with a screwdriver but don’t you dare put a spider anywhere near me you f**king psycho! 🤣🤣🤣