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A review by lilmooniex
R.I.P. by Charity B., Kim BookJunkie
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.5
Spoiler filled summary:
Azalea is dealing with dilutions and voices ever since she had gotten pregnant the second time, they tell her to kill her daughter but she never had the same issues with her other child. Her kids (Malakai and Adriel) are one year apart from one another. Bennett, Azalea's brother seems to help out with the children and the business Bennett and Azalea took over: Courtenay Family Funeral Home. The first dead body Azalea begins to work on screams to her, telling her that he used to touch little boys when he was alive as a teacher, explaining that he would have kept going if death didn't intervene. The corpse, Mr. Olsen, tells her it's her job to stop evil with death like it stopped him. Malakai is a trouble maker and seems to love his "sweeter" sister more than anything. Adriel may actually be evil, at twelve saying her doll is a witch and burning them with a match. Malakai self harms. Due to Malakai's trouble maker tendencies - their father decided it was time for them to know what they were doing. They were murdering people that harmed other people making sure they could no longer hurt anyone else. Azalea and Micah made them go to an area that had a guy chained up and locked their kids in the room with him, making them make the decision of whether he should live or not. It was a form of punishment and showed them exactly what their parents did. Adriel took care of murdering the man to protect her brother while Malakai was traumatized. Micah raped his wife after she didn't want to have sex with him anymore. After getting raped she goes into the room with her son, and puts her hands down his pants molesting him. He tells his mom that he wishes that they could run away together only them, but in the morning when she speaks to him after he's already out of bed he seems very confused about what she's talking about. I wonder if it's all just a delusion. Mikah is having an affair with the funeral Director. It is partly a delusion. She imagines him speaking while she's touching her son, but he doesn't say a word, and he hates how Azalea keeps coming in his room. Adriel's a little sociopath. Azalea cracked and told Micah everything involving Malakai - the end up getting into a fight and she slits her own throat. He couldn't live without her regardless of everything and killed himself too. Meanwhile Malakai and Adriel have sex for the first time. Bennett alerts them their parents are dead while they have a dead body from family night still there. They have to tell their uncle everything or get locked up. After their parents pass away Adriel now gets the visions and delusions, her deformed doll now had stitched and blotchy skin. They struggle to get rid of the last body with the large police presence after their parents death. Malakai is seemingly using Adriel without meaning to, having sex with her - orgasming / making her orgasm, only to back out and say they can't do it again even after chasing her. He still self harms. Azalea was molesting Malakai since he was 13-18 right before her death. This was also the first time he self harmed by accident but got relief. Adriel gets caught masturbating to Kai by Uncle Bennett and he forbids them from being alone ever again. Malakai is still playing hot and cold ever since getting caught. Adriel is starting to experience more delusions and is going to try to make him jealous at the party they're going to. Making him jealous worked and he pushed her into the first room he saw before fucking her. They got caught by Bridget and she began recording them and Adriel whacked her with a trophy. Then her boyfriend came in the room, they ran out of the house. The video was posted online and they tell uncle Bennett - he doesn't help he ends up dead with a cracked skull. Adriel and Malakai go on the run after that, when Kai is sleep in the hotel she just slips away and ends up hitchhiking and the hitchhiker takes advantage of her, making her suck his dick. She ended up killing him by slitting his throat, leaving his body and stealing his car. Adriel told him that she has the same "gift" as Azalea with visions. Later they drive away trying to stay clear from motels as they saw the APB out for themselves about their incestual behavior and murder. They end up stopping and meeting this couple that immediately wanted to rape and kill them both. They end up dying by the hands of Malakai with Adriel's help. Adriel later mutilated them and put their heads on each other's bodies changing the couple's names to Handsie and stinky baby. After hitchhiking with Adriel, Malakai goes to the store for her and gets shot at by the shop keeper, recognizing him. He was going to sell him out for the reward. He was shot in the thigh. 17 year old Adriel thinks she's pregnant with her brothers baby. The siblings meet their cousin and he says that he saw their video online and he wants to help them but in all actuality he saw the video and wanted to see them fuck. Though still helpful very creepy. They changed their identity with the help of their cousin Mikkel. Adriel is now Adeline and Malakai is Matias. Adriel has a baby girl named Ashes. Adriel finally lets out a tear after looking at her daughters blood painting and that's how it ends.
Final thoughts:
Hauntingly beautiful quote from the author,"Even my soul screams with agony when I cry out my release."