A review by abbie_
The Lamb by Lucy Rose

dark medium-paced

3.5

I’m not quite sure what to make of this book. I don’t read a lot of books featuring cannibalism, but when I do it’s usually revealed later as a big twist. The Lamb just comes right out with the cannibalism on the first page, and we spend the rest of the book with Margot and her mam’s, ahem, unusual tastes. But considering it deals with two cannibals luring ‘strays’ into their homestead to cook and eat them, there’s not much tension. It’s a slow build, dwelling on the slimy, sticky bits of life. I liked that it was a horror novel more focused on relationships than gore (though there’s plenty of that too), and it was achingly sad in parts. But I also wanted a bit more feeling from it. 

I will say that the ending knocked it out of the park. I think a lot of authors shy away from taking big risks with their endings, but Lucy Rose has no such issues.