Ghoul Von Horror's Reviews > With Teeth

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TW: Child abduction, rape, cheating, strong sexual descriptions, toxic relationships, toxic parent and child relationships, blood, murder

About the book:If she's being honest, Sammie Lucas is scared of her son. Working from home in the close quarters of their Florida house, she lives with one wary eye peeled on Samson, a sullen, unknowable boy who resists her every attempt to bond with him. Uncertain in her own feelings about motherhood, she tries her best--driving, cleaning, cooking, prodding him to finish projects for school--while growing increasingly resentful of Monika, her confident but absent wife. As Samson grows from feral toddler to surly teenager, Sammie's life begins to deteriorate into a mess of unruly behavior, and her struggle to create a picture-perfect queer family unravels. When her son's hostility finally spills over into physical aggression, Sammie must confront her role in the mess--and the possibility that it will never be clean again.
Release Date: June 1st, 2021
Genre: LGBTQ
Pages: Fiction
Rating: ⭐ 0.5

What I Liked:
• After an interaction with a character I like the the perspective from them

What I Didn't Like:
• The bait & switch plot
• The over the topic sex scenes
• The blood

Overall Thoughts: I guess what I thought I was getting with this book was a creepy book about a woman who felt as though her relationship with her son was hell, but what I got was an over-sexed erotic story about a horny lesbian. Talk about a bait and switch!

This book started out pretty good. A mother with a son who seems a little off on the emotional department when it comes to loving his mother. I was hoping for a story in the same vain of We Need to Talk About Kevin sadly this book was NOTHING like that. It feels more like Samson is more of an afterthought to Sammie's sexual conquests and over the top sex scenes. Monika is almost non-existent in this book showing up only to prove how fucked up these two women are and toxic they can be to one another, including their own child.

It's disgusting how Sammie treats Samson when it comes to sexual moments almost treating him as though he is more of a friend than her own son. Like driving around the kids for the swim met and staring at a picture of a vagina with a car full of boys. I can almost guarantee that if roles were reversed a man was doing the same thing but girls were in the car this book would be rated way lower. Sammie then goes on to tell Samson that yeah she has and loves sex and it's okay.

I seriously don't know what I was reading at that point. Like why?

Oh and I am sorry but I don't want to read about period blood dripping out of another woman's mouth. Like spare us this. Instead of trying to stun us with these over the top antics why not put that energy into a good story that is about what the plot is supposed to be about.

The ending is all tied up but not really it's a confusing ending. Did Samson make it up? Is Sammie lying to cover her trail.

Final Thoughts: This book is so far from what it says its about. It's about a woman who's in a loveless marriage and who is a terrible mother. This book is 200 pages too long. Nothing happens in the middle. Could have made a good short story.

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