Stephanie Kuehn

Expelled from boarding school for nearly killing a classmate, seventeen-year-old troublemaker Sadie Su interferes in the life of an old childhood friend with dark secrets and his younger brother whose visions predict a violent event at school.

A Novel

Delicate Monsters

Jen Estrella

“The most dangerous lie in America isn't a political one," he'd told her, as he stood by the plate glass window, gazing down at the frigid Helsinki skyline. "It's the lie that who we are is some fixed self-determined truth. That there's some absolute us-ness in our character that's unchangeable and real, and that we have an obligation to be true to this us-ness, no matter the cost. As if who we are could exist in the absence of other people. We're no more eternal than a single star, Sadie. Remember that. We shine. We burn out. But together, we can light the sky."


Okay. What was that.

- Kuehn's characters are bizarre af. 
- I cringed. so many times. 
- plus points for the in-depth character portraits
- that ending makes me want to cry
- warning: do not read if you want closure (you're doomed if you do)

María Belén

3.5 stars

Well, that was fucked up. 

I love Kuehn's writing but this time I wasn't as invested as before. I liked the characters and the story but it didn't entertain me as much as her previous books.

This book is very psychological, very twisted and a bit dark at times and that's what I love about her books. So even if I didn't enjoyed it much I still think it's very very good.

Delicate Monsters A Novel

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