This book was written well from beginning to end and totally worth your time and effort. It was heart-wrenching and shook me to the bone.
Recommended.

It was a great read. I feel the character development was good and I would recommend to friends.

Could you provide loving care for the parent who abused you? That question is at the heart of SLEIGHT. Bryce has to return to her hometown to care for her father, who suffers from dementia. The book explores the tricky dynamic between the love an abused child feels for the abuser and the deep-seated anger that is also present. This was a particularly difficult read, deeply emotional and heart-rending.

I'm really not sure how I felt about this book. I liked that there was redemption and forgiveness, but felt that it just was way too quick and neatly packaged. The writing was very good, but there was too much language at the beginning and I was glad that it tapered off as the story unfolded. The characters of Bryce and her dad were well depicted while Jackson remained somewhat of an enigma. So much of the story was depressing and a hard read, but the ending was full of hope.

Bryce comes home to find her ailing father suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. Struggling between her hatred of a man who had continuously hurt her and the obligation of caring for him, Bryce works through her feelings. As her father deteriorates and the walls between them come crumbling down, Bryce finds out secrets about her father that make her question everything she has ever known….
Sleight by Sloane Kady is not what I was expecting. Based on the synopsis on Goodreads, I thought this one was going to be a fast paced thriller; instead, I was met with a contemporary fiction that held small mysteries and little secrets. There isn’t a whole lot to the actual story, but plenty in the background that is slowly revealed throughout the story.
Bryce narrates the novel in full; she is complex, jaded and damaged. Coming from a dysfunctional family and a childhood that left much to be desired, she is full of hate. I found it hard to really like her, but perhaps, like the other characters in the novel, she never really let me in fully.
This novel moved extremely slowly, and since it is no surprise that I am a fan of a much faster-paced novel, I struggled to keep reading this one. I was ready to write a negative review, but in the end, this novel redeemed itself and became a very touching story of loss and redemption. By the time the novel’s title was poetically explained, I was a mess.
Although this novel is completely not what I was expecting, I did end up enjoying the resolution. I gave it 3.5/5 stars.

Bryce grew up in a shattered household where her brother died at a young age, her mother was addicted to drugs and her father was cold and abusive. Her prom night ends with her finding her mother dead in the bathtub and her first love and the one person she thought she could trust, Jackson, not showing up when she most needed him. Bryce takes off to try and make a life of her own, leave the past behind and try not to think about it again. Then one day, she receives a call that her father has been in an accident. She goes home to find that he actually has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and now she has to struggle between her lingering hatred for a man who never seemed to care and taking care of the only family she has left.

This is not a happy book. It is raw and emotional about a father/daughter relationship struggling with their past issues and trying to find a place of forgiveness while dealing with an illness that all but strips a man of who he is. I had moments of meh, moments of awwww and moments where I put my hand over my mouth after certain revelations were brought to fruition. It is beautifully written and by the time I came to the ending, I was fully invested in Bryce and her father. I only take a half star away because the scene with her doctor just seemed out of place and not needed for the story and for some reason that kept sticking with me as I continued to read.

I do implore you to give this book a chance as it is very emotional and deals candidly with broken families and the road to forgiveness, if it can be traveled on and what a bumpy ride it can be.

Wow, this was... I don't even know how to put it into words.
This book repeatedly broke my heart and patched it back up, only to throw another punch and tear it apart again.

The frame of this house is my bones, the walls my skin, the attic my mind, dusty and full of dark corners, and inside the belly in my father.


An equally beautiful and painful experience, full of agony, hope and desperation. And that writing...
I could never decide whether to laugh, cry, scream or swoon.

Now I'm getting the silent treatment. My father won't even look at me.
"You're going to have to give me something here. I don't know what you're still pissed about. It could be anything. really. Your injury, my being here, your gay nurse, the end of segregation. Come on, Dad. The suspense is killing me."


Sorry, guess I'm still a little rattled. It'll take some time for me to digest this powerful masterpiece and come up with an actual review.

When I first picked up Sleight, I wasn't expecting the story that I finished. I was thinking psychological thriller, not an emotional look into the hardship that is Alzheimer's and the divide between a father and daughter from years of abuse and secrets.

Bryce is called home after her father has an accident. As she is home, she soon discovers that her father crashed his car because he had an episode. The in-home care nurse informs her that he was diagnose with Alzheimer's a year prior. The story follows Bryce and her father trying to learn to live together and really get to know who the other person is while trying to help him through his sickness.

Without giving away spoilers, Bryce learns who her father rally is and why he was the abusive and absent father that he was, Long buried secrets are unearthed that shed new light on her father and why the love of her life left her in her hour of need back in high school. Can Bryce learn to forgive her father?

I highly recommend this book to anyone that knows someone, or who has personally dealt with the hardship that is Alzheimer's. Sloane Kady did an incredible job building the characters, showing the raw emotion, and helping the readers connect to them.

I was given a copy of this book by Blackweald Press for an honest review.

Sleight, by Sloane Kady is a phenomenally well-executed psychological suspense novel that keeps the reader engaged from beginning to end in order to discover the secrets within this very injured family. The voice of the protagonist, Bryce, is particularly compelling in its unique, sassy, punky style that shows the skill of a very sophisticated author. For a taste, readers should sample the first paragraph in which Bryce's voice and perspective is brilliantly conveyed with a in-your-face immediacy that promises to take you on a fast and curious ride...and then, importantly, Sleight does not fail on that promise, but pays out with continuous reveals and an inevitable yet surprising ending.
This is the first book I've read from this author, but will definitely not be my last as her style is so attractive. I highly recommend it to readers who enjoy delving into novels with unique and compelling voice, suspenseful reveals, and satisfying endings, but not afraid of the dark side of humanity.

Sleight by Sloane Kady is a phenomenally well-executed psychological suspense novel that keeps the reader engaged from beginning to end in order to discover the secrets within this very injured family. The voice of the protagonist, Bryce, is particularly compelling in its unique, sassy, punky style that shows the skill of a very sophisticated author. For a taste, readers should sample the first paragraph in which Bryce's voice and perspective is brilliantly conveyed with a in-your-face immediacy that promises to take you on a fast and curious ride...and then, importantly, Sleight does not fail on that promise, but pays out with continuous reveals and an inevitable yet surprising ending.
This is the first book I've read from this author, but will definitely not be my last as her style is so attractive. I highly recommend it to readers who enjoy delving into novels with unique and compelling voice, suspenseful reveals, and satisfying endings, but not afraid of the dark side of humanity.