Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for allowing me to read an ARC of Gretchen.

This book was a little slow for me in the beginning, but once I got going it was great! This was a well written and creepy book that had me wondering what the heck was going on! The ending was amazing fast paced and not far fetched. This was my first book by Shannon Kirk and now I want to read her other books!

Lucy has always felt like a pariah. Ever since she was a toddler, she and her mother have been on the run, never staying in any one place for long. Now, her mother has settled in the wilds of New Hampshire where they share a home with a man and his daughter, Gretchen. Finally, Lucy has someone her own age to talk to, share secrets and laugh with. But it soon becomes obvious that Lucy’s new home is anything but the safe haven she and her mother thought it was. Kids and teenagers make some of the creepiest of villains, maybe because we expect them to be so innocent. Kirk’s book will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand right up