I received this free eARC novel from NetGalley. This is my honest review.

This has been on my TBR pile for so long, and I'm glad I finally got around to it. I really enjoyed the storyline and seeing the characters change throughout the story was a great character development. The plot was great and kept my attention. I'm glad I got the chance to read this and will be on the lookout for more in the future!

I'm sorry I was not able to read and review this book before it was archived due to serious health issues.

A fascinating take on serial killers, with a touch of supernatural. Two parallel stories woven together until a climatic end. Thoroughly enjoyable

When Allie was growing up, her mother was crazy and murdered those who she wanted to or who the voices told her too. Later Allie's brother when she was sixteen, decided to kill and then he eventually committed suicide. Allie left home and wandered the streets and became a prostitute to survive, sleeping around with truck drivers. One day, she has enough and wanders back to her real home. One thing leads to another, and she is placed in foster care with Miss Bitty. During this time, Miss Bitty will help to show Allie that she is worth something and is stunning and not the Ugly Young Thing she has been brought up to believe she is. Running parallel to this story, another Serial Killer is on the loose killing women . I have to admit, in one way I thought that this killer might be connected to Allie but when the Killer was revealed that shocked me as I didn't view him as a killer. Ugly Young Thing was a fast-paced book and features murder, mystery, mayhem and mental health. Though this is part of the Strangers series, it could be read as a stand-alone.