Sleight
by Sloane Kady
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Pub Date May 31 2016 | Archive Date Jan 23 2017
Description
How is love measured? By how much you're willing to bleed for another person? Do they show you one of those pain-rating scales and ask how much your relationship hurts? Point to the most anguished face and win a prize. Congratulations! You must truly be loved.
At what point is it more humane to just rip each other's hearts out instead of cutting each other open with sharp words and lies? If love is measured in scars and sacrifices, I win.
"Your dad's been in an accident, Bryce."
"You're all he has, Bryce."
"Do the right thing, Bryce."
And I do, because I'm reluctantly good, even though my father only knows how to make me bleed.
I leave the bright colors of Seattle for my father's stagnant world and his decaying mind. He doesn't want me around, but he needs my memories. I don't want to be around, but maybe I need closure before the cloaked man takes him away forever, just like my mother and brother. Only thing is, I never learned to be careful what I asked for, and when I tear down the wall separating my father and me and find that everything I knew about him was a façade concealing unimaginable truths, forgiveness will come easy, but rectification might cost me everything.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
-- Tom Deady, author of THE LAKE and ETERNAL DARKNESS.
"Kady has solid command of her writing: it flows naturally and often strikes deeply profound and poetic notes that resonate, make the reader pause and think "yeah, I can completely understand that thought or that emotion," just because of how she frames things. Sloane Kady writes like a more sarcastic Jodi Picoult, which for this reader, who loves Picoult and sarcasm is a very very good thing. I look forward to her next books and stories. She's going to be reliably great. Mark my words."
-- Benjamin Kane Ethridge - author of BLACK & ORANGE winner of the Bram Stoker Award.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 1780986279034 |
| PRICE | $12.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Nancy B, Reviewer
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.
Jessica M, Reviewer
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.
Robin R, Reviewer
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.
Annika B, Reviewer
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.
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