Little Creeping Things by Chelsea Ichaso

Available June 2, 2020

For fans of unreliable narrators, Little Creeping Things will keep you guessing at each twist and turn. When Cassidy was only a child, she was involved a deadly fire that took the life of her best friend. Traumatized from the experience, her memories of the event are spotty at best but the event is never far from her mind. It doesn't help that her fellow classmates have never let her live the tragedy down.

When a classmate goes missing, Cassidy thinks she knows who kidnapped Melody but can't go to the police. After one too many drinks at a party, Cassidy confided in a friend about how easy it would be to kill Melody and get away with it. Not only did they plan out the murder, they wrote it down. In a notebook that is now missing. Also, Melody is the cousin of the young girl who died in the fire. Cassidy never meant for anything bad to happen to Melody, but now she can't feel responsible for what has happened.

It's all very complicated.

As Cassidy investigates Melody's disappearance, her world begins to spin out of control. Trying to protect others causes her to push away those most important to her and places them in even more danger. Along the way, Cassidy will discover who her true friends are and who she should have feared all along.

This is a fast paced, gripping story that kept me on the edge of my seat the entire book. Every single action by Cassidy seemed suspect, but there was also always a logical reason for her behavior. Every time I thought I knew who the bad guy was, something changed my mind and I was completely surprised at the ending. The traumatic fire Cassidy survived haunts every day and impacts nearly every action she takes. I can't imagine who difficult it must have been for her being taunted every day by the victim's family and not being able to do anything about it. Cassidy also never trusts herself. She doesn't trust her actions, her decisions, her memories, and her impulsive behavior always makes her seem guilty. Cassidy is a darkly complicated character that really drove the story.

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