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This really made me think. About motherhood and the lengths we‘ll go to keep our kids comfortable. Mysterious murder at an upscale private school, unreliable narrators, 4 year olds that start to crave drinking blood, and parents who see fit to satisfy that craving? This is a bit bonkers but well written and so compelling. Baker writes a great psychological, suburban thriller that makes you question everything. #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

There were things I really appreciated about this book... the metaphor (though heavy-handed) worked for me, but it would have worked better in a novella format. Maybe stronger on the satire? I think it took itself a bit too seriously, and the ending left me unsatisfied.

This one is a weird and wild ride 😅 It's a lot. Kinda silly, kinda brilliant. Definitely one big metaphor for how much of ourselves we moms give (and are EXPECTED to give) to our little ones.

This book got better as it went along. Surprisingly nuanced tale of motherhood and its sacrifices. ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

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I feel like an outlier here because most didn‘t really like this all that much, but I‘m over here loving it. It didn‘t feel like any other murder mystery out there, that‘s for sure. Yeah, it did wax on about the woes and worries of motherhood quite a lot, so if that‘s not something you‘ll be into…than it might not be a good fit. January LaVoy was flipping fantastic, she might have something to do with why I enjoyed this as much as I did.

It‘s a pick, but not a super pick. I found myself skimming pages in the middle of the book, and it seemed that I‘d get interested in what was happening to one character only to be met with another mom‘s POV in the following chapter. The book does spotlight an interesting theme of how much a mom gives up of herself by being a mom, but there were many storylines happening, too much for my beginning of the school year teacher brain.

“She hates those (stretch marks), has no interest in making peace with them. And this is to say nothing of her breasts, which used to be quite nice before her kids literally ate them. Lately, she‘s been able to crunch them up in her fists like stress balls. They didn‘t use to do that.” 😩😭🤣🤣🤣

Such #DramaQueens in this mommy thriller, but one of the FUNNIEST thrillers I‘ve read. The police interviews of the kids were SO WELL DONE in the audiobook! 🤩👍🏻

A classroom of 4 year olds starts drinking their mother‘s blood. Then their teacher is murdered. There are tiny bloody footprints near her. A group of 3 classroom moms with different feelings about the teacher start looking into who she is while trying to protect their kids from blame.

Book 160📚 3.5⭐️

It wasn‘t quite up to “Baby Teeth” for me but was still hella interesting!

I‘ve been dealing with a similar problem, with little baby piranha teeth back there😂🦷

Is it paediatric Renfield Syndrome? Or something much more sinister?🩸

Another great premise for a book, with the added deliciousness of a horror element! What would you do if your child and/or the other children in their preschool class developed a taste for blood? Well, if you‘re anything like the mothers in this book you‘ll protect them, lie for them, and even indulge them with the hope that this too shall pass. I loved how the author also introduced the very relatable themes of possibly losing one‘s identity ⬇️

So fun! I loved this one! 🖤🧛🏼

At the Little Academy, mothers fret over their preschoolers, who have developed an unsettling medical syndrome. The children‘s odd craving for blood is considered relatively benign (to everyone except their beleaguered moms) until a young teacher is found dead and the only potential witnesses are ten adorable 4-year-olds.