The Thickety is a sinister, magical debut with a marvelous and shocking heroine. J.A. Whiteโs elegant writing and masterful plot kept me turning pages late into the night.
Lisa McMannAnd then they kiss. Slowly, gently. Because with the right person, sometimes kissing feels like healing.
Lisa McMannAnd he's pressing into her and she into him, bodies shivering, like they are two scared, lost children, starving, starving to be touched, to be held, by someone, anyone, the first one they can find who seems familiar enough, safe enough, strong enough to rescue them. They breathe, heavy. Hard. Their fingers strain at cotton. And then they slow down. Stop. Hold. Rest. Before one of them, or both, begins to sob. Before they break another piece that needs to be fixed.
Lisa McMann