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Book SynopsisTrade Review“An intriguing, complex story, a hard-nosed, lyrical, teenage take on Peyton Place.” —Publishers Weekly “A chillingly perverse tale in which secrets are buried, then unearthed…Very earnest plot.” —USA Today “An imaginative, gothic tale.” —Rocky Mountain News “Solid debut novel…An absorbing tale.” —Kansas City Star “Tormented families…unspeakable secrets…a bloodthirsty young man. No, it’s not Anne Rice, but her twenty-one-year-old son, Christopher.” —Village Voice “[Rice’s] characters speak and act with an ease that proves [him] to be wiser than his years.” —Austin Chronicle “He’s learned…a storyteller’s sense of timing. And he capably brings a gay teen’s inner turmoil to life.” —Seattle Weekly