A review by jillifred
The Mud Ballad by Jo Quenell

5.0

This starts with a gut punch and you never really get a chance to catch your breath. In the best way. In a relatively short book, Jo pulls the full spectrum of human emotion out of you. It’s fun. It’s scary. It’s creepy. It’s heart wrenching. It’s beautiful. We all just want to be loved and heard. But we get so caught up in the how and sometimes that leads to actions you can’t take back. Even when you really really try! I loved this book. Will definitely be worth a revisit very soon to catch the layers I missed during the first read. Excellent first novella for Jo! (Hard to believe it’s the first!)