A review by chelz286
A Nest of Snakes by Deborah Vadas Levison

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

With the height of the Me Too Movements and trial outcomes being announced, this novel is a perfect read to bring to light the forefront of not just the women that were taken advantage of, but boys as well. This was at times a dark but good poignant read and the author did a great job at making her point about the seriousness of this all happening and the long-lasting effect on someone. Brandon is middle aged and has lost everything. His wife, his son, his ability to do anything really and he has also harbored a deep terrible secret that many around him would not have ever understood. This is the long-lasting effects of what can happen when someone was taken advantage of, and yet no one would do anything. Everyone always asks, "Why didn't you say anything?" and this novel dives right into that question and how things like this happen and stay buried even when many are involved. Very heartbreaking to read at times, I really loved how the author wrote Brandon character as well as Dylan's and how the court room played out as well. This is like a bad accident that we all slow down to gawk at, as we drive by. It is terrible, we are glad it was not us in that situation but we want to know what happened and why and how. This novel reads just like that, and I enjoyed every page of it. Thank you to the author for sending me a free ebook to read and review.
 
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