Heartbreaker: A Novel by Claudia DeyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Heartbreaker: A Novel by Claudia Dey imagines a world stuck in the 80s, 1985 specifically. For some of us, maybe that sounds pretty ideal. But paradise doesn't come without a cost. This society, one might even say cult, has some funky and dark social customs. They regularly collect the blood of the young. Gender roles are very defined. Clothing choices are regulated. So when an outsider, Billie Jean, shows up one day out of nowhere, you know things are going to get interesting.
What's really different is you don't learn Billie Jean's story from her. You learn it from three different narrators, her daughter, her dog, and a neighborhood boy. And because you see her story from these different perspectives, her mysteries are revealed slowly, and it takes time to connect all the dots. A few things I was able to anticipate early but much of it left me thinking, "I didn't see that coming!"
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