The summary of this book showed a lot of promise and I was really excited to read it. I'm all for murderous dolls! However I felt there was so much repetition and redundancy that I couldn't see this as a horror novel. I didn't feel any tension and I was indifferent with everything by the end. If a lot of the redundancy got cut out, it would be an amazing horror novel as the plot is incredible and I enjoyed the writing style.

I love a good creepy story about a murderous cursed doll. And this one works when that's the focus. Unfortunately, there's too much other stuff packed in to really make it effective as a horror novel.

A girl wakes up one day to find a man she met killed and bloodied in his room. She's clutching a porcelain doll and doesn't remember anything.

We'll find out that in the past, there have been other murders which are linked to her including her mother, stepfather, and a foster father. But she has no memories about these events and each time, that doll has been present with her. So is she a murderer or is the doll to blame?

That's all fine and good. I'm into it. But these characters are redundant and soon become so repetitious in their thoughts that It became a struggle to read at times.

Relationship problems which don't further the plot, a lot of angst and repetitive dialogue put the brakes on any tension built up.

I found some of the "good" guys to be so annoying I was hoping they would become victims.

There's a good scary story within and the author writes well but you have to dig through all the dietrus to get to it.