ONCE IN A LIFETIME
Three low-income families have been given a handsome retainer to join Geraldine Borden for a day at her cliffside estate. All the parents must do to collect the rest of their money is allow their children to test out the revolutionary playground equipment Geraldine has been working on for decades. But there’s a reason the structures in the bowels of her gothic castle have taken so long to develop—they were never meant to see the light of day.
When a band of dysfunctional children is suddenly thrust into a diabolical realm of violence, they must grow up instantly to have a chance at survival. Will they find a way to put their differences aside, or be swallowed up by the insidious architecture all around them?
I knew this book would be a hard read when I started, I mean, it's a book about killing kids on a playground. But honestly, this is the first book that totally grossed me out to where I had to take a hiatus from reading for a week or so because it was so gross. "Was it how the children died?" you may ask. Nope, it wasn't because of that. The chapter towards the beginning where we learn a bit about Geraldine and take a glimpse into her fantasies turned my stomach. Well, not literally, but I was pretty grossed out; it stuck with me for a while and I had to take a break. After that I started back up with the book and it was fine. Will I read another by this author? Probably not, I think I may have found my line in the sand.
P.S. Please don't judge me by this book; I'm already doing that myself! 😉
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