Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

Meet Hanna.

She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only person who understands her, and all Hanna wants is to live happily ever after with him. But Mommy stands in her way, and she’ll try any trick she can think of to get rid of her. Ideally for good.

Meet Suzette.

She loves her daughter, really, but after years of expulsions and strained home schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day. As Hanna’s tricks become increasingly sophisticated, and Suzette's husband remains blind to the failing family dynamics, Suzette starts to fear that there’s something seriously wrong, and that maybe home isn’t the best place for their baby girl after all.

From blazing new talent Zoje Stage, Baby Teeth is a story about a perfect-looking family, and a darling little girl who wants nothing more than to kill her mother.  

First I want to thank Net Galley, St. Martins Press and Zoje Stage for the opportunity to read this book before it hits shelves next month. WOW is all I can say. I will say that this may not be for everyone, but it is a good book. I was hesitant to start it just from reading the blurb, but I read it in one day. I had to know what was going on with little Hanna and her mommy. I was a little turned off on some things that Hanna did, I won't lie. This book is different from any other book that I read just because I think the villain is a child, and not an adult. This story is told from Hanna and Suzette's point of view. I liked that, because yeah Hanna doesn't talk but we get to see her view on things. At the beginning I didn't care for Alex, the husband, just because I thought that he was spoiling and not listening to his wife when she would tell him the things that Hanna had done. I like the fact that Suzette stood firm in her belief that there was something wrong with her daughter. I also liked that they finally found some one that was willing to help them as a family. The ending was a little rushed for me, but all in all it wasn't a bad book.