In true spooky season fashion, #ReadWithMC readers picked up a book that was bone-chilling, but not in the ghosts and ghouls way. In October, our book club members read Jessica Knoll's Bright Young Women, based on the very real, very horrific murders of Ted Bundy during the '70s. Rather than give any kind of spotlight to the murderer, Knoll instead tells the story through the perspective of the victims. In fact, Knoll doesn't mention the killer by name even once throughout the novel.
This female-centric point of view is especially what our readers raved about in their reviews. For example, @folklore.and.fiction wrote, "This story has the women at the forefront and I freaking loved the way it focused on raising their voices while erasing his name from the narrative altogether." Additionally, @alishaandbooks_ echoed a similar sentiment the rest of our #ReadWithMC felt, writing, "The way Jessica wrote it in the perspective of the victims was amazing. It truly made the book unputdownable." All in all, it's safe to say this book earned a five-star rating among our readers.
