Daniel Manly is an orphan living on the streets in 19th century London when he encounters a shadow figure he names "Father". Father guides him in his acquisition of wealth, ultimately leading to his delve into madness. Daniel is narcissistic, vain and from what I can tell, psychotic. He believes that Father is leading him to rid the world of those he has deemed inferior.
This book is disturbing, graphic and a true horror novel. I'm not one who is easily affected by stuff like this as I love a good serial killer book complete with pictures. My issue with the book and why I only gave it three stars is it is very wordy. The chapters are long and at times the descriptions were repetitive, and I found myself skimming. Overall while I found the premise interesting it just fell flat for me. This is the first in a series of three, so maybe the other two worth my trying. I received this book free from Booksirens for an honest review.
(My maiden name is Manley so of course, I had to at least give this book a chance.)
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