what. the. O_O.

A book that totally channels Edward Gory - In this book we get a niece. Who, gets shuffled from aunt to aunt as each relative dies in rather mysterious circumstances (or not).

First, the book is fun. Makes me a bit nervous being an aunt myself to a naughty little girl... But, very derivative of Edward Gory. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but, I would have liked something a bit more original.

Graphics are fun, Cherise is obviously a troubled young lady. The aunts are fun - from doddering fools, to artsy hippie's... they are all good. The rhymes describing each aunt are also well done - not high poetry, but fun.

Totally a good book for aunts (or anyone who likes a creepy kid with a dark tale). ( )

As soon as I read it's opening paragraph, I knew this book was going to be absolute fun. Cherise is a self-made orphan, who methodically eliminates her aunts, one by one (and two at a time in the case of the twin aunts), until she finally runs out of aunts. The illustrations are morbid, drawn only black and white, and reveal a sinister eight-year-old girl with fangs who is very creative with her methods of murder, varying her M.O. from bug spray in the aunt’s tea to stabbing one aunt with the Christmas star tree-topper.

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