![]() Small towns are never short on scandals, and Barrens is no exception-but Abby could never have prepared herself for how all these things are related and the spiral they are about to lead her down. ![]() ![]() ![]() But along with the perils of returning to a place she’s run from (a topic which has always interested me in literature and film), the Optimal case also ends up sucking Abby back into old scandals-like the disappearance of her former best friend and the high school’s resident mean girl, Kaycee Mitchell, as well as a nude photo scandal and general shadiness from the town’s residents. But in case you haven’t, let’s recap:īonfire is a suspense/psychological thriller novel by Krysten Ritter, who, prior to penning this novel, was best known for being an actress in shows like Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (hilarious), Breaking Bad (I’m still pissed off at Walter White for this one), and Jessica Jones.īonfire tells the story of Abby Williams, an environmental lawyer living in Chicago who ends up returning to her small, rural hometown of Barrens, Indiana for a case revolving around the town’s new factory, Optimal, and their possible contamination of the water supply. If you’ve been floating around the bookish community over the past few months, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve already heard of Bonfire. “Some of us are out of place even when we are home.” ![]()
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