Review: Sugar and Skulls - L.M. Terry

Sugar and Skulls by L.M. Terry
My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - L.M. Terry

Sugar and Skulls is a standalone novel by L.M. Terry. The books focus is primarily on Jesse a young woman who has been through everything that life could throw at someone so young. After the death of her grandparents, Jesse is thrown into the system (which doesn’t treat her too kindly). When she is with one foster family, she meets a tattooed man whose words she keeps close to her heart for a long time, not knowing that it also closes her off to the rest of the world and the good people around her.

Dirk was the tattooed man who one saw what was happening to Jesse and tried to give her some advice to live by, not knowing that he may have helped to create the vixen haired monster in front of him.

We’re bounced through Jesse’s life and all that she has to endure, whilst hearing from other characters about what they see in her and how she is important to them (Jesse just doesn’t realise it). Jesse’s life is full of tribulations, heartache with a side helping of joy as she comes to depend on her new family and what they will do for her in order for her to survive.

This story was intense. There is so much going on and lots of different storylines which all come together in the end. The main focus of the book is certainly Jesse and then her relationship with Dirk, but there are also other characters such as Dan and Raffe who play an integral role in Jesse’s life and story as a whole.

This book is different from anything I have read before. Yes, it’s about an MC, yes it has an age-gap romance, yes its about personal growth, but it is so much more than that. A fast page-burning your fingertips read! I certainly can’t wait to read more form this author! Note – there may be triggers for some readers.

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