Savage Tongues by Azareen Van Dee Lit Vliet Oloomi was for me a complex, intense, dark and intriguing storyline. In my opinion, the author did a good job creating and developing the characters. Without giving away any spoilers, I was drawn into Arezu’s story and found myself both shocked, horrified and saddened as events in her life began to unfold. The author is to be commended for her writing because you could almost feel the pain and trauma Ariel experienced especially as she struggled to understand and come to terms with the affair she had as a teenager with an older man that occurred decades earlier. Arezu and her friend Ellie discuss these events and bring the memories and ghosts of Arezu’s pain and trauma so that Arezu can begin her healing journey. I received an Advance Reader Copy and these opinions are solely my own. This book is well written and I rated it a four.