While most kids look forward to their eighteenth birthday and all the wonderful things that come with it–graduating high school and heading to college, living independently, and heading towards the next stages in life. For Elwood that excitement is nonexistent. When Elwood graduates it is expected for him to join his father and dedicate his life to the Garden of Adam, a congregation. Little does he know the church, and the woods, demand a blood sacrifice, and Elwood is to be that sacrifice. Desperate to escape he turns to Wil, a classmate who’s mother has been missing for over a year, a classmate that believes Elwood’s father had something to do with her mother’s disappearance, but nothing can prepare them for the realities that they soon uncover.
Together We Rot is a rather twisted, gothic young adult novel with a little romance thrown in (I honestly skimmed that part; not my thing). It was a little slow at times for my tastes, as sections seemed to drag a little. I liked that there are multiple points of view, allowing the reader to experience the actions, emotions and motives of the characters better, although I struggled to connect with any of the characters. Normally I am a huge fan of novels involving cults, mystery, or the paranormal, but I struggled a little with it. I think that there is an amazing novel within the pages and ideas in Together We Rot, but that it was not executed as well as it could have been.
Together We Rot is a rather twisted, gothic young adult novel with a little romance thrown in (I honestly skimmed that part; not my thing). It was a little slow at times for my tastes, as sections seemed to drag a little. I liked that there are multiple points of view, allowing the reader to experience the actions, emotions and motives of the characters better, although I struggled to connect with any of the characters. Normally I am a huge fan of novels involving cults, mystery, or the paranormal, but I struggled a little with it. I think that there is an amazing novel within the pages and ideas in Together We Rot, but that it was not executed as well as it could have been.