When this book begins, Kenetria Nash comes to after six years of absence from her consciousness. While she's been MIA, her headmates Della, Solomon, Keke, Empress, Mesmer, and Lurk have been running their collective body, dealing with the pandemic and losing their job and home. When Ken comes back, however, she's heading toward a new job as caretaker of a historic castle on a remote island. It's a strange job to be sure, even more so when Ken arrives and discovers that the castle is exactly like the building she and her headmates share in their shared consciousness. Something is definitely wrong here, and Ken has no idea how to even begin figuring it out.
I'm always wary about books that use disassociative identity disorder (multiple personalities) as a primary plot device, as there's a long history of the disorder being sensationalized and it's tricky to get right in fiction. That wariness holds true with this one, as it's confusing (intentionally) and the diagnosis is what leads Ken and her headmates to be imperiled in the book. There are some who would find this fascinating, I'm sure, but I can't say this is one I'll be recommending widely.
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