Review: A Little Bit Bad by Cassandra Neyenesch

 A Little Bit Bad by Cassandra Neyenesch

Blurb from Goodreads:

Perdita Jungfrau thought she was going to be married to her husband forever, so falling in love with Nando, her neighbor’s anarcho-Marxist roofer, is a crisis. Life seems to put every possible obstacle in their she’s pregnant, he has a girlfriend, he’s fifteen years younger, she’s terrified of messing up her children and equally drawn towards this magnetic man who entrusts her with his deepest secret.

Now it’s three years later and Nando has been murdered.

As her bewildered husband tries to make sense of the wildly unpredictable person his wife has become, Perdita has other things on her mind. For starters, who is the mysterious woman sitting outside her house in a parked car all day? How can she stop her adored baby brother from being pulled under by his opioid addiction? Can someone with a childhood like hers ever be the mother her children deserve?

And most of all, what should she do with the searing memories of the affair which turned her life upside down?

My Review:

When I tell you, reader, that I was not expecting the twist -- I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS TWIST.  This was told in the most quirky, best way.  I enjoyed every page, was kept guessing and absolutely loved the ending.  Give this a try!!

A Little Bit Bad comes out next week on May 5, 2026, and you can purchase HERE!  

I never made chicken for anyone, but I used to give boys presents, even when they didn't deserve them. It was exhilarating--to feel so bittersweet and forlorn. Like throwing stones into the ocean.