Thank you to BookSirens for an ARC of Little Johnny Wants to Play by Michael Devereaux. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This is a very good book. Dark and twisty. Good characters for the most part.

But the writing. It felt like it needed some polishing. Just not crisp enough. The dialogue felt like a script rather than two characters having a conversation. It turned me off a bit and kept me from giving this 4 stars.