Now, before you even start naysaying about how this story has been told before I need you to kindly STFU. Even Mark Twain said, “There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely; but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all the ages.�� So yes, simply put this story has been told before . . . . For Milla, it’s a headlong rush into first love. Like her character, Scanlen makes every moment count – a single loaded look, which sweeps between her parents and Moses, contains a symphony of emotions, starting with adolescent defiance and ending with an ache of uncertainty and longing. This kid. Mmmmm, she is not messing around. I WANTED to get away from her and she's a fictional character.

Hanna, the 7-year-old at the center of this novel should, be all accounts, be a wonderful, well-adjusted child. The daughter of two loving parents, Hanna has been raised since birth by her stay-at-home mother and doted on by her loving father. I allowed other peoples opinions to sway my own when it came to this book, and that was not fair to the book or to the author! Adelai, Amina; Farran-Lee, Lydia (25 January 2021). "Charter och Spring Uje spring tog hem de tunga priserna". SVT (in Swedish) . Retrieved 25 January 2021.This story is a story you think you know. It's a classic The Omen-style, evil child trope, which frankly, is one of my favorites. Suzette and her husband, Alex, work hard to provide, Hanna, a stable environment where she can grow and flourish in. I believe I’m going to bust out my complement sandwich for this review... as a refresher a complement sandwich is good/bad/good.... so in short the bad is sandwiched in between the good..... I also want to make it very clear that I read this with a group and I was in the true minority on this.... so the opinions in this review are absolutely my own and my review should be read with the understanding that this book is unquestionably not for everybody....

As a parent this book has left me stunned. It makes you think. Really think. All psychopaths and sociopaths were once children. Can this type of mental illness really be reversed if caught early enough? The writing was so good that I felt every emotion these parents felt. I hear this one will be made into a movie. I really can't wait. Because of Hanna's need for control, she finds comfort in solitude and math. Hanna knows she's different and not in a good way: "She knew what adults liked and didn’t like: rabbit-like girls who kept still and never raised their voice were good; dragon-like girls who roared and stomped and flew and generated their own fire were bad." Mommy notices Hanna's failings the most, so she faces the full brunt of Hanna's wrath. The pressure to be something she's not is too much for Hanna. A fear of failure stunts her growth (refusal to talk, refusal to draw). She's terrified of going to school and freaks out at the mention of it. She's drawn to ugly stuffed creatures, relieved to have a friend that is "ugly, broken." One could say Grehan mixed Meyer’s and Le Fanu’s works to create what is this book. Grehan not only uses poetry like the vampires in Meyer’s books, but she also makes the main character seem more humane because she drinks blood from the hospital without supposedly killing humans. This is similar to how Meyer’s vegetarian vampires only drink animal blood to survive. The synopsis here is straightforward. Hanna loves Daddy. Hanna does not love Mommy. In fact, things would be perfect if Mommy wasn’t in the picture at all. Imagine having someone who you expect will love you, not love you. And not only do they not love you? They LOATHE you.Being as Baby Teeth doesn’t come out for another seven months, I’m a little hamstrung when it comes to doing much more than singing its praises. To be honest, I’m not even sure if I’m supposed to be posting a review, but since I didn’t receive any blatant instructions not to, I will wait for my cease and desist letter before taking this down : ) Grehan’s main difference from these well known vampire literature is that the vampires reincarnate, rather than live in the same body for eternity. This main difference makes the book stand out from it’s influences, however if the book wasn’t written in prose, the readers may be able to get more out of it. When reading about the reincarnation she left plot holes such as how the main character finds the two other vampires she lives with. She simply leaves it as they eventually find each other, which doesn’t make much sense. Does this mean all of them go into the adoption system and can only find each other once they’re grown? She mentions that the two other vampires are older than her, so does this mean they are always old enough to adopt her by the time she’s born? Dalton, Ben (4 October 2019). "Picturehouse Entertainment acquires Venice Competition title 'Babyteeth' for UK". Screen Daily . Retrieved 5 October 2019. Between this and Alex, Hannah’s father, I just started to get even more frustrated. He was completely useless in this story due to denial and constantly saying “älskling” and “lilla gumman” 39,827 times in this novel was overkill. It completely took me out of the reading experience since his character irritated me and not in a cool or evil way.