Review: Fierce Little Thing - Miranda Beverly-Whittemore - July 2021 I have to admit this was a hard book to read as it didn't have a linear feel to it and constantly jumped back and forth between timelines and the character's story was confusing at times and you were like - ok, what just happened and I felt it was one of those stories where you just have to nod your head and read on and pretend that you understand what the heck is going on. The book starts with a sister and a brother and then tragedy strikes and we learn the brother dies, the father goes to prison and the mother takes off to Mexico. The girl then goes to live with her grandmother but then her grandmother pawns her on to another family. The girl moves in with a new family where she meets her new "brother" Xavier and his dad Phil. Soon Phil takes Xavier and Saskia to a cult-like commune in the middle of the forest where they meet Abraham - the cult leader. They learn a new way of life called Unthinging...