Elizabeth Engstrom's WHEN DARKNESS LOVES US has been called everything from dark and soul crushing to a "paperback from hell" but we call it one of the finest literary explorations of trauma in recent memory. In this episode, we discuss what makes a monster, how trauma gets replicated, and what it means when monstrosity cloaks itself as maternal indifference. On this podcast we talk blood, guts, and spoilers so listener discretion is advised.