Honey by Imani Thompson
Yrsa didn’t mean to kill… but once she started, it was too satisfying to stop.
Pre-Reading Thoughts
The premise is deliciously uncomfortable: Yrsa is clever, morally flexible, and fully aware of her own justifications. You know she’s not exactly “the good guy,” but the question is: how far will boredom and perceived injustice push her? I’m bracing for tense psychology and slippery ethics.
Post-Reading
As I thought… Yrsa is sneaky, sharp, and chillingly logical in her own mind. The book immediately puts you in her perspective, making her justifications and decisions eerily understandable. You’re along for the ride as she tests boundaries, and the tension never lets up.
It surprised me by… …how much I didn’t like her and yet couldn’t entirely dismiss her reasoning. The story lingers in that gray area where the people she targets aren’t wholly innocent, which makes the moral tension addictive. And the ending? That abrupt stop instead of a neat conclusion is infuriating - but perfectly intentional. It leaves the discomfort with the reader, which is the point.
Music Pairing
🎵 Featured Song: Criminal - Fiona Apple
🎶 Vibe Album: Strange Mercy - Strange Mercy
🎧 Artist Recommendation: Bat for Lashes - dark, introspective, and morally complicated.
Vibe Check
Colour Palette: honey gold, shadowed amber, deep midnight
Soundtrack: quiet tension, buzzing insects, muffled city noise
Season: late summer - heat making people restless
Mood: uncomfortable, tense, morally grey
Scent: warm honey, bitter coffee, faint floral undertone
Tarot Pull
7 of Swords
Yrsa embodies the trickster energy of the 7 of Swords. Clever, secretive, and morally ambiguous, she tests the boundaries of what she can get away with. The card also hints at consequences lurking just out of sight, echoing the tension that runs through the book.
For Fans Of
Book: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
TV: Killing Eve - clever, morally complicated women who walk the line between admiration and frustration.