Review: The Goat Children

The Goat Children by Jordan Elizabeth Mierek
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Chosen By The Goat Children


This is a stand alone book as far as I can tell.


I choose to believe this is a modern fantasy though I can see the argument for shared delusions. This writer has never written anything but fantasy and I use that as my justification. While dark, as a fantasy this story works, leaving the audience with a happy ending. I can't see her can't see her writing a tragedy. With that in mind, I still do not think this book would be appropriate for any but the maturest of young adult readers and strongly advise caution when sharing this book with anyone under the age of 18.


Keziah’s had a rough time of it lately. Being almost accosted by a man on the subway extoring the dangers of "Goat Children" did not help. Only she could draw the attention of a crazy drunk guy on the subway the one day she is running late and has forgotten her phone! Finding out her Oma (grandmother) is suffering from dementia is just the icing on the cake. Keziah’s solilution is to move in with her Oma and give her the care she needs to stay at home. Even if it means missing her family... Even if she has to enroll in public high school and deal with all that entails. Her Oma needs her. This is her duty. The strange comments from the drunk on the subway keep haunting her though. What or who are the Goat Children? Are they realbor pure fantasy? How can some drunk in New York and her grandmother both know of them? Can her Oma truly be as old as she has said? How could that be possible? Why does her Oma hate her father and her baby sister so much? What is the big secret noone will let her in her on? Can she actually take care of her grandmother and still finish school all on her own? Why does it have to be all up to her?


***This book is suitable for adult readers who enjoy dark matter modern fantasy with plenty of drama centered around the real sadness and tragedy of the disease dementia with a lot of mystery, suspense and thrills and a dash or two of romance :)

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