She knew something was wrong, but she continued to push it aside because she was more concerned with understanding and getting to know the person who claimed to be her mother.

A lot of Monica's inability to recognize the issues with Grace is specifically related to her desire to have a mother in the first place. However, I think I was able to get past some of this when I reframed the story from the lens of a child desperately looking for the love of a mother. It makes them more difficult to connect to as a reader. It can been frustrating to know that Grace is something pure evil while the characters appear to be extremely naïve. One of the struggles that I had with this book which seems to be shared by a lot of reviewers is the knowledge that readers are gifted while the main characters stay in the dark. As the novel progresses, she begins to transform into something much younger while Grace begins to slowly age. It is clear from the very beginning that something is wrong with Grace. Desperate to get answers related to her family, Monica invites grace into her home to become better acquainted with her family.

Nana focuses on the family of Monica and Troy who end up meeting Monica's supposed long lost mother Grace at the funeral of Monica's grandmother. Some scenes in this book are not for the faint of heart and definitely made me cringe. Massey definitely didn't fail in writing a compelling and fascinating horror story that appears to make so much commentary on mother figures and abandonment. I was extremely excited to get to this one for Blackoweenathon and was prepared to be completely and totally freaked out. I've been hearing so much about Nana lately specifically from Bre the Loc'D Booktician.

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