PositiveChicago Review of BooksA tightrope act between high-concept smut and feminist critique ... Saenz doesn’t waste a moment ... Transcends the typical provocations of spicy-pepper-emoji BookTok romance, opting for tense, nasty and perfectly overimaginative prose designed to actually test one’s sensibilities ... Frustratingly, these blistering passages stand in stark contrast to much of the story we’re originally promised, which is too often mired in wooden teen sex comedy dialogue ... I found this strain of humor to be 200 Monas’ biggest stumbling block.
RaveChicago Review of BooksCash’s sense of humor is propulsive, at once absurd and perceptive, grounding each narrator with a sense of self-awareness and world-weariness that makes their exploits all the more uncomfortable and fascinating ... Though the novel’s pace skews efficient and tidy, wrapping up its key threads in a way that borders on convenient after 90% of the page count ramps up the drama, Lost Lambs makes an impression for its refreshing outlook on our increasingly batshit reality, finding solace in the fundamentals of humanity.
