Birth by Todd Love

What To Expect, When You're Expecting Horror

Childbirth is always a disorienting, dangerous, and painful experience. As beautiful and fulfilling as it also might be, it remains those things. It should come as no surprise that Todd Love's Birth focuses heavily on those first three things. It's a horror story, after all. What else did you expect? Nora's labor begins early, while she's alone at home and unprepared. Bleeding, experiencing pain like she's never known, and horrified that something's gone wrong, it's a relief when the professionals arrive and spirit her away to the hospital. Unfortunately, trained professionals can only do so much. Nora's fear that something might be wrong is well-founded and has something to do with the donor material she utilized. Once again, Todd Love takes the rug by its frayed edge to not only yank with all his might and pull it out from under us, but also leave us sprawling on the floor, wondering what the hell just happened.

4 stars

Another great read by Love. This story follows Nora as she gives birth to her son. I wasn't expecting that ending and I will also never get that description of Nora's mucus plug out of my head 🤣