A teenager who calls himself 'Sin' and tries to show off his older, darkety-dark gf sounds basically like the type of teenager who shops exclusively at Hot Topic. "IT'S NOT A PHASE MOM, IT'S WHO I AM." And the fact that Anita is legitimately attracted to this child and has a (completely inappropriate/immoral) relationship with him says a whole hell of a lot about Anita. And LKH, by extension. Goddamn.

That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard, and I am suddenly thankful I missed that book entirely. To be fair, I think the last one I actually read was either Burnt Offerings or Blue Moon, after that I've kept up entirely from book-flogs and this community, though that's been sporadically enough that I've missed a great many discussions, very sorry.