The pace of his character development that I found the most remarkable. Watching him disappear is utterly heartbreaking. Little by little, and with no concept of time, he begins to confuse reality with Caleb’s distortion. He decides to play along and appear to become Daniel. He tries to reason with Caleb, then tries to fight him but it’s no use. He wakes up in a room with no windows and learns the Caleb believes the he is his own son Daniel, who disappeared when he was ten years old.

Caleb seizes the opportunity, drugs Sayers and kidnaps him. Along comes Caleb, a creepy man who approaches Sayers under the pretense that he is going to help him change his tire after recklessly swerved off the road. Not only is he lost in the middle of nowhere, he runs very low on gas, and it’s getting dark outside. Eventually, Sayers makes rash decision and a jerk move that proves his entitlement and irritating attitude. The first few chapters establish that, and were a perfect set up for what I knew was going to have his world turning upside down. Sayers Wayte is an entitled and arrogant teenager whose money and status lets him live in a world without any real problems or worries.

Her second book, Dark Room Etiquette is just as good. (Well, not including Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott, but I doubt she will mind) The moment I finished reading A List of Cages, Robin Roe immediately became my favorite writer. Can someone have a favorite writer, even though that writer has only written one book? For me, the answer is yes.

Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe