"A hard kick in the shins you never saw coming . . . And wow, is it fun to read"
--LitReactor, Best of 2019 Pick

"Cutting-edge horror, dark thriller, tragic coming-of-age story--they're all here but blended in a way that's entirely new."
--Booklist, starred review

"An eye-opening look at what some have to do to survive."
--Library Journal

"Clever, nasty, thoughtful fun."
--The Sunday Sport Review

"Short, snappy, and delightfully nasty."
--The Book Bag

"Full of suspense . . . extremely gritty."
--BookReporter

"Blood Sugar is itself both a trick and a treat. Kraus's trick is in hiding a deeply emotional novel in the festive trappings of a Halloween story; the treat, of course, is the reward of reading something so gripping and, ultimately, rewarding."
--Cemetery Dance

"Evoking both Jim Carroll's The Basketball Diaries and Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, it's intimate and utterly engaging, a suspenseful glimpse into the desperate lives of its disadvantaged protagonists."
--Mystery Scene

"A well-crafted debut novel that impressed me with its powerful story."
--Risingshadow