When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times

Today's nonfiction post is on When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times by Leah Sottile. It is 320 pages long and is published by Twelve. The cover is the mug shots of Vallow and Daybell. The intended reader is someone who is interested in true crime and religious extremist. There is some mild foul language, discussion of sex and sexuality, and violence in this book. There Be Spoilers Ahead. 

From the back of the audiobook- When police in Rexburg, Idaho perform a wellness check on seven J.J. Vallow and his sister, sixteen-year-old Tylee Ryan both children are nowhere to be found. Their mother, Lori, gives a phony explanation, and when officers return the following day with a search warrant, she, too, is gone. As the police begin to close in, Vallow and Daybell's larger web begins to unravel. 

Review- Sottile give the reader not only an examination of the crime but also what drove the killers to murder their children and others around them. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell were raised in the Mormon faith and their faith fed into their mental illnesses that had tragic consequences. This book is about more than just end times fears and mental illness, it is also about a religious communities failure to understand what was happening in front of them. Vallow was known to be on the edge, to lie to make things work her way. Daybell said he heard from god directly and was given prophesy about the end of the world and the people who would survive it. Their believes led to the isolation and the murder of two children. The audiobook is read by the author and she does a good job. In her performance, you can hear her passion for this story and the murders. I would recommend this book, if you enjoy true crime. 

I give this book a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this audiobook from my local library.