Jessica Evans has a gift. Meticulous selection of every word brings every detail of "The Hated" to life. I feel myself in every room, standing by every character, hearing what they hear, seeing what they see, and ultimately feeling the desperation, the fear, the dread at the unstoppable force that's coming. Evans gives us a glimpse of this doom by the end of the first chapter, and the title of her work makes me wonder what it's like to be hated.