e-Audio, 08:22:21
Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
Release Date: August 6, 2024
Published by: Books on Tape (Delacorte Press)
Read from: July 31-August 1, 2024
Stand-alone
Source: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-audio from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)
Content Warning: Death, Violence, Bullying
For Readers Interested In: Thriller, YA, Mystery, Emotional, TenseThe must-read suspense novel of the summer about a mysterious sister’s disappearance, her biggest betrayal and a deadly truth screaming to come out.
Two sisters went missing on their class trip—Grace, the outgoing athlete who is friends with just about everyone, and Maddy, the wallflower wilting in her sister’s shadow who’d rather absorb herself in her journal than talk to her classmates.
But when Grace is found—injured, with no memory of what happened—everybody thinks she’s lying. It’s hard not to look guilty with Maddy’s blood on her clothes.
Desperate to save her sister—and prove her own innocence—Grace must piece together what happened on that school trip with the help of her sister’s notebook and classmates who may not be telling the police everything that about that tragic night.
She will discover her sister’s secrets can’t stay quiet…but what if her own are the most terrifying of all?
*MY THOUGHTS*
IDK why the cover and that one part of the synopsis had me waiting for this in such an unhinged way. And then I felt like I was waiting FOREVER for this damn book to come out. And it did not disappoint!
Ok so I desperately wanted to know what happened to her sister because I was expecting something with a paranormal twist. But it’s actually something that is much crazier. I was not expecting the ending to this. And while it was weird, I was a bit disappointed. I think it was built up so much just for this to be the outcome? Idk, call me terrible, but I wanted something more sinister.
The characters were great tho. One sister is the one that everyone looks up to, she plays volleyball and gets scholarships and everything. But then the the other sister is the one who is a poet but doesn’t like anyone to read her work. She feels like no one sees her. And I can’t lie, I understand that like no other. The one love interest was pretty cool with the way he handled everything. She was grieving and I thought he handled the “backlash” he got from everything. I’m actually glad that she didn’t go that far with the romance. I just didn’t feel like that needed to be the star of this thing. This was a story that belonged to the sisters and I’m glad the author kept it that way.
I was a bit worried about this because I’m not usually a fan of amnesia stories, but this one was actually really good. I was hanging on by a thread trying to see how we could get her to remember things. I was actually really pleased with the way she was starting to remember things too. Not everything came back all at once and it wasn’t like a huge info dump. It came at a real pace and some things were cut off or not all clear, which made it more real.
This was so much more fun than I thought. I wanted more in the ending, but it wasn’t terrible. I really hope we get to see more of this author because this was wild. Definitely want to see more from her in the future.
Overall, I give this
