e-Audio, 09:01:16
Narrated by: Sophie Amoss & Robb Moreira
Release Date: December 26, 2023
Published by: Recorded Books, Inc. (Sourcebooks Fire)
Read from: December 26-27, 2023
Stand-alone
Source: Netgalley (I received a copy of this book from the Publisher & Netgalley in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)
TW: Violence, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Child Abuse, Child Death, Car Accident, Blood, Gore
For Readers Interested In: Realistic Fiction, Thriller, YA, Dual or Multiple POVs, MysteriesShe thought she had her life back. She was wrong. It was a mistake to trust him.
Shivering and bruised, a teen wakes up on the side of a dirt road with no memory of how she got there―or who she is. A passing officer takes her to the police station, and not long after, a frantic man arrives. He’s been searching for her for hours. He has her school ID, her birth certificate, and even family photos. He is her father. Her name is Mary. Or so he says.
When Lola slammed the car door and stormed off into the night, Drew thought they just needed some time to cool off. Except Lola disappeared, and the sheriff, his friends, and the whole town are convinced Drew murdered his girlfriend. Forget proving his innocence, he needs to find her before it’s too late. The longer Lola is missing, the fewer leads there are to follow…and the more danger they both are in.
*MY THOUGHTS*
The title of this intrigued me so much that I actually read some of the synopsis. And y’all know that’s not normal for me lol But the title and the way the synopsis doesn’t give you any info, I went into this knowing it was going to be amazing. And I was correct.
Ok so boom, a girl wakes up from with no memory of anything. She is found by a police officer and she is taken to get help right away. While there a guy sees her and says he is her dad. In a nearby town there’s a guy who is being accused of his girlfriend’s disappearance although he said he had nothing to do with it… He thinks its her too. But who is she?
Normally in a teen thriller/mystery I get annoyed because they find some dumb easy ass way to get the clues they need about the case. Don’t get me wrong, it happened in this one too, but there are things that happen so I wasn’t too mad. The people I was actually mad at this whole book was the grown ass adults that didn’t know what was going on. They let all of this happen in the first place. I’m not gon lie, this made me want to fight every adult in this book. Stop acting like they don’t know anything when they were smart enough to trick you. That’s how people get hurt. *steps off soapbox* Jerks.
The writing style in this sucked me in immediately. I loved that it was told in dual POV because we were able to see the entire story as it unfolded. And it was pretty cool that it was told in a weird chronological order as well. It was so good! I will say that because of that tho the book did stall a bit tho. And I also want to point out that I knew all the twists and turns this book took, but I was still in shock for all of them. I think I was mostly hoping that it wasn’t going to happen. That there was going to be a different outcome.
The ending of this book is what did it for me. I loved the way the two stories came together. I DO wish we had more of the fight scene. Because the mo fo who caused all this needed some more to happen to them. I was annoyed that they let it end like that because after all that, what that person went through was too easy.
I just gotta say, Sourcebooks Fire has been eating lately! I have read several books from them that I LOVED, and this one was no different. They have definitely had some bangers come out lately. If you haven’t read any, pick one up. I promise you’ll get lost in them just like I did.
Overall, I give this
