Narrated by: Julie Lumsden
Release Date: September 16, 2025
Published by: HarperCollins
Read from: October 5-7, 2025
The Unfinished, #2
Source: Library’s Libby
Content Warning:
For Readers Interested In: Audio, Horror, Sparkly Cover, Most Anticipated, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Thrillers, YAIn this haunting sequel to her deliciously scary debut, Cheryl Isaacs (Mohawk) explores the sharp edges of lingering trauma and the bonds of love that heal us.
Only weeks ago, Avery pulled her best friend, Key, from the deadly black water. The cycle from her family’s Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) stories is finally broken, the black water is now a harmless lake, and her problems are far from All Avery wants is a normal summer with Key, her now-boyfriend.
The trauma, however, casts a long shadow over the town. Some victims never returned. Terrifying memories threaten to resurface, but Avery pushes them down. Who she’s really worried about is Key. The two are supposed to be closer than ever—so why does he feel so distant?
Wracked by anxiety, Avery begins to see a chilling reflection in every mirror, one that moves on its own—and she’s not the only one. With her family’s safety in the balance, Avery must Run away to the safety of normal life with Key, or return to lake’s edge and face her reflection, before her home is subsumed by darkness once and for all….
*MY THOUGHTS*
This is one of those sequels I’ve been waiting on since I knew it was going to be a thing. And I’m so glad I didn’t forget about it because it did not disappoint. Don’t get me wrong, it’s hella different than the first, but it was still ok. If there’s another I’d read it.
Ok so in the first one, there is a lake that is taking people and they’re getting stuck down there. In this one, they begin to come out. As it turns out, it may or may not be the person who went in…. This freaked me out because what in the world do you mean by that? There can be extra me’s?! I thought this concept was cool, but the plot? Not my favorite. It took a minute to get going and at times it felt like nothing was actually going on. But still I finished it.
The characters were much of the same as the first book. The MC was a little annoying many times in this book but it was mostly because she was trying to take on everything by herself. But even with everything else, it didn’t seem like she learned anything about why you shouldn’t try taking everything on yourself. Because you can’t do everything. Especially as a teen.
This was ok, but it did need some more action. It was easy to figure out what was happening next since there wasn’t much else to judge it on. I did like the representation, but since it wasn’t about a specific culture, it was really just the fact that there were multiples of them taking over. And that just wasn’t enough for me.
Overall, I give this
