Reviews

Undying by Cyndy Aleo

abinar's review against another edition

5.0

I should have realized that before undying there had to be dying, which led to me crying- a lot. Just a little heads up. A very emotional story, sometimes heart wrenching, sometimes sweet, sometimes mystifying. Ok, most of the time mystifying. Not sure this is making any sense, so I'll stop. It's a good book. Plan to read it all at once if you can because you won't be able to put it down.

sls0369's review against another edition

5.0

In the interest of full disclosure, I need to say that Cyndy is a friend of mine, and I did some prereading of the first few chapters of this book. For the vast majority of the book, however, I was in the same boat as everyone else.

My boat was the Freaking Out Boat, especially toward the end, when I was sure we were going to get a whammy. Dallas and showers come to mind. (I'm old.)

But I'm getting ahead of myself...

Cam has just buried his young wife after a year of battling breast cancer. He wakes up the next morning to find her making breakfast in their kitchen, seemingly whole and with no memory of the past year. One might wonder if one is going crazy.

I really liked that Cam, and everyone around them, reacted realistically to the discovery of Adrienne's "return." There wasn't blanket happiness or blanket horror, and the feelings of some people changed over time. Like in real life. Huh.

I don't want to say too much, because I don't want to spoil things. I will say that I was shocked when Adrienne's parents revealed the reason behind their reaction, and I had to reread the last few pages several times to make sure I understood what had happened. I was on the edge of my seat throughout the last few chapters, my mind spinning with all the possibilities (see above shower reference).

This is a beautiful, beautiful book, and I highly recommend it.