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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
4.5 / 5 stars
S U M M A R Y
Ten years ago, college student Emma McCullough went to a party in the woods and disappeared. This event deeply affected the lives of many - her parents, her teenaged sister Hailey, her bestfriend Josie, her almost-boyfriend, and even her art teacher. Now, Josie is attacked right before an open house she is hosting, and connections from all those years ago start to surface. All Hailey wants to know is what really happened to her sister, so she can finally rest in peace.
C H A R A C T E R S
I found them surprisingly real and relatable. The quirks, the flaws, everything. It felt like a fully fleshed out csst, and the author did a great job of taking you into different ones and throwing suspicion on different people throughout the book. I'm typically very good at guessing whodunit, but either I'm out of practice or Sise is just that good. I didn't have a firm opinion until much closer to the reveal than usual.
P L O T
As stated above, it felt like a tightly plotted and edited mystery. The alternating timelines were easy to go in and out of, and everyone was different enough I didn't get muddled. I do feel like the POV changes were rather dropped at the end, I think I would have liked to see from Priya at least once more, but that's about all I felt really stuck out.
N A R R A T I O N
I don't believe I've heard anything from either of the narrators. I felt they were good but somewhat interchangeable. One very skilled narrator probably could have done it just as well. But no complaints!
O V E R A L L
Very good listen, I really enjoyed it. I think lovers of domestic mystery/thrillers would probably enjoy this expertly tangled web. Definitely looking out for more by this author.
S U M M A R Y
Ten years ago, college student Emma McCullough went to a party in the woods and disappeared. This event deeply affected the lives of many - her parents, her teenaged sister Hailey, her bestfriend Josie, her almost-boyfriend, and even her art teacher. Now, Josie is attacked right before an open house she is hosting, and connections from all those years ago start to surface. All Hailey wants to know is what really happened to her sister, so she can finally rest in peace.
C H A R A C T E R S
I found them surprisingly real and relatable. The quirks, the flaws, everything. It felt like a fully fleshed out csst, and the author did a great job of taking you into different ones and throwing suspicion on different people throughout the book. I'm typically very good at guessing whodunit, but either I'm out of practice or Sise is just that good. I didn't have a firm opinion until much closer to the reveal than usual.
P L O T
As stated above, it felt like a tightly plotted and edited mystery. The alternating timelines were easy to go in and out of, and everyone was different enough I didn't get muddled. I do feel like the POV changes were rather dropped at the end, I think I would have liked to see from Priya at least once more, but that's about all I felt really stuck out.
N A R R A T I O N
I don't believe I've heard anything from either of the narrators. I felt they were good but somewhat interchangeable. One very skilled narrator probably could have done it just as well. But no complaints!
O V E R A L L
Very good listen, I really enjoyed it. I think lovers of domestic mystery/thrillers would probably enjoy this expertly tangled web. Definitely looking out for more by this author.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
mysterious
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ten years ago, Emma went missing. It was assumed she took her own life, but recently some new evidence has shown up that makes the police, and Emma’s sister Haley think otherwise. When two couples show up to an open house to find the realtor attacked, everything slowly starts to unravel.
I love when a book makes me change my mind several times throughout on who the killer was. While I was eventually right, its always nice when I second guess myself! It was told from the perspective of Haley in present day, and Emma ten years ago. While this one was a bit of the expected at times, I found it was the exact read I needed right now.
I love when a book makes me change my mind several times throughout on who the killer was. While I was eventually right, its always nice when I second guess myself! It was told from the perspective of Haley in present day, and Emma ten years ago. While this one was a bit of the expected at times, I found it was the exact read I needed right now.
Thank you to NetGalley, Katie Sise and Little A for the free e-book in exchange for an honest review.
I really enjoyed this one and I'm sad that this is the first novel that I've read by Sise. I enjoyed reading this from the perspective of the sister and the missing girl to try to piece together the entire mystery of what happened to Emma and where her body is. There were a lot of missing pieces and the way we found them was quite interesting and I really enjoyed how it was all put together with all the action packed chapters. The characters are easy to mistrust throughout the entire novel and it left me wondering right up until the ending, who was the guilty party. Definitely would recommend. It is a perfect whodunit novel with teenage drama.
I really enjoyed this one and I'm sad that this is the first novel that I've read by Sise. I enjoyed reading this from the perspective of the sister and the missing girl to try to piece together the entire mystery of what happened to Emma and where her body is. There were a lot of missing pieces and the way we found them was quite interesting and I really enjoyed how it was all put together with all the action packed chapters. The characters are easy to mistrust throughout the entire novel and it left me wondering right up until the ending, who was the guilty party. Definitely would recommend. It is a perfect whodunit novel with teenage drama.
10 years ago, Emma disappeared. Many believed it was suicide, however Emma's younger sister Hayley has always been convinced this was not the case. When a bracelet is found near where Emma went missing, the case is opened back up.
The story consists of a few main characters:
- Hayley (Emma's sister),
- Dean - Hayley's fiance
- Josie and Noah a married couple who were Emma's friends at college
- Brad - Hayley's medical college tutor
- Priya - Brad's wife.
The story is told in short chapters from the viewpoints of Hayley, Priya and flashbacks to Emma 10 years ago when she was in college.
I just felt this book was a bit bland/meh to be honest. It was so obvious pretty quickly who the perpetrator was and even though it was a relatively short book, it was so dragged out. Fillers of irrelevant detail were all too frequent, as were the words "incredible" and "incredulous". The story was pretty bizarre and unbelievable and I didn't particularly warm to any of the characters at all. The policy/detectives were barely mentioned and then suddenly they popped up to say they'd solved the case near the end.
I'm afraid this just wasn't my cup of tea.
The story consists of a few main characters:
- Hayley (Emma's sister),
- Dean - Hayley's fiance
- Josie and Noah a married couple who were Emma's friends at college
- Brad - Hayley's medical college tutor
- Priya - Brad's wife.
The story is told in short chapters from the viewpoints of Hayley, Priya and flashbacks to Emma 10 years ago when she was in college.
I just felt this book was a bit bland/meh to be honest. It was so obvious pretty quickly who the perpetrator was and even though it was a relatively short book, it was so dragged out. Fillers of irrelevant detail were all too frequent, as were the words "incredible" and "incredulous". The story was pretty bizarre and unbelievable and I didn't particularly warm to any of the characters at all. The policy/detectives were barely mentioned and then suddenly they popped up to say they'd solved the case near the end.
I'm afraid this just wasn't my cup of tea.