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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
#StoryGraph: fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
252 pages | first published 2022
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Merritt Coletto and her husband, Luca, have the life they dreamed of: a coastal home, a promising future, and a growing family. That dream ends with a late-night knock on the door.
Weak, broken, and emaciated, it’s Luca’s first wife, Lydia. Missing for ten years, presumed dead, and very much alive, she has quite a story.
Description
A return from the past knocks a family dangerously off-balance in a novel of spiraling suspense by Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent.
Merritt Coletto and her husband, Luca, have the life they dreamed of: a coastal home, a promising future, and a growing family. That dream ends with a late-night knock on the door.
Weak, broken, and emaciated, it’s Luca’s first wife, Lydia. Missing for ten years, presumed dead, and very much alive, she has quite a story.
Her kidnapping.
A torturous confinement that should’ve ended with her dead.
And finally, escape.
Racked with guilt over the beautiful life they’ve built, Merritt and Luca agree to help get Lydia back on her feet—it’s the least they can do. But the more enmeshed Lydia becomes in Merritt’s family, the more questions Merritt has.
What is it about Lydia that’s especially unnerving? Why hasn’t she gone to the police with her harrowing tale? What does she really want of them? The answers, when they come, are terrifying.
Because Lydia isn’t the only one with secrets.
252 pages | first published 2022
#KindleUnlimited
Merritt Coletto and her husband, Luca, have the life they dreamed of: a coastal home, a promising future, and a growing family. That dream ends with a late-night knock on the door.
Weak, broken, and emaciated, it’s Luca’s first wife, Lydia. Missing for ten years, presumed dead, and very much alive, she has quite a story.
Description
A return from the past knocks a family dangerously off-balance in a novel of spiraling suspense by Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent.
Merritt Coletto and her husband, Luca, have the life they dreamed of: a coastal home, a promising future, and a growing family. That dream ends with a late-night knock on the door.
Weak, broken, and emaciated, it’s Luca’s first wife, Lydia. Missing for ten years, presumed dead, and very much alive, she has quite a story.
Her kidnapping.
A torturous confinement that should’ve ended with her dead.
And finally, escape.
Racked with guilt over the beautiful life they’ve built, Merritt and Luca agree to help get Lydia back on her feet—it’s the least they can do. But the more enmeshed Lydia becomes in Merritt’s family, the more questions Merritt has.
What is it about Lydia that’s especially unnerving? Why hasn’t she gone to the police with her harrowing tale? What does she really want of them? The answers, when they come, are terrifying.
Because Lydia isn’t the only one with secrets.
This book kept me intrigued but had entirely too many holes or things that I assume were written in to throw the reader off from the twists.
3.5 ⭐️! Really good domestic thriller. It was a fun, twisty time but nothing really unique.
Okay where to start with this one. It's hard to explain this book without giving away the entire story so I guess I'll just list my likes and dislikes.
What I liked:
⭐ The dual POV was pretty well done, and I liked how some chapters literally picked up right after someone else's so you would get the same moment from 2 points of view.
⭐ The twists. Most were predictable but there was one that kind of took me by surprise.
⭐ How short the book is. Thankfully nothing felt too drawn out because she couldn't possibly do that with a less than 300-page book.
What I disliked:
What I liked:
⭐ The dual POV was pretty well done, and I liked how some chapters literally picked up right after someone else's so you would get the same moment from 2 points of view.
⭐ The twists. Most were predictable but there was one that kind of took me by surprise.
⭐ How short the book is. Thankfully nothing felt too drawn out because she couldn't possibly do that with a less than 300-page book.
What I disliked:
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I enjoyed it for the most part, but the ending was nothing. I expected more.
This was such a good thriller/mystery. I enjoyed it very much and it had such a huge plot twist.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It took too long to get to the good part but it was a good twist.
Something I found funny is how well it portraits shitty people thinking of themselves as the victims when they are the abusers… the world is full of these kind of people.
Something I found funny is how well it portraits shitty people thinking of themselves as the victims when they are the abusers… the world is full of these kind of people.