A review by alexatthelake
Behind the Red Door by Megan Collins

2.0

Thank you NetGalley and Atria for an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. This book starts off fast and intriguing, capturing your attention almost immediately. Unfortunately for me, that didn't last throughout the whole book. I found the book just repeating itself over and over, following the exact same steps, repeated again and again.

I'm really not sure how to even write a short synopsis without giving anything away. Fern Douglas catches the news that Astrid Sullivan is missing again, 20 years after she was originally taken. Her dreams start becoming more and more vivid, making her believe there's more to then than just a dream. When Fern has to return home to help her father pack up his house, her dreams turn into memories. Fern's past quickly comes back to haunt her, but who can tell what is real and what is a lie?

None of the characters were likeable for me. Fern was a leaf shaking in the wind, constantly on edge and triple guessing herself and it got old fast. The addition of the underlying part of the story (I won't mention in case it's a spoiler) I felt was so wildly unnecessary and added nothing to the story, but instead make it another annoyance. A lot of the twists weren't that surprising, but the ending totally caught me off guard and I didn't think it was all that great. Unfortunately this wasn't a win for me.