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Where You End by Abbott Kahler
4.0
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

 🎧WHERE YOU END by Abbott Kahler is narrated by Megan Turing and Samantha Desz.

This story is as creepy & disturbing as the cover suggests.

This is a suspense about a girl named Kat who wakes up with amnesia to everything except her mirror twin Jude. Kat tries to reenter her life with memories given to her by her sister. She begins to question things and begins to discover Jude is lying. Why? Who can she really trust, and why does it seem like she is being followed?

I loved the dual narrators for this story. It was a perfect way to keep the POV'S separate and distinctive. I also felt the voices fit the characters well, bringing in the undercurrent of tension and unreliability.

This is a dark, culty, slow burn mystery. The first half or so builds the tension with Kat, and then as things begin to be revealed through the dual timeline it goes a bit off, in a good way for me.

I first thought this would be more predictable with an amnesiac twin as a MC. It wasn't. At least, not for me. I was trying to decipher just what the truth was and what led to this situation. The pace could have been a bit faster, but I did enjoy the way the the story unfolded.

Thank you to @netgalley @macmillan.audio for @henryholtbooks for this ALC and letting me share my thoughts! This atmospheric story will be available January 17th.