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A review by calistaandrechek
Gretchen by Shannon Kirk
3.0
Thank you to NetGalley, Shannon Kirk and Thomas & Mercer for the free e-book in exchange for an honest review.
Even since Lucy was a toddler she has been on the run with her mother. She has never understood the reasons behind all the lies and running, but she does understand the rules; no locking eyes with strangers, no letting down your guard and always be ready to run. Finally after thirteen years, their newest hideaway seems perfect. An isolated place in the New Hampshire woods they share with their landlord and his daughter. Gretchen soon becomes Lucy’s first real friend, but Gretchen and her father have their own secrets.
This is not at all what I expected it to be, but in the best way possible. I went into this book pretty much blind thinking that there was only one shocking thing that was going to come out of this novel and I could see it coming with little Gretchen; but there are so many twists and turns to this novel that I don’t want to give away! I really enjoyed Lucy and how she led such a sheltered life that things that seemed weird to us wasn’t so strange to her. I found the first bit of this novel to be a slower burn, but once you hit the halfway point, man does this book ramp up! I was shocked by all the twists that Kirk managed to fit into this novel and I really enjoyed how different this book was from all the others I have read!
Out July 23rd!
Even since Lucy was a toddler she has been on the run with her mother. She has never understood the reasons behind all the lies and running, but she does understand the rules; no locking eyes with strangers, no letting down your guard and always be ready to run. Finally after thirteen years, their newest hideaway seems perfect. An isolated place in the New Hampshire woods they share with their landlord and his daughter. Gretchen soon becomes Lucy’s first real friend, but Gretchen and her father have their own secrets.
This is not at all what I expected it to be, but in the best way possible. I went into this book pretty much blind thinking that there was only one shocking thing that was going to come out of this novel and I could see it coming with little Gretchen; but there are so many twists and turns to this novel that I don’t want to give away! I really enjoyed Lucy and how she led such a sheltered life that things that seemed weird to us wasn’t so strange to her. I found the first bit of this novel to be a slower burn, but once you hit the halfway point, man does this book ramp up! I was shocked by all the twists that Kirk managed to fit into this novel and I really enjoyed how different this book was from all the others I have read!
Out July 23rd!