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A review by bookwormd
Monstrous Souls by Rebecca Kelly
4.0
Murderous Souls is a haunting, heartbreaking story of a woman whose memory slowly starts to return over a decade after a fatal attack that left her fighting for her life, her own younger sister Anna missing and her best friend Nina dead.
Over the years, Heidi has developed an understanding relationship with the police officer who tried to help her in the immediate days and weeks after the attack. And when Heidi starts to get flashes of suspected memories, she turns to Denise as her confidante, desperate to remember anything that might help her fix together the missing pieces of the jigsaw puzzle. But Heidi is unaware that while she is desperate to get her memory back, there are those out there who are desperate to keep her quiet.
What develops from here is a plot of sickening, devastating and evil acts committed by unidentified people who will do anything to keep the truth hidden.
The plot is very well developed and the timing is perfect, with each chapter giving the reader just enough detail to keep them reading but not enough to make the truth obvious or even guessable. The acts in this book are so despicable that the reader is unable to comprehend the truth of what could've happened and so it's left to Heidi's reforming memory, the assistance of the police and the account of someone desperate to keep her quiet to sew it all together and show is what truly happened.
Murderous Souls is obviously a difficult subject which may be uncomfortable reading for some but it didn't feel overly heavy or too graphic. It is a very well-written book with a devastating ending which shows how not all stories have a happy ending. Sometimes we just have the heartbreaking truth.
As tough a subject as this book covers, I would definitely recommend Murderous Souls. Rebecca Kelly is obviously a very talented writer and I'll definitely be looking forward to reading more of her work.
Thank you to NetGalley, Rebecca Kelly and Agora Books for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Over the years, Heidi has developed an understanding relationship with the police officer who tried to help her in the immediate days and weeks after the attack. And when Heidi starts to get flashes of suspected memories, she turns to Denise as her confidante, desperate to remember anything that might help her fix together the missing pieces of the jigsaw puzzle. But Heidi is unaware that while she is desperate to get her memory back, there are those out there who are desperate to keep her quiet.
What develops from here is a plot of sickening, devastating and evil acts committed by unidentified people who will do anything to keep the truth hidden.
The plot is very well developed and the timing is perfect, with each chapter giving the reader just enough detail to keep them reading but not enough to make the truth obvious or even guessable. The acts in this book are so despicable that the reader is unable to comprehend the truth of what could've happened and so it's left to Heidi's reforming memory, the assistance of the police and the account of someone desperate to keep her quiet to sew it all together and show is what truly happened.
Murderous Souls is obviously a difficult subject which may be uncomfortable reading for some but it didn't feel overly heavy or too graphic. It is a very well-written book with a devastating ending which shows how not all stories have a happy ending. Sometimes we just have the heartbreaking truth.
As tough a subject as this book covers, I would definitely recommend Murderous Souls. Rebecca Kelly is obviously a very talented writer and I'll definitely be looking forward to reading more of her work.
Thank you to NetGalley, Rebecca Kelly and Agora Books for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.