A review by whatsarahread
Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith

3.0

“A Darkly Beating Heart” by Lindsay Smith is a dark and strange story of a young woman tortured by her past and living with its consequences. As I read about Reiko and the demons she was fighting, I was fascinated by the parallels between her current life and the one she mysteriously finds herself thrust into. Both lives find her thirsty for revenge and desperate for escape, and it was interesting to see the consequences of her time travel play out between the two worlds. I can't say that I completely connected with the book and there was definitely something missing from it for me. It may be because I'm not a huge fan of thrillers, but I just never found myself invested in the story, as intriguing as it was. “A Darkly Beating Heart” is a creepy revenge tale that throws so many twists and turns into the mix that leaves the reader guessing until the final pages.