burtini 's review for:

Girl in the Walls by A.J. Gnuse

5.0

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I really enjoyed the concept behind Girl in the Walls; following the tragic death of both her parents, Elise runs away from her foster home and back to the house that holds all the memories of her family. She lives in the walls, hides behind furniture and lives around the Mason family. Over time though, the Mason teenage boys grow more and more suspicious about missing food and feeling watched and seek to find out who is living with them.

This is actually an incredibly sweet book. Elisa is young and hurting and holding onto the love in that home built from the memories of her parents. she’s a character very easy to care about and you want her to heal, be safe and move on. I adored her. It’s also really clever how she navigates around the house around the family, although it also made very tense!! The house is essentially a key character in this story and you really get why it means so much to Elise, with the traces of her life contained in it. It’s also lovely seeing the family, their arguments and their relationships, straining and coming together and, like Elise, you feel like you’re intruding, peering in on them.

I enjoyed this, I enjoyed the writing and the pace and the themes of this book, this is a story about love, family, pain and healing and the marks our past leave. Thank you NetGalley for the copy to review