A review by wendyk
This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book might make your head spin, but it was worth it. Kit left six months ago for Wisewood, a wellness retreat (cult?) that promises to help her reach her maximum self and overcome her fears. Then, Nat, Kit's sister, gets  an email from Wisewood. It threatens she can tell kit her secret or they will. Nat rushes to Wisewood, but while the guests know her sister well, she's risen in the ranks, no one can tell Nat where to find her. As Nat gets more unsettled by what she sees and hears at the retreat, she just wants to find her sister and get away from Wisewood, but Wisewood has other plans for the sisters. Plans to help them overcome their fears.
Flashbacks to the sisters' childhood and an unnamed narrator's story had me as confused as Nat trying to locate her sister. But I was not disappointed. It's twisty, it's confusing; I loved it.
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