by Megan Miranda
Published by Simon & Schuster Genres: Adult Fiction, Mystery, suspense, thriller
Format: ARC, eBook
Published by Simon & Schuster Genres: Adult Fiction, Mystery, suspense, thriller
Format: ARC, eBook
“Everybody want to be a part of the story. Sell your words, your friends, your soul.” She was the girl who survived. Arden Olivia (Liv) Maynor was only six years old when she went outside while sleepwalking and was found in a storm drain three days later. No one knows how she survived in the drain, how she held on for so long and with such a bad arm injury. She has no memory from that time. Arden’s mother wrote a book about their ordeal and fame followed. Fame, that Arden – who now goes by Olivia, does not want. Olivia (Liv) is happy with her new life. She has a home, a job, some friends and no one knows about her past. Then as the twentieth anniversary of the day she was saves grows closer, a man recognizes her. Making things worse is that she has begun sleepwalking again. Days later she hears a sound and goes outside and stumbles over a body, not any body – but the body someone she knew when she was a child. I really enjoyed this one and the build to the conclusion. I had so many questions and not many answers for most of the book. I loved that I could not figure this book out. I had many suspects in mind but could not pin the murder on anyone. I also could relate to her not having any memory from the traumatic event which occurred from her childhood. The brain is a wondrous thing and it will block traumatic trauma through a process called dissociation. It is the brains way of protecting itself (you). I found this to be a nice touch in the book. I also had fun attempting to determine if Liv was a reliable character. I found the pacing to be spot on and nothing felt rushed in this book. I appreciated how the author built the suspense and there is a feeling of tension through the last half of the book. This book can be put in the I-didn’t-see-that-coming category for me. I loved how she tied things up and shocked me in the process. Captivating, chilling, and shocking! |