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A tale of vengeance, two storylines, 3 POV’s, campfire, secrets, complicity academia, and artistic genius!
1988 – Prestigious art camp in the Maine woods
They are gathered around the fire, they have potential, they are driven, they have ambition. They never thought about the truths they told and how it will come back to haunt them.
2018 – A remote home
Max, an art professor, has arrived at his protégé’s (Audra) remote home to view her thesis collection. Little does he know that she has planned everything to a “T” She knows his secret. She knows what happened in 1988…
I found this to be slow and even when it grabbed my attention, it didn’t completely “Wow” me. First off, I am not a fan of the whole “Gone girl” comparison that many book publisher’s tout. It irks me. I think we all know when we read books in certain genres that there may be unreliable narrators and/or there is going to be twists and reveals. Getting off my soap box now…
But I did enjoy this book. I am not the biggest fan of slow builds or books on the slower side, so in parts – especially those in 2018, I wanted things to hurry up and get going already. The 1988 timeline was more enjoyable and worked better for me. Plus, I won’t lie, I enjoy works of art, but I have found that I’m not such a fan of a lot of talk about it. Yes, this book involves artists, art professors, etc. so talk of art is to be expected but….
It sounds like I am griping because I am. I love the title of this book and the synopsis was enticing but the slowness really brought the book down for me. I so wanted to love this. There is a good story here and while, I enjoyed it, I didn’t love it as others did. So do yourself a favor and read their reviews as well.
Although there were parts that did not work for me, I found it to be enjoyable but slow. I would read this author again.
Thank you to Sourcebooks Landmark and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.