The Sight

Faith has a gift, a very unusual gift. She can look into someone’s eyes and knows how they are going to die. At an early age she learned to hide her gift from others. Faith worked in her family’s traveling carnival/circus until an incident with an unruly person resulted in her experiencing a vision in front of the entire audience. One would think this would be interesting for carnival goers and part of the show, but Faith is kicked out and lost her only way to pay for her mother’s care.

Now with the support of her friend, she will use her gift to make money and is unsettled when she sees herself in a vision….

I had such high hopes for this book. I loved Golding’s other books Little Darlings and The Hidden and was expecting to love this one as well. It is only 272 pages long but felt much, much longer. It was slow in parts and had a very strange vibe. When the book began, I could have sworn that the book took place during the Victorian age, but it takes place in the modern day. I might have enjoyed this more if this book had taken place in the past, it might have made more sense in terms of people’s reaction to her visions.

I can’t fault, Melanie’ Golding’s writing. It is top notch. She also does a great job creating tone and atmosphere in this book. I just had a hard time connecting with this book and the characters. The synopsis was intriguing and as I mentioned I had high hopes.

Although this was not my favorite of her books, I will still be excited to read what she writes next.

Thank you to Crooked Lane Books, Dreamscape Media, 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.