Published by Berkley Publishing Group Genres: Fiction, Mystery, suspense, thriller
Format: ARC, eBook
Gripping and mysterious, The Vanishing Place takes readers deep in the New Zealand Bush, a place where Effie grew up and swore to never return! I loved the setting, the atmosphere, the tension, and the unease that poured from this book. This is a fabulous debut novel which delivered and then some!
Effie and her siblings grew up in the bush of New Zealand. It wasn’t always easy, it wasn’t always pretty, it wasn’t always safe. After she leaves, she swears to never return. Years later she gets a blast from the past in the form of a phone call informing her that a young girl, covered in grim and blood has walked out of the bush. The young girl named Anya, looks shockingly like Effie! Intrigued, Effie heads back looking for answers, but will she like what she learns???
Told in two timelines, The Vanishing Place was a dark, shocking, and addictive book which my full attention from the very first page. I didn’t want to put this book down! Usually when there is more than one timeline, I enjoy one more than the other but not this time. This time, I enjoyed them both equally. Both were gripping and dark. This book looks at family, survival, love, trauma, violence, secrets, neglect, and relationships. I felt for Effie and her siblings in the past timeline while at the same time feeling for Effie and Anya in the present day.
Wonderfully written, well thought out, gripping, dark, and hard to put down! I can’t wait to read what Zoe Rankin writes next!
Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group | Berkley 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.
