by: Minka Kent
Goodreads description:
Two sisters raised in fear are about to find out why in a chilling novel of psychological suspense from the author of The Thinnest Air.
Ignorant of civilization and cautioned against its evils, nineteen-year-old Wren and her two sisters, Sage and Evie, were raised in off-the-grid isolation in a primitive cabin in upstate New York. When the youngest grows gravely ill, their mother leaves with the child to get help from a nearby town. And they never return.
As months pass, hope vanishes. Supplies are low. Livestock are dying. A brutal winter is bearing down. Then comes the stranger. He claims to be looking for the girls’ mother, and he’s not leaving without them.
To escape, Wren and her sister must break the rule they’ve grown up with: never go beyond the forest.
Past the thicket of dread, they come upon a house on the other side of the pines. This is where Wren and Sage must confront something more chilling than the unknowable. They’ll discover what’s been hidden from them, what they’re running from, and the secrets that have left them in the dark their entire lives.
Helen says: 🤓🤓🤓 1/2
This book held my attention, which has been a problem lately. I listened on audible and was completely hooked. It had everything I love…parallel story lines, suspenseful plot, crime…the works. I gave the first 3/4 of the book an A+. it was excellent…..then a really implausible, stupid thing happens that was off putting (to say the least). The ending fell flat and it was infuriating!
Holly says: 🤓🤓🤓3/4
Another abduction/missing girl story…not plausible, but entertaining. I agree with Helen, the first half of this book was great, then things went a little far-fetched and awry. It was like the “All My Children” soap opera the time that someone awoke from a coma and the whole prior year had been a dream…stop it. Still, it is worth the read.
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