Personal Note: I took just over a week off from reading, and then, of course, Libby dropped all my holds at once. So now I’m playing catch-up. I know most people read on vacation—on the plane, by the pool, all that—but I spent Memorial Day with my family and decided to be fully present. I didn’t crack open a single book until I got back home. Now I’m back at home base and working my way through a small stack before Libby takes them back.
Synopsis
Seven years ago, Nicole’s world was shattered when her sister Kasey vanished without a trace. Despite being just two years apart and practically glued to each other growing up, Nic has no memory of what happened—or who could have taken Kasey. With their parents emotionally unavailable and the chaos of a household plagued by neglect, Kasey had always been the one Nic depended on. But when Kasey returned home from college one summer and disappeared soon after, everything changed.
Now, with another girl missing in their small town of Mishawaka and new faces raising old questions, Nic is forced to confront the gaps in her memory and the secrets surrounding her sister’s disappearance. As she digs deeper, she finds herself at the center of a tangled web of deceit, shady characters, and long-buried trauma. But nothing prepares her for the truth—or how far from believable it really is.
My Final Thoughts
This was… an interesting read. I’m glad it was relatively short because I don’t think I could’ve sat through another hundred pages of this slow and overly telegraphed plot. There was too much early focus on obvious red herrings—like, so obvious it got annoying. The final confrontation? Admittedly exciting. But any momentum was quickly flattened by the sheer absurdity of the reveal.
I never trusted Jenna from the jump—anyone who tells you exactly what you want to hear is automatically suspicious to me—and most of the side characters gave weird, “we’re-hiding-something” energy. The problem is, the big twist leans on something so unrealistic and logistically impossible that it pulled me right out of the story. Even the smallest police department with a single squad car and a fax machine would’ve found more evidence than what we’re led to believe here. If you’ve read my reviews before, you already know I hate bad police work. I’ve earned my detective badge from the Law & Order SVU academy, so trust me—this was bad. I didn’t hate the book, but it was lukewarm and underwhelming. Bonus half-star for the confrontation scene alone.
Trigger Warning: There is a mention of g(r)ape that goes absolutely nowhere. It’s brought up and then dropped with no further exploration. Honestly, it could’ve been left in a draft—felt unnecessary and mishandled.
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