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.
Minka Kent’s psychological thrillers are always some of my
favorite books to read. Now this wasn’t my absolute favorites of Miss Kent’s
stories but she still created an incredibly fascinating story that I was
quickly pulled into. I found myself trying to figure out how the two separate storylines
were connected. Kent developed a fantastic storyline and wove her way creating
mystery and intrigue.
I’m not going to go into the storyline. Really, Kent created
a deep mystery and I don’t want to accidentally spill the beans. Kent’s writing
is descriptive and detailed. She is able to maintain two separate storylines
while slowly starting to weave them together. Normally Minka Kent is a 5-Star
for me and I really debated with this one. But there were some things that didn’t
really work for me. I removed one-star just for this, the things that didn’t
sit right or didn’t work. For the most part, this story is seriously a great
book!
I received an ARC of this book with the
hope that I would leave an Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a
review, positive or otherwise, and my opinions are just that... my opinions.
Minka Kent has been crafting stories since before she could scribble her name. With a love of the literary dark and twisted, Minka cut her teeth on Goosebumps and Fear Street, graduated to Stephen King as a teenager, and now counts Gillian Flynn, Chevy Stevens, and Caroline Kepnes amongst her favorite authors and biggest influences. Minka has always been curious about good people who do bad things and loves to explore what happens when larger-than-life characters are placed in fascinating situations.
In her non-writing life, Minka is a thirty-something wife and mother who equally enjoys sunny and rainy days, loves freshly cut hydrangeas, hides behind oversized sunglasses, travels to warmer climates every chance she gets, and bakes sweet treats when the mood strikes (spoiler alert: it’s often).
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