Book Synopsis:
No one knows what really happened on the beach where Roxanne Cole’s body was found, but her boyfriend, Cage, took off that night and hasn’t been seen since. Until now. One year—almost to the day—from Ro’s death, when he knocks on the door of Blue Gate Manor and asks where she is.
Cage has no memory of the past twelve months. According to him, Ro was alive only the day before. Ro’s sister Mae wouldn’t believe him, except that something’s not right. Nothing’s been right in the house since Ro died.
And then Mae finds the little green book. The one hidden in Ro’s room. It’s filled with secrets—dangerous secrets—about her family, and about Ro. And if what it says is true, then maybe, just maybe, Ro isn’t lost forever.
And maybe there are secrets better left to the dead.
Book Review:
Give me any book, set it in South and you'll hear my praises across the country.
Give me any book, set it in South and you'll hear my praises across the country.
I LOVE reading debut novels. And I loved that I enjoyed this one so much. I haven't read a thriller/mystery book like this in a while. And I certainly couldn't say I've read a book this fast in one sitting. I just couldn't put it down.
It had all the right things.
It had a little romance, a lot of suspense and magic all wrapped into one.
I loved the setting that the book took place in. It really did resent with the mystery magic of the south. I found it really nice to have a little eeriness to an already suspenseful book. Want a hauntingly beautiful book to read? This is your girl.
It was great having to read everything unfold like it did. Any major interruption irritated me because it meant I had to peel my eyes away from the story. And I just couldn't because I was so invested and I had to find out what was happening. Ever interrupt a baby bear during hibernation? Even thinking about it is scary so you can only imagine how I was.
After finishing it I had a moment. A moment where I loved everything that I read and couldn't ask for a better story to be told. At the same time I don't think I was ready to let go of it and say good bye to the characters.
but like in the book, some things need to rest, are still loved and certainly never forgotten.
