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⭐ Didn’t/couldn’t finish.
⭐⭐ Finished, but didn’t captivate me.
⭐⭐⭐ Finished and it was okay all the way through.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ I really enjoyed it.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I loved it and will DEFINITELY recommend.
From start to finish I was kept in suspense. The writing style was excellent, the story had pieces that, in the end, tied to each other very nicely, and I was just intrigued with curiosity and questions all the way through. Loved it. Very cool story.
[From the dust cover] “West Hall, Vermont, has always been a place of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house, just months after the tragic death of her daughter., Gertie. Townspeople say that Sara’s ghost walks the streets after midnight, and some still leaves offerings on their doorsteps to prevent her from coming inside.
Ruthie Washborne has never put much stock in West Hall’s rumors. Having grown up in an isolated farmhouse with her mother, Alice, and her younger sister, Fawn, she dreams of leaving her sleepy town and escaping her mother’s odd insistence that they live off the grid without Internet or even a listed phone number. But when Ruthie wakes up one morning to find that Alice has vanished without a trace, she begins to wonder if her mother’s eccentricities have a deeper reason— especially when she finds a copy of Sara Harrison Shea’s diary hidden beneath the floorboards of Alice’s room.
The diary tells the story of a mother on the edge, a mother who is willing to do the unthinkable in order to hold her daughter in her arms once again, no matter the consequences. And as Ruthie gets sucked deeper into the mystery of Sara’s fate, she will discover that she’s not the only person desperate to unlock the secrets that the diary contains. But she may be the only one who can stop history from repeating itself.”
I love her writing style so much that I feel compelled to read some other books she has available: The One I Left Behind, Island of Lost Girls, and Promise not to tell (mentioned on dust cover). Out of those I think Island of Lost Girls sounds the most appealing.
My tbr list is getting out of hand. What are some of your top books on YOUR tbr list??? 🤓
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