"A senior sabbatical school trip goes horribly wrong when one sister wakes in a hospital bed bruised and broken to find her sister never made it home. A highly recommended rollercoaster of a read for adults young and old."
On the face of it Grace and Maddy had it all. The Stoll girls. Two sisters with a closeness most of us would dream of. Educated in an exclusive private school. Until we begin scratching beneath the surface and page by page we are enlightened. We uncover secrets. We find the skeletons in the closet. And with every twist and turn we find truths but are in the dark until the final page.
Maddy's portfolio for the writing scholarship was submitted months ago. In secret. Her parents didn't know she wanted to attend Trinity University. She was hopeful it would change everything for her and remove her from her sister's shadow. Grace is popular, sporty, the volleyball superstar. For Maddy, writing is her thing. Her go-to. Through her poetry we gain insight, we understand her truths, we feel her insecurities. Sucker punch by sucker punch.
This trip was meant to be life-changing. Four nights at Shady Oaks Lodge. Off on an adventure, in a mountain lodge with thirty classmates. A chance to bond, build teamwork and make new discoveries about yourself. Although it didn't quite go to plan.
Grace was found at the edge of a road by a lake covered in her sister's blood. With total memory loss. Without Maddy. Without her sister. Her sister who had her whole life ahead of her. Prom. Graduation. Life.
The dual timeframe and multiple narrators keep it pacy, and fresh. Without her memories Grace has to piece together notebook entries and revelations from classmates to discover what happened on that fateful night. I was hooked, I picked it up one Saturday morning, and turned page after page, unable to put it down. A crackerjack of a read.
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