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Publication Date: January 29th, 2015
Format: eARC from Netgalley
A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcraft move to the tiny Scottish island Angus inherited from his grandmother, hoping to put together the pieces of their shattered lives.
But when their surviving daughter, Kirstie, claims they have mistaken her identity—that she, in fact, is Lydia—their world comes crashing down once again.
As winter encroaches, Angus is forced to travel away from the island for work, Sarah is feeling isolated, and Kirstie (or is it Lydia?) is growing more disturbed. When a violent storm leaves Sarah and her daughter stranded, Sarah finds herself tortured by the past—what really happened on that fateful day one of her daughters died?
I
don't think I would have read this book had my co-blogger, Amber, had
not recommended this book for me. In fact, if I remember correctly, she
wanted me to read it because she wanted someone to chat to about this
book because it was so awesome. I guess, in a sense, it was my first
time experiencing reading a book based on my co-blogger's opinion AND
wanting to talk to her about it. Spoilers: we actually didn't talk about
it later although that's because I have a bad habit of not doing so.
I
love twins. Surely I mentioned this before in one of my book reviews or
something. Any story with twins involved I'll most likely want to read
it eventually. I read this as soon as possible. Sadly, probably due to
the fact of my co-blogger's excitement, I didn't like this book as much
as I thought I would. I still loved it, though, but it's not my all time
favorite book.
I
feel like I should have expected that there would be ghosts involve in
this story but it didn't really click until the supernatural parts of
this book actually happened. I think that, in itself, boosted the book
up for me. I like how the unexplained are used in a story. The thought
of that in this story still spooks me now. Who wouldn't find a ghost
child scary though. Even more so once you make it to the end and you
just sit there... transfixed.
Excuse me as I try to get rid of the shiver up my spine. Ahhhhh.
Nope, nope, nope, nope...
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Alright, I'm still a bit spooked by my thoughts, but I'm a little better.
Speaking
of, though, I feel like this book is heavily psychological. In fact, it
was probably one of the biggest reasons why I'm trying to figure out
what truly happened throughout the whole story. The logical side of me
didn't care much for that, I think. There was so much happening through
the book that I had a hard time keeping up with a lot of the stuff. I
ended up being so immersed in Sarah's and Angus's point of view that I
found myself questioning a lot of things. I truly wanted to hug Sarah's
daughter, Kirstie (or... Lydia? We just don't know...), due to the fact
that she talked to herself a lot and was seen as just being incredibly
different. Very heartbreaking.
The
one thing that broke my heart the most was watching how toxic the
relationship between Sarah and Angus. It takes a bit to really see it
develop but I feel like Angus was more focused on himself than anything
else. He was most likely a logical thinker, as well, so everything Sarah
told him he just denied everything that happened. There's another sort
of toxic relationship but it's spoilers so I won't specify who... but,
man, it's heartbreaking.
What
am I saying? The whole book is heartbreaking. Oh gosh, if I have to
review a book like this again... I don't think I can do it. It hurts too
much. Oh gosh. It's a good book but it's definitely not a favorite of
mine. I'm just... emotionally in pain, don't mind me...
But, hey, you should read my co-blogger's review on this right [here] cause her review is probably more well composed than mine. >: Ooops.
(Originally posted on A Court of Ink and Paper, previously known as Cosying Up With Books)
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