I know that I am horribly late with this review. It seems like I am the last person on the planet to read this book!
One of the downfalls of studying literature is that you study plot and narrative. This said, my husband hates watching movies with me because I always call the plot 20 minutes into the film. Not so with this book. There were so many twists and turns that I was honestly at a loss for most of the novel.
In 1984 three children go to play inside the woods of an estate in Ireland, Knocknaree. Three kids go in, but only one child comes out; in blood soaked tennis shoes and a shredded T-shirt, with no recollection of what occurred. He goes on to become a detective and is placed on a case in the same forest, a homicide. Are they related?
I liked the book a lot. HOWEVER, there are two things about this book that bothered me.
*****SPOILER ALERT************
1. Cassie and Rob sleep together! I mean, come on. Really? Although I do like that Sam and Cassie couple up at the end.
2. We never find out what happened to the other two kids. I heard that this is an actual myth in Ireland, and that supposedly these two kids still haunt the woods of Ireland. Who knows?
******SPOILER OVER************
I just checked out her second novel, The Likeness, which continues on with Cassie Maddox. I am excited to get started on it.
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I am very excited!
Stay tuned!
xoxo,
J.Danger
