Pages: 317
Format: book
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Goodreads: West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town 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.
Now, in present day, nineteen-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara's farmhouse with her mother, Alice, and her younger sister. Alice has always insisted that they live off the grid, a decision that has weighty consequences when Ruthie wakes up one morning to find that Alice has vanished. In her search for clues, she is startled to find a copy of Sara Harrison Shea's diary hidden beneath the floorboards of her mother's bedroom. As Ruthie gets sucked into the historical mystery, she discovers that she's not the only person looking for someone that they've lost. But she may be the only one who can stop history from repeating itself.
Kritters Thoughts: My first book of 2025 and the first book I finished in awhile due to a lot of personal things going on and boy it felt good to finish a book! Two plotlines going on at once, so I got out a trusty notecard to take notes to make sure I knew who was who and what was what. In 1908, Sara Harrison Shea is dealing with the death of her daughter and her and her husband Martin are barely surviving a cold January. In the present day, 19 year old Ruthie's mother is missing and she and her younger sister are trying to find the missing clues to hopefully find her.
The pacing of this book is what kept me going. From chapter to chapter, I kept reading wanting to know where these two timelines would converge and when all my questions would be answered. If the pacing of the book matters to you, I can say this one nailed it.
BUT the reason that it only received three stars was the confusing plot - not the two timelines, but the stories within each. With ghosts/sleepers as part of the plot, I was so lost and confused as to who was alive and dead and had to re read a few parts again and again to make sure I got all the pieces right.
Set in snowy Vermont, I was so thankful that I picked this up in January and read it under a blanket - the perfect place to read this perfectly paced thriller. So if ghosts and snowy vibes are your thing, then I can completely recommend this one. And while that may not be my thing, I still want to head into Jennifer McMahon's backlist and read more of her.
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