A sibling dying is always a tragedy. When that sibling is your twin, the pain is multiplied. Now, imagine that you have always had a deep connection to your twin. A connection that you had to travel halfway across the country to even begin to limit. You FELT your twin die, but you have no clue who murdered him. AND, the connection hasn’t exactly died, even after your twin is gone. That’s what Matthew experiences in the first few chapters of this book, and things only get even wilder from there.
I was drawn in from the first page, truly. I truly love mystery novels & good action thrillers. Matthew never truly knew what his brother had become in the years since he left town. He doesn’t even truly recognize the town he grew up in anymore. Times have changed, people have changed, but Matthew is still determined to get to the bottom of this mystery. This mystery definitely has some paranormal elements, but it still feels like a story that could take place in the real world. Don’t get me wrong though, this tale is definitely a good story for paranormal fans. I won’t spoil anything but you are in for a treat.
My favorite part of the story was seeing how Matthew compared his city life to life in his hometown. You see him unhappy with his NYC life at the start of the story, but his hometown was even more disappointing in some facets. Things that shone in his childhood were now dulled and damaged from the usual small-town poison of drugs and poverty. It really made this thriller feel more emotional. Matthew thought things were going to be (mostly) the same once he returned, but some things were changed and were never going to go back to normal.
The book has excellent pacing. It isn’t so fast that you feel as if you are flying through the story without understanding what is going on, but I never felt bored. I wanted to know what else was going to happen to Matthew and the mysterious characters of this town. In fact, that is the only complaint I had about this book that kept it from being a five-star read. I felt like I wanted to get to know the characters a little more. Some of them flew on and off the pages so quickly that I never really got the chance to hear their backstory. Matthew grew up with these people. For the characters that had quite a bit of page time, it was fun (if not a little sad) to see how they had all changed from Matthew’s childhood to his adulthood. People who had bright futures returned to where they started, just like Matthew had. It really solidified the hometown thriller setting of this story.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a new paranormal thriller to enjoy.
I received a copy of this book and this is my voluntary review.
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 books.
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