Published June 11th 2013 by HarperTeen
The spine-tingling horror of Stephen King meets an eerie mystery worthy of Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars series in Kate Karyus Quinn's haunting debut.
On a cool autumn night, Annaliese Rose Gordon stumbled out of the woods and into a high school party. She was screaming. Drenched in blood. Then she vanished.
A year later, Annaliese is found wandering down a road hundreds of miles away. She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know how she got there. She only knows one thing: She is not the real Annaliese Rose Gordon.
Now Annaliese is haunted by strange visions and broken memories. Memories of a reckless, desperate wish . . . a bloody razor . . . and the faces of other girls who disappeared. Piece by piece, Annaliese's fractured memories come together to reveal a violent, endless cycle that she will never escape—unless she can unlock the twisted secrets of her past.
Review:
Honestly this book confused me so much that I have no idea how to write this review.
The cover is very deceiving, if you are looking for a fun, light read do not read this book! But if you are looking for a terrifying thriller/horror then you are definitely in the right place.
Annaliese Rose Gordon is a missing persons case, who after being "lost" for a year, somehow walks out of the woods states away. She doesn't remember anything from her past life.
Annaliese is a pretty interesting heroine, who continually has flashbacks of "memory's" from other peoples lives. Throughout all of this she also is trying to fit in with her "family" and old "friends.
The relationships in this book worked out well, but don't expect this book to be romantic at all. I noticed some users of goodreads shelved it as romance, but I would personally not consider romance to be much of the book at all. Annaliese does connect with her "past" boyfriend Logan, who is still very much in love with her but ends up breaking his heart as she also connects with "bad boy" Dex.
Annaliese's friendship with Gwen is understated as Gwen try's to help Annaliese recover her memories.
The world building of this horror story is ultimately confusing in all ways....I just couldn't connect the dots from point to point. I tried re-reading the chapters but that doesn't really help that much.
Annaliese goes through so much growth throughout this book as she discovers who she is and who she will become.
This book was hard to put down in the way that the plot kept on going and was very exciting...and from what I have heard of Stephen King books this sounds pretty similar.
Although this book had the makings for a very good story, at the end I was left with so many questions that I just couldn't really connect myself into the book. But I would still recommend this book if you like horror and thrillers but be prepared to be re-reading some chapters to make sure that you take in all the little plot points and details.
I would give this a 2.5/5
Ouch. Sorry it wasn't impressive. Thanks for sharing your honest opinion.
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