Sunday, April 03, 2011

2011 book 83

Jennifer McMahon's Don't Breathe a Word
Oh my goodness, do not read this book at night, or every little noise in the house will make you jump. It's that creepy. The story centers on Phoebe, who is haunted by nightmares from her childhood, and her boyfriend Sam, whose sister Lisa disappeared when she was twelve. Lisa was obsessed with fairies and wanted to run away to be with the fairy king, but of course fairies aren't real. Fifteen years after her disappearance, Sam and their cousin Evie begin receiving messages, supposedly from Lisa, but nothing is what it seems, and their family has more secrets than most. Until the last scene this would have been a solid A-/B+ book, but the last part was so over the top (and upsetting) that it's been downgraded to a B/B-.

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An e-galley was provided by the publisher.

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