Many thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for gifting me a digital copy of the debut thriller by Katie Lattari - 4.5 stars!
Told between two timeframes - 1988 and 2018 - the story centers around Lupine Valley in backwoods Maine, an artist camp. In 1999. the Painters are a close group and spend many a night gathered by a campfire or in someone's cabin. There are two locals among the Painters - Coral and Mantis - who serve as both muse and guide among their jobs at the camp. In 2018, Audra is a promising art student at a prestigious institute in Boston, working under the instruction of renowned artist Max Durant. Max follows Audra to her home where she is to show him her thesis work, but Audra has different plans for the weekend.
This is a complex, multi-faceted book that I loved getting lost in. It's a revenge story, trying to balance the scales of past injustices. It's also a look at how complicit we can be - do we look the other way when we know something just isn't right? Do we do that for our own sakes or for someone else's? The author was so skilled at twisting the past and present, so that even when you think you have it figured out, there are even more layers you didn't guess. Fabulous debut - can't wait to read more from this author!
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