Many thanks to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for gifting me a digital ARC of the debut novel by Jessica Hamilton. 4.5 stars for a book that really drew me in.
May and June were sisters who were extremely close. They spent their childhood summers at Avril Island, a private island purchased by her dad for her mom, April. However, when the girls were young, their father left their mother and she started a new life for them in Seattle. April told her daughters that she sold Avril Island. However, after May is killed in a horrible car accident, June learns that the island was never sold and is now hers. Devastated by her grief, May returns to Avril Island. However, once there, she discovers that the community is not happy to see her return. In the vein of The Lovely Bones, this story is told through both May and June's voices as we learn all the secrets the family and the island hold.
I thought this was a wonderfully-written debut - it kept me intrigued until I turned the last page. Besides being a good mystery, this book explores the good and bad of family relationships and how secrets can destroy us. Both points of view allowed you to get to know both sisters as well as their story. I can't wait to read more from this author!
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