Many thanks to NetGalley, Little Brown & Company Mulholland Books for gifting me a digital ARC of the new thriller by Heather Chavez. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4 stars!
Leyna Clarke watched her older sister, Grace, walk away from their home with her boyfriend, Adam, never to be seen again. Sixteen years later, a stranger who looks like Grace shows up at the restaurant where Leyna works, and then disappears as well. Leyna is desperate to find the missing girl, Ellie, with hopes that it will lead her to answers about Grace. She returns home to the house where her mother still lives, and Adam's family just a couple doors down. And a wildfire is looming.
This was a slow burn but I liked how the story was told in the voices of three women - Leyna, her mother, Meredith, and Adam's mother, Olivia, in both past and present timelines. In between, The Fire slowly grows, adding yet another intensity to the story. I liked the atmospheric feel, from the impending wildfire, to the all but deserted housing development. Everyone is keeping secrets and no one is trustworthy or very likable. I was glued to the pages to figure out what happened to Grace and Ellie.
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